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(c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Published with permission. MANCHESTER, CONN. (28-Nov) -– Weini Kelati won her fourth straight Manchester Road Race here this morning, three years after her first run on the 4.737-mile course. She is now the only woman to win New England's second largest road race four consecutive times. Kelati, 27, an Olympian who lives and trains in Flagstaff, Ariz., won today's 88th annual Thanksgiving Day race in 23:14, 19 seconds off her record she set in 2021. Andrew Colley from the ZAP Endurance team in Blowing Rock, N.C. won the men's race for the first time in 21:09 after finishing fourth in 2022 while running the fourth-fastest time in race history (21:07). There were over 12,000 entrants but quite a few no-shows due to the rainy and cold weather with temperatures in the high 30s at race start and the crowd watching the race was also down this year. Kelati led wire to wire, pacing off the men around her, as she has done in her three other victories. "It feels great," Kelati said. "This is my first race of the season. I took a break after the Olympics. I wasn't sure what to expect but I know I was in really good shape. "I was happy, with these conditions. I was hoping to run a little faster." Only Amy Rudolph, who won five times between 1995-2002, has more victories than Kelati at Manchester. Kelati is tied with Judi St. Hilaire, who won four times between 1985-92. Annie Rodenfels of Newton, Mass., finished second (24:05) and Florencia Borelli of Argentina third (24:16). Kelati had taken a break after the Olympics, where she finished eighth in the 10,000 meters, and went back to visit her family in Eritrea but her bags with her running gear never arrived so she took three extra weeks off.  It didn’t seem to bother her Thursday. "It doesn’t take me a long time to get fit so I wasn't worried about it," she said. The men's pack took the first mile out in 4:28 and the group thinned out a bit as they tackled the Highland Street hill. After Kenyan Olympian Edwin Kurgat and Evert Silva finished in a dead heat at the King of the Hill mark (Kurgat was deemed the winner and awarded the $1,000 bonus), Colley came into play. He took the lead down the Porter Street hill, citing his surfing background and how he wasn't afraid to fall – "I just let gravity take me," he said. But Colley had learned from his 2022 race not to take the lead too early because the finish line at Manchester is deceptively far away after he turned the corner from East Center Street to Main Street. When Kurgat surged back into the lead again at Mile 4, Colley remained patient. "I thought, 'This is a little early to be going,'" Colley said. "I did this two years ago and paid the consequences. I promised my coach I wouldn't do anything til Main Street." He continued: "I did it a little early but I could tell the others were fading and I wanted to capitalize and really take the wind out of their sails. I was slipping all over the place. The traction on my shoes isn't great. But I was having fun out there." Colley passed Kurgat after the final turn onto Main Street and held on, even lengthening the lead. With 100 meters to go, Eduardo Herrera of Mexico passed Kurgat, his Under Armour/Dark Sky Elite teammate, to finish second in 21:15. Kurgat finished third (21:19). Herrera said he came to the Thanksgiving Day race because Kelati, another Dark Sky teammate, had talked it up. "I didn't know what to fully expect," Herrera said. "I've only done road races in Boston. It was nice to come out to Manchester and get the full experience.  I didn't think the (Highland Street) hill was going to be that bad. But yeah, running full speed up the hill - it definitely got to me. It's pretty hard. I felt like I was revving the engine a lot going up the hill." But he still had enough in the tank to knock off his teammate at the end. "I talked to people about the race and they said the best way to break away from the group was to run the downhill," Herrera said. "I wasn't with the pack at the top of the hill. I made a comeback at the downhill. I caught up with the group. It was motivating to see Edwin with me as well. At the four mile mark, he did a surge I couldn’t cover." He added: "Once he made that surge, I was like, 'Oh, I got to have something for the finish.'  It's my first Thanksgiving race. It was such a good experience." PHOTO: Andrew Colley breaks away from Edwin Kurgat just before winning the 2024 Manchester Road Race (photo by Chris Barlow for Race Results Weekly)  

