Monday, October 13, 2008

Results: Kenyans Sweep Men's Chicago Marathon

Kenyan Evans Cheruiyot took the Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:06:25.  It's only his second marathon and he's 2 for 2 with his win at Milan last December.

David Mandago (2:07:37) and Timothy Chergat (2:11:39) took second and third respectively.

Mandago was leading Cheruiyot by several meters at the later stages of the race but Evans pulled ahead and finished more than a minute in front.

Eindhoven Marathon

Kenyans took the men's and women's title in Eindhoven with Geoffrey Mutai (2:07:50) and Lydia Kurgat (2:33:39) crossing the finish line first.

Mutai's was a course record as well as a big, big PR.  His previous best was 2:12:36!  Perhaps Eindhoven is a fast course?

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