Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya won the Gold Medal in the 2008 Men’s Olympic Marathon with an Olympic Record time of 2:06:32 hours. This is the first time for Kenya to win the Gold Medal in the Men’s Olympic Marathon.
Jaouad Gharib of Morocco won the Silver Medal in the 2008 Men’s Olympic Marathon with also an Olympic Record time of 2:07:16 hours.
Tregay Kebede of Ethiopia won the Bronze Medal in the 2008 Men’s Olympic Marathon in 2:10:00 hours.
I was not able to watch the start of the 2008 Women’s Olympic Marathon yesterday as I was with my family outside the Los Angeles area. However, I was able to catch up with the last five (5) miles of the race on TV.
As usual, an unseeded and not-so popular woman marathon runner to win in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Constantina Tomescu-Dita from Romania, a 38-year old mother to a 13-year old son, won the 2008 Women’s Olympic Marathon in 2:26:44 hours. Her latest achievements before the 2008 Olympic Games were the following: she won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Championship Women’s Marathon; Women’s Champion in the 2004 Chicago Marathon; and 3rd placer in the 2007 London Marathon (Women’s Category).
She is now considered as the oldest Marathon Champion in the history of the Olympic Games.
The following is the complete results of the 2008 Women’s Olympic Marathon.
The 2008 Bataan Memorial Death March was held on 30 March 2008.
In the later months of 1999, I’ve been fascinated and surprised that a sports event among the US military and civilians is being held yearly to commemorate a very important part in the history of World War II that happened in the Philippines in a place called White Sands, New Mex.ico, USA.
As the Chief of Training for the Philippine Army, I conducted this kind of sports event on the second Sunday of April 2000 with the same rules & regulations & format but with a distance of 25 kilometers along the actual route of the Bataan Death March. The sports event was a success but that was the first and the last of it.
Since then, I’ve been browsing on the Internet on the yearly results of this event and even interviewed some of our soldiers who attended military schooling near New Mexico who were required to join in the event.
This is one of my plans after retirement from the active service to experience running a marathon on this special event. Maybe, I’ll give it a try on next year’s event (2009).
However, if there are any interested individual/s who would like to join me and experience this marathon event, we could form into a TEAM to represent our country. Maybe, this TEAM will be the first one to represent our country.
Please leave a comment if you are interested and we will talk about the details of our planning, preparation, training, and support system.
The following were the results of the 2008 Bataan Memorial Death March in every Division/Category Read the rest of this entry »
| 50 | Laban | Moiben | Marietta | GA | KEN | 24 | M | 02:13:50 | 02:13:50 | 1 |
| 21 | Christopher | Kiprotich | KEN | 26 | M | 02:14:19 | 02:14:19 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Khalid Kamal | Yaseen | Pittsburgh | PA | BHR | 25 | M | 02:15:23 | 02:15:24 | 3 |
| 10 | Augustus | Kavuta | Tampa | FL | KEN | 31 | M | 02:16:01 | 02:16:01 | 4 |
| 7 | Franklin | Tonorio | Tampa | FL | KEN | 38 | M | 02:16:29 | 02:16:29 | 5 |
| 12 | Odilion | Cuahutle | MEX | 37 | M | 02:16:42 | 02:16:42 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Benson | Mbithi | Clusane Di Iseo | KEN | 29 | M | 02:17:00 | 02:17:01 | 7 | |
| 23 | Lamech | Mokono | Santa Fe | NM | KEN | 28 | M | 02:18:40 | 02:18:41 | 8 |
| 27 | Edward | Kiptum | KEN | 29 | M | 02:19:21 | 02:19:21 | 10 | ||
| 51 | Dmitry | Safronov | Los Angeles | CA | USA | 27 | M | 02:19:41 | 02:19:41 | 11 |
| 29 | Mark | Batres | USA | 23 | M | 02:20:18 | 02:20:18 | 12 | ||
| 33 | Cristian | Villavicencio | NIC | 31 | M | 02:27:55 | 02:27:56 | 13 | ||
| 12150 | Roy | Vargas | Heredia | CRI | 28 | M | 02:29:10 | 02:29:14 | 15 | |
| 30 | Erwin Eulogio | Oroxom Racancoji | GTM | 30 | M | 02:30:30 | 02:30:31 | 16 | ||
| 500 | Timothy | Scarpinato | Champaign | IL | 24 | M | 02:33:21 | 02:33:23 | 17 | |
| 24275 | Sabino | Beltran | North Hills | CA | 31 | M | 02:34:27 | 02:35:16 | 19 | |
| 917 | Fermin | Sequen | Guatemalteco | GTM | 40 | M | 02:34:33 | 02:34:34 | 20 |
Laban Moiben from Kenya received $ 20,000 and a brand-new Honda Car as his prize as the Men’s Champion.
Top nine runners (there is no # 9, # 14, # 18) were all foreigners—7 are Kenyans; 1 from Bahrain; and 1 from Mexico. US runners were at # 11 & # 12.
Out of the top 17 runners, 10 runners belong to the 20-29 years old category; 6 are from 30-39 years old category; and 1 from the 40-49 years old category.