(c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Published with permission. HONOLULU (26-Nov) -- Backed by a record field of about 35,000 runners of all abilities, a combined total of fourteen Olympians are set to compete in the Honolulu Marathon and the Kalakaua Merrie Mile on the weekend of December 7th and 8th, race organizers announced today.  For the Olympic athletes --three in the marathon and 11 in the mile-- this will be no island vacation.  They must be prepared to run fast, and several significant records could be broken in the mile. "We have put together an incredible field of world-class athletes, including many Paris Olympians from the summer of 2024," said Honolulu Marathon Association president Dr. Jim Barahal.  "The Kalakaua Merrie Mile is rapidly emerging as one of the world's most prestigious road miles, and the unique format in which the men chase the women to the finish line promises to deliver another incredible finish. The first athlete across the finish line receives $5,000 and a solid gold plaque." The mile, which will be held on Saturday, kicks off with about 2,500 citizen runners who will run the flat, World Athletics-certified, out-and-back course on Kalakaua Avenue adjacent to Waikiki Beach.  After that the professional athletes will line up with athletes in the women's category getting a 32-second head start over the men.  Prize money is paid based on the combined finish order of men and women. Leading the charge in the women's division is reigning USATF 1500m champion and 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships 1500m silver medalist Nikki Hiltz.  The former Arkansas Razorback has competed in the Merrie Mile three previous times, and was fifth across the line last year behind the top four men.  Hiltz's time of 4:28.07 was just a fraction off of their national and all-comers record of 4:28.0 set at the Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines in 2023, a record that could easily fall this year in Honolulu.  Hiltz was passed by Morgan Beadlescomb just steps from the finish line; the finish photo had to be used to separate them. "I made a pretty hard move at 400 to go and nobody [in the women's division] went with me," Hiltz said after last year's race.  "So when I heard people [behind me] I assumed it was the men.  I just wanted to beat as many bodies as possible the last 50 meters." Hiltz will have a strong group of women to push them this year including American Olympians Emily Mackay, Heather MacLean, and Weini Kelati; Irish Olympian Sophie O'Sullivan, Japanese Olympian Nozomi Tanaka, and Kenyan Olympian Susan Ejore-Sanders.  Sinclaire Johnson, the 2022 USA 1500m champion who was fourth in the 2024 Olympic Trials, will also be competing. A formidable group of men will be trying to chase down the women, and three of them --Paris Olympians Oliver Hoare of Australia, Neil Gourley of Great Britain, and Hobbs Kessler of the USA-- have run sub-3:50 miles during their careers.  Two other Paris Olympians, Americans Bryce Hoppel and Nico Young, will also be competing along with Australia's Jack Anstey, the USA's Vince Ciattei, and Kenya's Festus Lagat. In addition to Hiltz's national record, athletes could challenge the USA all-comers records in Honolulu (3:56.58 for men and 4:28.0 for women), as well as the fastest time in the world by a woman this year (4:30.3), and the fastest times on U.S. soil this year (3:56.97 and 4:32.20).  There will be pacemakers for both the men's and women's fields. REIGNING CHAMPIONS RETURN FOR THE MARATHON Sunday's Honolulu Marathon will feature both of the race's 2023 champions, Cynthia Limo and Paul Lonyangata of Kenya.  In last year's race Limo, the 2016 World Athletics Half-Marathon Championships silver medalist, won by a wide margin in her marathon debut.  Her time of 2:33:01 was solid for Honolulu's hilly course, intermittent rain, warm temperatures, and high humidity.  She ran solo from 35 km to the finish. "When we got to 35 kilometers, I felt that I was still strong and I knew it was only seven kilometers that remained, so I had to do it by myself," said Limo. "I tried to push and push. I am so pleased." Limo's key rival this year will be compatriot Judith Jeptum Korir, the 2022 World Athletics Championships Marathon silver medalist, who will be making her Honolulu Marathon debut.  