MARATON ASICS DE LA CIUDAD DE PANAMA – 1 DECEMBER 2013

Simon Kariuki ran away from the opposition early on, with Juan Cardona (who often runs with cyclist support, against the rules of international marathons) chasing in vain.

Kariuki occasioned excitement in the crowd as it seemed he might crack the 2:16:24 course record Alene Reta ran in 2010 (this year he won the half marathon), and win a $10000 bonus for doing so, but he fell 100 seconds short of the mark.

First Panamanian was Augustin Alcazar in eighth place with 2:44:03.

More than 1500 runners entered: 600 in the marathon along with 65 eight-man relay teams, and 600 in the half marathon.

MEN: 1  Simon KARIUKI                   KEN  2:18:04 2  Juan Carlos CARDONA            COL  2:21:56 3  Marc Chepses KIPKOSGEI       KEN  2:27:38  WOMEN: 1  Alicia ZORILLA                    PAN  3:27:49 2  Iris CAMARENA                     PAN  3:30:42 3  ??                                        ESA  3:32:44  HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1  Alene RETA                          ETH  ??  WOMEN: 1  Wendy Panchi HERRERA    ECU  1:30:54 2  Helen WrRIGHT                   GBR  1:31:20 3  Andrea FERRIS                    PAN  1:33:00 4  Silka NUNEZ                        PAN  1:33:46

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