TC10k - Kumugul and Murage prevail

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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