Also hoping for a podium spot will be Ethiopia's Fantu Shugi Gelasa. For Lonyangata, twice the Paris Marathon champion, this will be his third appearance in Honolulu.  He was second in 2014 before coming back to win last year, getting away about 35 km into the race. "When you prepare for everything you know you are ready," said Lonyangata after last year's race.  "And when you decide when to make the move, you have to go hard." Other contenders this year include Eritrean Olympians Yemane Haileselassie and Amanuel Mesel, both of whom live and train in Flagstaff, Ariz., where they are coached by James McKirdy of McKirdy Trained.  Haileselassie was fifth in the 2021 Olympic steeplechase, and Mesel competed in the heats of the 5000m at the 2012 London Olympics, and was 21st in the 2016 Olympic Marathon in Rio.  Two other Kenyans, Reuben Kerio and Barnabas Kiptum, are also in the race.  Kiptum is the fastest man in the field with a 2:04:17 personal best. "The 52nd Honolulu marathon has a deep field of top athletes, including both defending champions Paul Lonyangata and Cynthia Limo," said Dr. Barahal.  "They will be challenged by a top field of international athletes, all competing for the $25,000 first prize as well as a solid gold first place medal." The solid-gold first place medal is hand-crafted by race sponsor SGC of Japan.  The Honolulu Marathon is the only marathon in the world to present winners with a solid-gold medal in addition to their prize money. "Their dedication to excellence mirrors the spirit of our event," said Dr. Barahal of SGC. In addition to the mile and marathon races, the popular Start to Park 10-K will start contemporaneously with the marathon on Sunday.  That race has seen explosive growth, and organizers are expecting about 9,000 runners this year (there were 6961 finishers last year). The full elite fields for the Honolulu Marathon and Kalakaua Merrie Mile are below: Honolulu Marathon (athletes shown with personal best times): MEN - Paul Lonyangata, KEN, 2:06:10, Paris, 09-Apr-2017 Yemane Haileselassie, ERI, 2:14:44, Boston, 15-Apr-2024 Amanuel Mesel, ERI, 2:08:17, Valencia, 17-Nov-2013 Reuben Kerio, KEN, 2:07:00, Eindhoven, 13-Oct-2019 Barnabas Kiptum, KEN, 2:04:17, Milan, 16-May-2021 Suguru Osako, JPN, 2:05:29, Tokyo, 01-Mar-2020 Kensuke Horio, JPN, 2:08:25, Tokyo, 06-Mar-2022 Ryo Murata, JPN, N/A, N/A WOMEN - Cynthia Limo, KEN, 2:25:10, Hamburg, 28-Apr-2024 Judith Jeptum Korir, KEN, 2:18:20, Eugene, 18-Jul-2022 Fantu Shugi Gelasa, ETH, 2:29:20, Lisbon, 08-Oct-2023 Eri Suzuki, JPN, 2:41:42, Tokyo, 03-Mar-2024   Kalakaua Merrie Mile (athletes shown with 1500m and mile personal best times): MEN - Jack Anstey, AUS, 3:35.37, 3:51.51 Vince Ciattei, USA, 3:31.78, 3:50.56 Neil Gourley, GBR, 3:30.60, 3:47.74 Oliver Hoare, AUS, 3:29.41, 3:47.48 Bryce Hoppel, USA, 3:42.62, 4:00.7 road Hobbs Kessler, USA, 3:29.45, 3:48.66 Festus Lagat, KEN, 3:33.25, 3:52.63 Nico Young, USA, 3:34.56, 4:01.16 (Pacemaker will be Abe Alvarado, USA)   WOMEN - Susan Ejore-Sanders, KEN, 3:56.07, 4:20.61 Nikki Hiltz, USA, 3:55.33, 4:16.35 Sinclaire Johnson, USA, 3:56.75, 4:33.80 Weini Kelati, USA, 4:10.88, 4:30.16 road Emily Mackay, USA, 3:55.90, 4:23.79 Heather MacLean, USA, 3:58.31, 4:20.41 Sophie O'Sullivan, IRL, 4:00.23, 4:33.30 Nozomi Tanaka, JPN, 3:59.19, 4:28.94 (Pacemaker will be Amaris Tyynismaa, USA) PHOTO: Paul Lonyangata after winning the 2023 Honolulu Marathon (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)

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(c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Published with permission. BOSTON (10-Nov) -- Fentaye Belayneh of Ethiopia and Yemane Haileselassie of Eritrea won this morning's 22nd Boston Half-Marathon on a sunny and near-freezing morning here.  Employing completely different tactics, Belayneh won in a pack-sprint to the finish in Franklin Park where the first three women finished in a span of just one second. Haileselassie won in a solo breakaway, dominating the final miles and winning by 15 seconds.  Both athletes won $12,000 in prize money. The women's race got out slowly, and the first mile was completed in just 5:41, a comfortable training pace for athletes at this level.  Britain's Calli Hauger-Thackery was at the front.  She said that she felt good taking the lead and wanted to work on some of her racing skills. "I felt good doing that," Hauger-Thackery told Race Results Weekly.  "I was practicing not being set in a set pace.  I've got to practice surging... not be afraid to put in a five minute mile here and there." The first real move happened just before 5K where Ethiopia's Mestawut Fikir, who was fifth at this race last year, put in a surge.  The field responded immediately, and Kenyan's Veronica Loleo and Daisy Jepkemei, and Ethiopians Melknat Wudu and Mebrat Gidey followed her single file.  They passed through 5K in 17:17 and four miles in 21:45.  The downhill fourth mile was passed in a fast 5:05. Fikir's mini-surge only brought the lead pack down to 12.  Although the second, five-kilometer segment was faster (16:27) it wasn't enough to dwindle the field further.  Fikir decided to go again just after the 10-K mark, and that move sent Hauger-Thackery and Australia's Lauren Ryan several steps back.  Kenya's Mercy Chelangat was also having trouble holding on.  Mile-8 went into the books at 5:10, and the serious racing had begun. But after that, none of the women were keen to open up the race further, and the pace slowed enough that Chelangat managed to catch up.  Remarkably, eight women were still together as they ran back to Franklin Park for the finish.  Indeed, the race would not be decided until the final 200 meters when Belayneh, who had not led one step of the race, jumped the field and broke for the tape.  She was ready for that kind of move. "I prepared very well and I knew Boston was a good course," Belayneh said with the help of a translator.  "I prepared very well." Fikir and Senayet Getachew, another Ethiopian, were right on Belayneh's heels as she bolted for the tape, but they just couldn't catch their speedier rival.  She broke the tape, arms raised with a huge smile, in 1:10:26.  Fikir was given the same time, and Getachew was just one second back.  Loleo got fourth in 1:10:29, and Wudu was fifth in 1:10:30.  The first seven women finished in just a six-second span. "At the end, I decided at the end," Belayneh said when asked when she knew that the time was right for her final move.  "It was a rough race, but I knew I could hold on and push.  I had some little (energy) left over.  I used that." Farther behind, Chelangat finished eighth in 1:10:43 and Hauger-Thackery was ninth in 1:10:49.  The two women, both former NCAA stars who know each other from training in Flagstaff, embraced at the finish line. "It was fun, it was good," said Hauger-Thackery, who plans to run the California International Marathon in December with her husband, Nick.  She added: "This was a good race to go for it, get the blood flowing." Unlike Belayneh, Haileselassie did not want to wait for the final sprint. In the ninth mile, he and Isaac Kipkemboi of Kenya and Haimro Alame of Israel pulled away from the field. Haileselassie was on the front, and kept pressing. "Actually, when I lead in mile-nine I give them a little bit gap," Haileselassie told Race Results Weekly.  "I looked over my back, I had little bit gap.  I know they can't touch me." The Eritrean crossed to the finish line alone in 1:01:46.  Kipkemboi was a clear second in 1:02:01, but Alame faded in the final miles and only finished sixth in 1:02:12.  Taking the final podium position was Canadian miler Kieran Lumb, who was making his half-marathon debut.  Lumb, who made the Paris Olympic 1500m semi-finals, was timed in 1:02:03.  He was happy with his race, a good fitness test before the Canadian Cross Country Championships later this month, even if it hurt a little. "It was hard," said Lumb.  "Honestly, it was pretty hard early on.  I would say, like 20 minutes in, I didn't feel amazing.  I did not sleep well last night, either.  I slept like four hours." ** Today's event was the third and final race in the 2024 Boston Athletic Association's Distance Medley which included the Boston 5-K on April 13 and the Boston 10-K on June 23.  About 6500 runners finished today's race. PHOTO: 2024 Boston Half-Marathon champions Fentaye Belayneh & Yemane Haileselassie (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)  

