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Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

Aryasova Holds Off Men at L.A. Marathon

Posted March 2nd, 2008 at 3:00 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

city of los angeles marathon logoMaking her marathon debut, Russian Tatiana Aryasova was the big winner at today’s 23rd City of Los Angeles Marathon. The former Tatiana Khmeleva not only won the women’s race in two hours and 29 minutes and 9 seconds (unofficial), but her time was also good enough to win the race’s gender battle, dubbed “The Challenge,” where the elite women are given a headstart and the top men try to catch them. She banked $120,000 in prize money plus a new Honda automobile.

The men’s winner was Kenyan Laban Moiben who ran 2:13:51. Since the women were given a 19 minute and 38 second headstart, Arysova won by about four and one-half minutes. According to the split data provided by the race, Arysova hit 30 km in 1:45:51, while Moiben got to the same mark in 1:35:30. That meant that the Russian was still ten minutes ahead with 12.195 km to go, not nearly enough distance for Moiben to make up for lost time. To match Arysova at the finish line, he would need to run 2:09:31.
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Spira Footwear Scores at Detroit Marathon

Posted November 2nd, 2007 at 1:21 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Gear & Apparel, Running Shoes

spira footwear logoSpira Footwear, the controversial shoe company, scored a major victory at the 30th annual Detroit Free Press Marathon, as the top five male and the top two female winners all competed in Spira shoes.

Christopher Kiprotich of Kenya was the men’s overall winner, finishing the 26.2 mile course in 2:15:15. Countrymen Hillary Lelei, the 2003 winner, came in second with a time of 2:18:1. Henry Githuka finished third in 2:21:52, followed by Dmitry Sivou of Belarus with a time of 2:22:25. Jaroslaw Chichoki of Poland received fifth place in 2:23:22.
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