Tagged: Howard Simpson
L.A. Marathon – The Stadium to the Sea
The Frank McCourt-owned 25th Los Angeles Marathon went off with nary a hitch today, with beautiful weather accompanying a talented field and an absolutely picturesque new course. With the (un)offical theme being Stadium to the Sea, competitors that braved rush-hour traffic (at 5am on a Sunday morning!) were treated to a dazzling array of sights and cultures in the well-planned course.
The times were rather slow, considering the conditions were beautiful and the course was in aggregate, downhill. That said, McCourt pulled off a doozy (wonder if Jamie was watching). These are the results as posted on the www.lamarathon.com site, though I just finished watching on television and Wesley Korir repeated with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 20 seconds. Though Korir is a repeat winner, his time was actually a minute off of last year’s pace, on a much more grueling course in less-than-ideal weather conditions. Women’s winner Edna Kiplagat bettered her career best by more than 10 minutes and won the $100,000 grand prize for winning the Overall Gender Challenge, as women were granted an 18-minute handicap in competing for the prize.
M E N |
NAME | TIME | PACE | |
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1 | Wesley Korir | 02:09:19 | 4:55 | |
2 | Richard Limo | 02:09:48 | 4:57 | |
3 | Paul Samoei | 02:09:54 | 4:57 | |
4 | Laban Kipkemboi | 02:10:40 | 4:59 | |
5 | Albert Matbor | 02:13:45 | 5:06 |
W O M E N |
NAME | TIME | PACE | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Edna Kiplagat | 02:25:38 | 5:33 | |
2 | Teyba Naser | 02:26:20 | 5:34 | |
3 | Silvia Skvortsova | 02:27:20 | 5:37 | |
4 | Tiki Gelana | 02:29:27 | 5:42 | |
5 | Ashu Kasim | 02:35:44 | 5:56 |
Also, congratulations to Gabriela Contreras and Howard Simpson for competing in and completing this accomplishment.