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The annual Times Colonist 10k took place today, Sunday, April 28th, on the streets of Victoria, BC, under mild and mostly sunny conditions with variable winds.
Kenyan, Paul Kumugul won the race in 29 minutes and 44 seconds over fellow countrymen and former two-time winners Kip Kangogo (29:48) and Willy Kimosop (30:02) as well as hometown favourite Geoff Martinson, who finished in a personal best time of 30:17.
After the three kilometre mark Kumugul attempted to break the field apart by putting in a surge on a downhill stretch on Vancouver Street, he did in fact stretch out his competitors to single file however, a subsequent short and steep uphill brought the four together again at four kilometres. They ran together along Dallas Road (waterfront) for three kilometres into a strong headwind until at roughly the eight kilometre mark, where once again Kumugul drastically picked up the pace, but this time Kangogo went with him, while Martinson held his pace, subsequently losing ground. At this point, Kimosop was already starting to fade. Kangogo said, "It was a strong surge that he put in but I wasn't going to let him get away." Kangogo, held onto the apparent sub-2:50 per km pace until the final sprint where Kumugul prevailed; having raced hard over the final two kilometres, there was little kick remaining as they entered the shute.
Kangogo was being edged towards the fencing over the final kilometre by Kumugul. "I am not going to protest it, he ran well, but yes he was edging me into the side," said Kangogo when asked about the final kilometre's extra-curricular activities.
Kangogo and Kumugul duelled in Vancouver on the 21st at the Vancouver Sun Run, finishing first and fifth, respectively. Next up is the BMO Vancouver Half Marathon for athletes as well as Geoff Martinson and Kimosop. "I expect to run a sub-1:05 in Vancouver," shared Martinson. Martinson's personal best is 1:05 from the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Half Marathon. In March he ran to a finishing time of 1:07 at the Comox Valley Half Marathon, after pacing master, Jim Finlayson for over 18k. where they finished into a cold headwind.
The women's winner Jane Murage from Nairobi, Kenya finished 27th overall in the time of 34:28. She bettered hometown favourite Catrin Jones who will be racing the BMO Vancouver Marathon as a training effort towards the Tamarak Ottawa Marathon. Jones finished in 35:21, "yes the headwind was really strong and I couldn't find anyone to draft off of, but I am happy with the effort," said Jones. Victoria's Jen Millar wasn't far behind in 35:46 ahead of Catherine Watkins and Lisa Harvey of Calgary, Alberta. The latter three finished in order, one after the other. Watkins was the top master (40-plus) while former winner Harvey was second. Third master was North Vancouver's Carol Montgomery who raced in the next age-group above 45-49. She finished in 36:24. Murage said, "I am happy with the win, but my time was slow because of the strong headwind between kilometres five and eight."
The top four male masters finished in order, one after the other starting with Jim Finlayson in 32:48, he was followed in by two-time Olympian Bruce Deacon, Victoria's Craig Odermatt and Kevin O'Connor from Vancouver. Deacon and Odermatt finished in identical gun times of 33:01, while O'Connor finished in 33:06. O'Connor and Deacon race in the 45-59 age-category, while Odermatt and Finalyson are in the 40-44 group. Finalyson said, "yeah, nice day, but the headwind didn't make things easy, last time I ran this slow I was in grade eight." Odermatt and Finlayson have finished the 10k distances in just over 30 minutes consistantly for over 20 years, the wind prevailed over these models of consistancy.
Nearly 13,000 participants took in the race. Before the start there was a moving speech provided by race announcer Steven King, who is known as the voice of Ironman Canada and many other events. A minute of silence took place before the start to honour victims of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon explosions.
