José Antonio Requejo Santos, Jayne Taylor and Rafa Botello Jiménez win the Ciudad de Arrecife Marathon Lanzarote 2008.
Saturday, the 29th of November, we celebrated the 19th Edition of the Lanzarote Marathon, that was taking place for the third time in the capital of the island, the Ciudad de Arrecife, Organized by Club La Santa, the Sports Department of both the Lanzarote Cabildo and the Arrecife Town Hall, supported by “Centros Turísticos de Lanzarote”, the event was sponsored by Coca Cola, SIS, Costa Calero Talasoterapia and Martín Martín Arquitectos.
At 10.00 a.m., after the successful Marathon Kids race, over 850 athletes took the start of the race on a course of 10,550 m – some to run one loop (1/4 marathon), others two (1/2 marathon) and the remaining to cover the whole mythical distance of 42,195 km (4 loops)
The 23 year old Spanish José Antonio Requejo, from Burgos, won easily and set a new course record at 2:24:06.
Veteran Brit Jayne Taylor won the ladies race in 3:10:21
The Paralympics athlete (11th in Beijing) Rafael Botello Jimenez (29 years old, from Barcelona) impressed both participants and spectators with his incredible speed all along the four loops. He crossed the finish in 1:47:44, definitely setting a high record for the wheelchair category.
About an hour later, the French triathletes with adrenoleucodystrophy would also finish the race – showing again that you can reach your goals, as long as you fight for it.
Another extraordinary performance was made by the wheelchair athlete Francisco Toledo Gomez from Lanzarote: this man used a basketball wheelchair to cover the ¼ marathon, and though the Challenger seemed to be far too much an effort, he would by no way abandon and did reach the finish tower. Congratulations and applause by all present spectators and a special welcome not only by race manager Kenneth Gasque but also by sponsor of the wheelchair category, Martin Martin.
Well done Fran, and thanks to Martin Martin for promoting this special category.
The ½ Marathon was won by Dailos García from La Palma (1:12:21) and Hasna Bahom (1:20:52)
As to the ¼ Marathon, the young Francisco José García Viñoly from Lanzarote finished first (0:34:27) as did Irish Aoife Brady (0:38:31) followed by the 12-year old Summer Ibrahim (0:41:05), a British girl living on the island.
The Marathon by Teams also had quite a success: this year, ten teams registered and had good fun long the loop they ran together (the sum of the four times would make the marathon result).
Some people participated walking the ¼ marathon distance, enjoying the atmosphere and being part of the celebration, Thanks to all for choosing Lanzarote to come and race a marathon festival!.
MARATHON (207 Finishers - 167 men + 40 women)
Top 5 men 1/1 Marathon
1 702 José Antonio Requejo Santos 25-29 ESP 10:01:44 12:25:50 02:24:06
2 731 Stewart Macdonald 40-44 GBR 10:01:45 12:31:05 02:29:21
3 909 David Kirkland 35-39 GBR 10:01:46 12:36:39 02:34:54
4 721 Kari Virtanen 35-39 FIN 10:01:44 12:40:44 02:39:00
5 910 Ronald Hampe 40-44 GER 10:01:48 12:41:02 02:39:14
1st Lanzarote resident Lanzarote:
11 888 Robert Rudhart 30-34 GER Lanzarote 10:01:51 12:54:35 02:52:45
WHEELCHAIRS 1/1 Marathon
1 707 Rafael Botello Jimenez 25-29 ESP 10:00:44 11:48:28 01:47:44
2 708 Stephane Rouyer 45-49 FRA 10:00:44 12:46:57 02:46:14
Top 5 Women 1/1 Marathon
1 746 Jayne Taylor 45-49 GBR 10:01:50 13:12:10 03:10:21
2 799 Marja Holopainen 50-54 FIN 10:01:52 13:14:56 03:13:04
3 826 Ritva Karppinen 40-44 FIN 10:02:36 13:27:30 03:24:55
4 707 Jacqueline Rabou 40-44 NED Lanzarote 10:01:45 13:29:54 03:28:09
5 805 Ritva Vallivaara-Pasto 45-49 FIN 10:02:48 13:41:31 03:38:43
½ MARATHON (368 Finishers - 277 men + 91 women)
Top 5 Men ½ Marathon
1 674 Dailos Garcia Pombrol 25-29 ESP La Palma 10:01:44 11:14:05 01:12:21
2 676 Jose Maria Fernandez Atienza 45-49 ESP 10:01:44 11:14:13 01:12:30
3 664 Gregorio Caceres Morales 30-34 ESP Lanzarote 10:01:44 11:14:50 01:13:07
4 337 John Convery 45-49 GBR 10:01:44 11:15:27 01:13:44
5 360 Andy Ward 35-39 GBR 10:01:45 11:16:07 01:14:23
Top 5 Women ½ Marathon
1 443 Hasna Bahom 30-34 ESP 10:01:47 11:22:38 01:20:52
2 635 Anna Critchlow 40-44 GBR 10:01:49 11:22:57 01:21:09
3 671 Aroa Merino Betancort 25-29 ESP Lanzarote 10:01:48 11:24:26 01:22:39
4 605 Christl Viebahn 30-34 GER 10:01:56 11:28:09 01:26:14
5 641 Lynette Porter 45-49 GBR 10:01:51 11:30:32 01:28:41
¼ MARATHON (278 Finishers - 176 men + 102 women)
Top 5 Men ¼ Marathon
1 248 Francisco Jose Garcia Viñoly u/20 ESP Lanzarote 10:01:41 10:36:07 00:34:27
2 158 Ronan Kearns 30-34 IRL 10:01:41 10:36:49 00:35:09
3 124 Victor Manuel Guadelupe Guadelupe 25-29 ESP Lanzarote 10:01:41 10:37:07 00:35:27
4 283 Karsten Kjelde 30-34 DEN 10:01:41 10:37:41 00:36:00
5 235 Ben Madsen 30-34 GBR 10:01:41 10:38:09 00:36:29
WHEELCHAIR - 1/4 Marathon
Francisco Toledo Gómez 30-34 ESP 10:00:44 13:45:09 03:44:25
Women ¼ Marathon
1 162 Aoife Brady 25-29 IRL 10:01:41 10:40:11 00:38:31
2 4 Summer Ibrahim u/20 GBR Lanzarote 10:01:41 10:42:45 00:41:05
3 163 Astrid Glorie 45-49 NED 10:01:41 10:46:16 00:44:36
4 196 Anne Cobbaert 45-49 BEL 10:01:41 10:46:17 00:44:36
5 228 Rachel Badham 35-39 GBR 10:01:41 10:47:36 00:45:55
Full results click here
Lanzarote, 30th of November 2008
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