For more information on the XXIII Los Angeles Marathon last 02 March 2008, click here.
| F7 | Tatiana | Aryasova | RUS | 28 | F | 02:29:09 | 02:29:09 | 14 | 1 | ||
| F50 | Yuliya | Gromova | New York | RUS | 33 | F | 02:34:12 | 02:34:12 | 18 | 2 | |
| F3 | Jacqueline | Nytipei | KEN | 24 | F | 02:37:47 | 02:37:47 | 23 | 3 | ||
| F12 | Albina | Gallyamova | RUS | 24 | F | 02:37:50 | 02:37:50 | 24 | 4 | ||
| F8 | Mary | Ptikany | KEN | 30 | F | 02:40:12 | 02:40:12 | 27 | 5 | ||
| F4 | Claudia | Camargo | ARG | 36 | F | 02:45:17 | 02:45:17 | 34 | 6 | ||
| F25 | Jennifer | De Rego | USA | 29 | F | 02:46:24 | 02:46:24 | 36 | 7 | ||
| F11 | Tatiana | Titova | RUS | 42 | F | 02:51:32 | 02:51:32 | 50 | 8 | ||
| 12304 | Katie | Layman | Martinez | CA | 25 | F | 02:53:44 | 02:55:02 | 59 | 9 | |
| 24270 | Tereso | Yanez | Los Angeles | CA | 40 | F | 02:59:13 | 02:59:54 | 89 | 11 | |
| F27 | Dina | Cruz | GTM | 34 | F | 03:00:04 | 03:00:04 | 95 | 12 | ||
| 23802 | Jenn | Shelton | Bend | OR | 24 | F | 03:00:34 | 03:00:34 | 96 | 13 | |
| 14742 | Bari | Ramberg | Beverly Hills | CA | 41 | F | 03:00:49 | 03:01:05 | 99 | 14 | |
| 23825 | Angie | Radosevich | Eugene | OR | 32 | F | 03:03:57 | 03:04:08 | 117 | 15 | |
| 11041 | Corinne | Roberts | San Francisco | CA | 22 | F | 03:07:59 | 03:09:25 | 141 | 16 | |
| 8245 | Teresa | Rider | Boulder | CO | 49 | F | 03:08:27 | 03:08:34 | 149 | 17 | |
| 561 | Linda | Rosenthal | La Canada | CA | 42 | F | 03:10:08 | 03:10:42 | 162 | 18 | |
| 824 | Rossana | Robinson | Westlake Village | CA | 45 | F | 03:10:42 | 03:10:54 | 173 | 19 | |
| 17869 | Jennifer | Balentine | Lake Tapps | WA | 33 | F | 03:12:10 | 03:12:23 | 187 | 20 |
The LA Marathon organizers introduced the “women challenge format” where the elite women runners were released 20 minutes ahead of the elite men runners and the rest of the runners/particpants. Tatiana Aryasova won a “bonus” prize of $ 100,000 for winning the said race format as nobody from the elite men runners had overtaken her up to the finish line. Tatiana Aryasova from Russia also received $ 20,000 and a brand-new Honda Car as her prize as the Lady Champion.
It should be noted that out of the 19 (there is no # 10 on the list) top female runners, 7 are within the age category of 20-29 years old; 6 are within the 30-39 years old category; and 6 are within the 40-49 years old.
Name Time
1. Jho-Ann Banayag 3:02:26
2. Christabel Martes 3:o6:50
3. Jeruto Kigen Caroline 3:10:26
4. Joanne Manangat 3:37:33
5. Flor Donos 3:42:46
6. Katie Fischer 3:46:09
7. Anna Vargas 3:48:16
8. Enate Sayrol 3:54:56
9. Jenny Kinsella 3:55:01
10. Geraldine Sealsa 3:58:31
11. Ailyn Morillo 4:04:55
12. Genevieve De la Pena 4:05:51
13. Mila Paje 4:08:43
14. Annie Agoncillo 4:09:35
15. Joan Pallones 4:09:36
16. Olive Cortez 4:11:18
17. Debbie Marie Bautista 4:14:52
18. Daisy Castillon 4:15:11
19. Reva Magno 4:20:10
20. Monique Nimo 4:22:45
Name Time
1. Kiprotich Birgen Geoffry 2:20:12
2. Eduardo Buenavista 2:25:33
3. Robert Kosgei 2:29:06
4. Allan Ballester 2:31:05
5. Bernardo Desamito, Jr. 2:32:41
6. Juniel Languido 2:32:52
7. Cresenciano Sabal 2:33:34
8. Julius Kimuge 2:35:44
9. Rogelio Sarmiento 2:38:56
10. Rolando Piamonte 2:43:08
11. Raul Lamprea 2:43:39
12. Ruben Samuya 2:44:36
13. Jessie Ano 2:44:57
14. Angelo Sibayan 2:45:27
15. Rodolfo Tacadino 2:45:36
16. Joel Bengtay 2:46:00
17. Ramie Lacson 2:46:30
18. Rabin Dalog 2:46:51
19. Jerry Lindawan 2:46:54
20. Marson Tarcelo 2:47:08
From the complete results of the 42K-Men of the 2008 Pasig River Marathon (International Philippine Marathon 2008), my Official Time is 4:49:03 hours.
Overall, I finished No. 417 out of 824 finishers.
24 February 2008 (4:00 AM-8:49 AM)
Yes, I finished the 2008 Pasig River Marathon in 4:49:48 hours (unofficial time) without any injury or any problems. Surprisingly, I did not have any coughing along the way, from start to finish!
The following data were taken from my GF 305:
Distance—42.6 kilometers Average Pace—6:48 minutes/kilometer
Average Speed—8.8 km/hr Maximum Speed—13.6 km/hr
Average HR—155 bpm Maximum HR—165 bpm
Calories—3,016 Total Ascent—1,265 meters
More stories and pictures on my next posts. Guys, I need some rest!
Congratulations to all the 42K runners and finishers!!!
The list of top runners/winners of the 2008 Subic International Marathon held last 20 January 2008 in Subic Bay Freeport, Zambales is now available at http://www.subicmarathon.com/winners.html
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