Full results are available at www.tc10k.ca and www.racedaytiming.ca
Also Read:
List of TC10k articles and videos
List of Geoff Martinson interviews and articles
Below are the top finishers, listed:
2013 TC10K
28 April 2013
Results by racedaytiming.ca
Questions? info@racedaytiming.ca
Place Div/Tot Div Guntime Pace Bib Name City 5k 8k Nettime
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1 1/457 M3034 29:44 2:59 M34 Paul Kimaiyo Kumugul Toronto 14:59 24:14 29:44
2 2/457 M3034 29:48 2:59 M1 Kip Kangogo Lethbridge 14:59 24:14 29:48
3 1/442 M2529 30:02 3:01 M3 Willy Kimosop Lethbridge 14:57 24:14 30:02
4 2/442 M2529 30:17 3:02 M2 Geoff Martinson Victoria 14:58 24:14 30:17
5 3/457 M3034 30:38 3:04 M41 Gilbert Kiptoo 15:05 24:34 30:38
6 1/227 M2024 30:42 3:05 M43 Edwin Kaitany 15:04 24:33 30:42
7 3/442 M2529 31:09 3:07 M10 Adam Hortian Waterloo 15:28 25:08 31:09
8 1/392 M3539 31:12 3:08 M5 David Jackson Abbotsford 15:27 25:11 31:12
9 2/392 M3539 31:16 3:08 M49 Simon Whitfield Victoria 15:28 25:11 31:16
10 4/457 M3034 31:19 3:08 M9 Benard Onsare Calgary 15:28 25:08 31:19
11 3/392 M3539 31:26 3:09 M12 Oliver Utting Burnaby 15:28 25:11 31:26
12 5/457 M3034 32:25 3:15 M44 Kristopher Swanson Victoria 15:40 26:00 32:25
13 1/399 M4044 32:48 3:17 M6 James Finlayson Victoria 16:00 26:13 32:48
14 1/367 M4549 33:01 3:19 M13 Bruce Deacon Victoria 16:13 26:31 33:01
15 2/399 M4044 33:01 3:19 M16 Craig Odermatt Victoria 16:12 26:32 33:01
16 2/367 M4549 33:06 3:19 M11 Kevin O'Connor Vancouver 16:12 26:43 33:06
17 4/442 M2529 33:06 3:19 M42 Solomon Ngetich 16:02 26:30 33:06
18 1/473 M0119 33:34 3:22 176 Hayden Hollowell Hythe 16:35 27:04 33:33
19 4/392 M3539 33:39 3:22 M33 Mark Cryderman Campbell River 16:36 27:04 33:39
20 5/392 M3539 33:48 3:23 M18 Shane Ruljancich Victoria 16:39 27:07 33:47
21 6/457 M3034 33:51 3:24 M40 Adam O'Meara Victoria 16:37 27:05 33:51
22 5/442 M2529 33:53 3:24 M22 Jonathan Gendron Victoria 16:33 27:05 33:53
23 7/457 M3034 34:09 3:25 M21 Eric Findlay Victoria 16:49 27:25 34:08
24 2/227 M2024 34:18 3:26 M28 Shaun Stephens-Whale Roberts Creek 16:40 27:28 34:18
25 8/457 M3034 34:20 3:26 M26 Grant Handrigan Moncton 17:04 27:38 34:20
26 3/227 M2024 34:26 3:27 286 Andrew Hall Victoria 17:04 27:44 34:26
27 1/773 F2529 34:28 3:27 F1 Jane Murage Royersford 16:59 27:39 34:28
28 3/367 M4549 34:36 3:28 M19 Neil Holm Courtenay 17:01 27:48 34:36
29 3/399 M4044 34:38 3:28 250 Jason Sandquist Duncan 17:04 27:43 34:36
30 6/392 M3539 34:39 3:28 M29 Jeremy Watts Victoria 16:59 27:45 34:39
31 4/227 M2024 34:47 3:29 214 Eric Martinek Grande Prairie 16:23 27:36 34:47
32 9/457 M3034 34:47 3:29 M27 Byron Trajan Nanaimo 17:05 27:56 34:46
33 4/399 M4044 34:49 3:29 111 Shay Averbuch Victoria 17:17 28:01 34:46
34 4/367 M4549 34:50 3:29 M31 Vince Brotherston Comox 17:13 28:03 34:50
35 7/392 M3539 34:56 3:30 M39 Anton Rabien Sooke 17:03 27:56 34:54
36 8/392 M3539 35:14 3:32 303 Jerry Loeb Campbell River 17:09 28:14 35:14
37 1/696 F3034 35:21 3:33 F30 Catrin Jones Victoria 17:16 28:19 35:21
38 9/392 M3539 35:31 3:34 282 Brian Zurek Nanaimo 17:45 28:32 35:25
39 2/473 M0119 35:43 3:35 M32 Jordan Kinghorn Victoria 17:09 28:34 35:40
40 2/696 F3034 35:46 3:35 F4 Jen Millar Victoria 17:21 28:37 35:46
41 1/559 F4044 35:49 3:35 F3 Catherine Watkins Vancouver 17:39 28:50 35:49
42 2/559 F4044 35:57 3:36 F5 Lisa Harvey Calgary 17:42 28:47 35:57
43 10/392 M3539 35:58 3:36 311 Jeremy Waters Coquitlam 17:37 28:55 35:56
44 5/399 M4044 36:04 3:37 200 Richard Light Duncan 17:37 28:54 36:03
45 5/227 M2024 36:07 3:37 M38 Chris Sundby Victoria 17:29 28:54 36:07
46 6/399 M4044 36:08 3:37 M23 Hicham Elamiri Victoria 17:40 28:56 36:08
47 10/457 M3034 36:16 3:38 M24 Chris Callendar Victoria 17:55 29:15 36:15
48 11/392 M3539 36:20 3:38 164 Tobi Gardner North Saanich 18:01 29:13 36:16
49 6/227 M2024 36:22 3:39 140 James Cook Victoria 17:37 29:02 36:20
50 1/546 F4549 36:24 3:39 F6 Carol Montgomery North Vancouver 17:51 29:15 36:22