(c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Published with permission. NEW YORK (03-Nov) -- In two exciting races which both boiled down to just two contenders in the final kilometer, Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui and Dutchman Abdi Nageeye won their first TCS New York City Marathons on a gloriously clear and chilly morning here.  Chepkirui, 33, pulled away from compatriot and defending champion Hellen Obiri with a little more than 800 meters to go and won in 2:24:35 (1:10:36 for the second half).  Nageeye, 35, made a similar move at the same spot against 2022 race champion Evans Chebet of Kenya and became the first Dutch athlete --and the first European man since Giacomo Leone of Italy in 1996-- to win here.  His time was 2:07:39 to Chebet's 2:07:45.  Both winners won $100,000 in prize money. WOMEN STICK TOGETHER The all-women's elite race began conservatively, just 18:16 through the first 5K.  But the pace picked up once the mostly flat section of the course in Brooklyn was reached.  There were 20 women in the lead pack through 10K, including eight-time Fifth Avenue Mile champion Jenny Simpson of Boulder, Colo.  The 38 year-old announced last week that this would be the last professional race of her career (she would finish 18th in 2:31:54). "The energy was amazing," Simpson told Race Results Weekly.  "I got to choose a final race, and it had to be New York.  I am not from New York, but the best of my running has happened in New York City.  So, I feel like if it's possible for me to have a hometown crowd in the United States, it's New York City, and they gave that to me today.  All through the course, all 26 miles, they were yelling my name. It really moved me today." Chepkirui was the nominal leader at halfway (1:13:59), and the lead pack was still 20-strong with all of the race's best athletes still there, including Kenyans Obiri, Sharon Lokedi, and Vivian Cheruiyot; Ethiopia's Dera Dida; Bahrain's Eunice Chumba; and the United States' Dakotah Popehn, Sara Vaughn, and Kellyn Taylor. Cheruiyot, 41, was feeling good.  The last time she raced in New York was in the New York City Half-Marathon in 2019.  On a very cold March day, her body temperature dropped so much that she was forced to drop out and had to go to the hospital. "I still remember where I stopped," Cheruiyot told reporters today.  "Today the weather was good, at least it was not that bad.  It was really freezing from the starting point, but then it was OK." The first big move happened on the Queensboro Bridge where the athlete pass through the 25 km point high above the East River.  Chepkirui put in a surge and the race began to break up.  By the 30 km mark the lead pack had reached the more manageable size of ten: Chepkirui, Obiri, Teferi, Dida, Cheruiyot, Vaughn, Lokedi, Chumba, Britain's Lily Partridge, and Switzerland's Fabienne Schlumpf.  That downhill 5-kilometer segment was run in 16:52, the fastest split of the race so far.  Chepkirui felt strong and in control. "New York is a bit challenging," she said.  "It's uphill and downhill, not like London and Berlin. New York takes a lot of strength."  She continued: "Here it's not about time, it's about winning." With that in mind, she dropped the pace in the next 5-kilometer segment, splitting 16:36 through 35 km and cutting the lead pack down to just five: Chepkirui, Obiri, Teferi, Cheruiyot and Chumba.  Vaughn was 17 seconds back in seventh place and was running as the top American.  She had dropped out of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon three weeks before with an illness, but was feeling great today. "Sometimes all it takes is to get a chance," she said later about New York Road Runners' decision to give her a last-minute place in the race. Chepkirui wasn't done pressing the pace.  As the five leaders ran south on Fifth Avenue and entered Central Park at 90th Street, they were running faster than ever.  Running single file, Chepkirui led Obiri and Cheruiyot.  They hit the 40 km point at 2:17:47, running the fastest 5K segment of the race, 16:24.  That set up the final two-woman clash between Chepkirui and Obiri when the pair entered Central Park for the final kilometer to the finish.  Chepkirui knew Obiri was one of the all-time greats, and it would take a special effort to beat her. "I know Hellen was strong," Chepkirui said.  "What was in my mind I say to myself, let me push.  In the last mile I say to myself, I give my best.  With 600 (meters) to go I say to myself, I have to push harder." With 800 meters to go, Chepkirui led by three strides.  She took a look back and realized that Obiri wasn't closing the gap. "I saw she was not coming," Chepkirui said. From there, the adidas-sponsored athlete sailed to the finish line and beat Obiri by a comfortable 14 seconds.  