8 Men Goes Sub 60min in RAK HM

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Friday, 14 February 2014

The 2014 RAK half marathon saw a record number of eight men to run the 21.1km rpad race under 1 hour with the world championships silver medalist, Lelisa Desisa (ETH), winning the race in 59:36 minutes.

Eritrea's Nguse Tesfaldet in a thrilling finish took second just 3 seconds behind the winner and with 4 Kenyans, Wilson Kiprop 59:45, Bernard Koech 59:46, Bernard Kipyego 59:47 and Micah Kogo 59:49 behind the leaders. The final two men to break the magic 60 min barrier were Feyisa Lilesa (ETH) 59:51 and Kenya's Paul Lonyangata 59:54.

In the women's race, the London Olympics marathon silver medalist, Rita Jeptoo of Kenya, took a very solid win in 67:02 min more then a minute ahead of the second place finisher Filomeya Cheyech (KEN) 68:13. Ethiopia's Guteni Shone secured in final final strides her third place in 68:31 just 5 seconds ahead of Helah Kiprop (KEN) who took 4th.

Top 10 Performances RAK Marathon 2014 |SEE Full Results Here

	Men
1	Lelisa Desisa	ETH	14 Jan 90	59:36
2	Nguse Tesfaldet	ERI	10 Nov 86	59:39
3	Wilson Kiprop	KEN	14 Apr 87	59:45
4	Bernard Koech	KEN	31 Jan 88	59:46
5	Bernard Kipyego	KEN	16 Jul 86	59:47
6	Micah Kogo	KEN	3 Jun 86	59:49
7	Feyisa Lilesa	ETH	1 Feb 90	59:51
8	Paul Lonyangata	KEN	12 Dec 92	59:54
9	Jacob Kendagor	KEN	19 Sep 84	61:27
10	Ibrahim Jeilan	ETH	12 Jun 89	61:47

	Women
1	Priscah Jeptoo	KEN	26 Jun 84	67:02
2	Filomena Cheyech	KEN	5 Jul 82	68:13
3	Guteni Shone	ETH	17 Nov 91	68:31
4	Helah Kiprop	KEN	7 Apr 85	68:36
5	Rita Jeptoo	KEN	15 Feb 81	68:49
6	Mare Dibaba	ETH	20 Oct 89	68:56
7	Feyse Tadesse	ETH	19 Nov 88	69:19
8	Aberu Kebede	ETH	12 Sep 89	69:22
9	Worknesh Degefa	ETH	90	69:43
10	Caroline Kilel	KEN	21 Mar 81	70:33