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Brits Macdonald & Crombie-Hicks win 18th Lanzarote Marathon
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Today 1st of December over 700 athletes gathered in the capital of Lanzarote, ARRECIFE to join the 18th Lanzarote Marathon, the Ciudad de Arrecife Lanzarote Marathon.
This morning, the sun was there again to allow everybody to enjoy a beautiful race day. Rafael López started a minute ahead of the other athletes, to enable him to have a smoother race in his wheelchair. (Rafael ended in a wheelchair after a motorbike accident two years ago, but immediately reacted joining wheelchair athletics) Then the big group took the start, at 10 a.m., including the local favourite José Carlos Hernández Cabrera, who helped design the race course, much flatter than last year, and Gregorio Cáceres Morales, Spanish Long Distance Triathlon Cup Champion, and among the ladies, the Lanzarote (tri)athlete, Aroa Merino Betancort.
A huge amount of spectators attended the start this year. And as usually, just after the adults left, the Marathon Kids took place, with hundreds of children from very small to teenagers who performed all well, though no times were taken. They all received a T-shirt and a medal upon crossing the finish line. |
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Not only professionals but increasing numbers of just runners enthusiasts attend the Lanzarote Marathon every year, as the good climate of Lanzarote is definitely one of its main attractions early December. New this year was also the possibility to win a trophy if running by teams of 4 in the ¼ marathon. In that case, all four times were summed to get a total Marathon time.
Remember the Ciudad de Arrecife Lanzarote Marathon is a Marathon Festival with four different distances to chose from: ¼ Marathon (10,550Km), ½ Marathon (21,100Km) or full Marathon (42,192 Km), and last but not least, the marathon kids distance of approximately a mile or 1,6 Km. |
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Top three:
¼ Marathon men
1º Víctor Manuel Guadalupe, Lanzarote (00:34:33)
2º José María Fernández Atienza, Spain (00:35:23)
3º Mustapha Akoudad Safout, Lanzarote (00:35:36)
¼ Marathon women
1ª Angela Hibbs, Great Britain (00:38:18)
2ª Lucy D`Arcy, Ireland (00:40:59)
3ª Celia Ronero Gallardo, Lanzarote (00:41:21) |
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½ Marathon men
1º José Carlos Hernández Cabrera, Lanzarote (01:08:31)
2º John Convery, Great Britain (01:12:31)
3º Craig Stewart, Great Britain (01:15:28)
½ Marathon women
1ª Aroa Merino Betancort, Lanzarote (01:24:19)
2ª Kathrin Schippmann, Germany (01:26:05)
3ª Jannie Hansen, Denmark (01:27:57) |
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Marathon men
1º Stewart Macdonald, Great Britain (02:30:57)
2º Javier sauquillo Falco, Spain (02:41:27)
3º Xavier Manso Luis, Spain (02:43:46)
Marathon women
1ª Shona Crombie-Hicks, Great Britain (02:56:24)
2ª Stina Haikka, Finland (03:16:00)
3ª Susannah Evans, Great Britain (03:21:17) |
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At the marathon awards at 15h00 a series of prizes were raffled among the public who had stayed till the end, prizes offered by the sponsors Talasoterapia Costa Calero, Perfumería Charlie and Club La Santa. |
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