Cheruiyot got third in 2:25:21, and Chumba fourth in 2:25:58.  Schlumpf took fifth in 2:26:31, and Vaughn sixth in 2:26:56. "Winning today means a lot to me," said Chepkirui.  She added: "I'm really happy for the win." Obiri was at peace with her runner-up finish.  She had won the Boston Marathon last April and had taken the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.  Getting second here was a fine season-ending performance. "For me it was a good race," Obiri said.  "Three marathons in a year; I am so happy to finish the year." Vaughn was thrilled to be the top American, especially after dropping out in Chicago. "I have a very full life and I have designed it that way," said the mother of four, who also sells real estate.  She added: "This is pretty special." NAGEEYE THOUGHT ABOUT PARIS What was driving Nageeye today was his disappointing performance at the Paris Olympic Marathon last August.  He said today that he knew he was having a bad day in Paris just six kilometers in, and ended up dropping out in the 41st kilometer.  He went home and decided to focus on running well in New York, instead. "I went back to training," he said.  "You can do something great in one of the best marathons in the world.  Every day I was thinking about Paris." Like the women, the men stayed together in the early parts of the race, and it wasn't until the 25 km mark where something important happened.  Descending the Queensboro Bridge Chebet, the 2022 race champion, surged down the steep hill where the course spills onto First Avenue in Manhattan.  Six athletes were able to respond: Nageeye, Kenyans Geoffrey Kamworor, Albert Korir and Wesley Kiptoo, and Ethiopians Addisu Gobena and Tamirat Tola.  Tola was the race's defending champion who had also won the Olympic Marathon last August. Nageeye --who had finished third, fourth and fifth in his previous appearances at the TCS New York City Marathon-- knew he needed to cover Chebet's move, but not to overdo it.  He knew how challenging the second half of the course would be. "I think 100% I knew the course," he said.  He continued: "Last year I had a lot of problems with my stitch.  My goal was not to have that happen again." Chebet ran 14:09 from 25 to 30 km (nearly all downhill), then 14:23 from 30 to 35 km.  That left only Chebet, Nageeye, and Kamworor in the lead group.  Tola was four seconds back, and Korir was eight seconds adrift.  Conner Mantz, the top American, was in seventh place 64 seconds behind. Coming down the final hill in Central Park before the course turns west onto Central Park South, Nageeye and Chebet worked together to drop the rest of the field.  The pair were alone re-entering the Park before the finish where Nageeye made his final bid for victory with about 900 meters to go.  It was a long-time coming for an athlete who had run 23 marathons and who had never won one of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. "I knew at the end I have a little bit more in my tank," he said.  He added: "At the beginning, nobody was beating me today." Chebet took second in 2:07:45, and Korir passed both Kamworor and Tola to take third in 2:08-flat (it was Korir's fourth podium finish in New York).  Kamworor, who had made the podium here in all four previous appearances, finished fifth in 2:08:50. Mantz, who won the USA Olympic Team Trials Marathon last February and was the top American at the Paris Olympics (eighth place), was also the top American today, finishing sixth in 2:09:00.  He was satisfied with his performance, but a little disappointed that the pace of the race wasn't faster. "I was really excited to be part of the New York City Marathon," Mantz said.  He added: "I kind of got destroyed when Evans made his move." ** The professional wheelchair titles went to Americans Susannah Scaroni and Daniel Romanchuk.  Scaroni, who had a terrible race at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon three weeks ago after getting a flat tire, totally dominated here today.  She clocked 1:29:06 and won by eight and one-half minutes.  Romanchuk won in a three-way sprint over Briton David Weir and Japanese Tomoki Suzuki.  Romanchuk was timed in 1:36:31.  Six-time champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland was fourth. PHOTO: Eventual champion Abdi Nageeye (right) battles with Evans Chebet in the 26th mile of the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)