The tenth edition of the Monaco Marathon takes place Sunday, November 12, presenting its annual elite well-matched field consists mainly of East Africans and Eastern Europeans, who will be battling it out on the course notoriously difficult Mediterranean.

Last year’s second place at Monaco Marathon finisher Kenyan John Ngeny (OJ 02:15:09 – 2004) and Swedish record holder Lena Gavelin (OJ 02:30:39 – 2003), a top-20 finisher in World Cup 2003, respectively over rapid newcomers to the men and women races.

Monaco Marathon will run this year

Although none of the champions Monaco Marathon will run this year (John Kirui of Kenya, 2:19:08, and Alina Tecuta Gherasim Romania, 2:43:44), the 2006 competition to benefit both sets of the second and third end . In the men’s race, Ngeny will be joined by Russian Andrey Bryzgalov (OJ 02:17:43 – 2004), while their compatriots Yelena Kozhevnikova (2:39:54 – 2004) and Ludmilla Afoniouchkina (OJ 02:44:00 – 2004), small places on the podium of the women employed in 2005, also returns.

Another Russian Maria Fedosseva (OJ 02:37:24 – 2002) that women won the race in Monaco Marathon in 2002 and 2004, is of course another name to watch in the battle for women’s title.

Monaco Marathon et des Riviera

The marathon route is so full of tender name signs – “Monaco Marathon et des Riviera” – covers more than just the territory of the small Mediterranean principality. In the presence of the sovereign, the Prince Albert II of Monaco and IAAF President Lamine Diack, the race of your starting point in front of the IAAF headquarters in the Rue des Moulins, on arrival of the 42.195 km distance at the Stade Louis II in the district Fontvieille, crossed the borders of three countries. The French communities of Roquebrune-Cap Martin and Menton and the Italian border town of Ventimiglia are so inextricably linked to this annual festival of sports such as Monaco Marathon.

Runners from 40 countries make this a truly international Monaco Marathon issue, with nearly 1,800 marathon runners to the start of his trial on the course lasts 09.30hrs, with over 1,200 participants registered for the 4th edition of the Monte-Carlo 10 km, leaving 45 minutes later.

The all time best times for the Monaco Marathon are held by Kenneth Cheruiyot of Kenya (1999 – 2:11:26) and Italian Maura Viceconte (1997 – 02:28:16), and a prize of 3,600 euros for the the first men and women, with a bonus of 3000 should be improved or brand.

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