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January 30th, 2019
Runatolia Entries In Progress
Antalya’s major road running event Runatolia is scheduled to 3 March this year. Registration process will end on 28 February.
Despite the change of its organiser and its name within the years, the event has been contributing the winter tourism in Turkey since 2006, featuring a weekend long sports festival with several activities and entertainments in addition to its athletic attributions. Starting with the traditional Bambini Run, a 200 meters race for kids, the High Heels Run and the 4km Terracity Run on Saturday 2 March, the event once again includes the marathon, half marathon and a 10km race to be held on Sunday.
Runatolia entries are processed via the official website of the event at www.runatolia.com. The system will remain open until midnight, 28 February.
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January 10th, 2019
Swimming With Caretta Carettas
Entries are open for the Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race. The event on 28 April will include a longer race for the first time this year.
Dalyan, the worldwide known tourist destination in the Ortanca district of Muğla city on the south-west coast of Turkey, will once again host the popular swimming event of the spring season. The event, promoted as “Swimming with Caretta Carettas”, will see two separate races, both starting at the İztuzu Beach, an area where the Caretta Caretta sea turtles go ashore to lay their eggs. The participants of the 2.5km race will make a turn around Delikada, the island across the beach, and swim back to where they started. The 5km race will turn around the buoy beyond the island.
Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race is staged in fourteen age categories from 14 to over 80. Pre-registration is open at www.carettalarlayuzuyoruz.com, the official website of the event, prepared by the organizer Dalyan Iztuzu Tourism Promotion Association. Final entries will be processed if the registrant sends the required documents to the organizer by 10 April.
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January 2nd, 2019
Top Five in 2018 Rankings
The year 2018 saw the world and Turkish records broken in both marathon and half marathon. Eliud Kipchoge will be the one to be remembered for years.
The 34-year-old Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge improved the world record by 1 minute 18 seconds with an incredible performance at the Berlin Marathon in September. One month later, his compatriot Abraham Kiptum broke the world half marathon record in Valencia.
On the Turkish side, it was Kaan Kigen Özbilen who starred in 2018 by his half marathon record in Istanbul in April, and the marathon record in Amsterdam in October.Top five in the 2018 lists are as follows;
Men's marathon world rankings:
2:01:39 Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya (Berlin, 16 September)
2:04:00 Mosinet Geremew, Ethiopia (Dubai, 26 January)
2:04:02 Leule Gebrselassie, Ethiopia (Dubai, 26 January)
2:04:06 Tamirat Tola, Ethiopia (Dubai, 26 January)
2:04:06 Asefa Mengstu, Ethiopia (Dubai, 26 January)
2:04:06 Lawrence Cherono, Kenya (Amsterdam, 21 October)Men's marathon Turkish rankings:
2:06:24 Kaan Kigen Özbilen (Amsterdam, 21 October)
2:16:15 Mert Girmalegesse (Istanbul, 11 November)
2:17:57 Muzaffer Bayram (Dusseldorf, 29 April)
2:18:11 Üzeyir Söylemez (Dusseldorf, 29 April)
2:18:46 Yavuz Ağralı (Berlin, 12 August)
Women's marathon world rankings:
2:18:11 Gladys Cherono, Kenya (Berlin, 16 September)
2:18:31 Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenya (London, 22 April)
2:18:34 Ruti Aga, Kenya (Berlin, 16 September)
2:18:35 Brigid Kosgei, Kenya (Chicago, 7 October)
2:18:35 Ruth Chepngetich, Kenya (Istanbul, 11 November)Women's marathon Turkish rankings:
2:32:23 Elvan Abeylegesse (Istanbul, 11 November)
2:36:21 Fadime Çelik (Dusseldorf, 29 April)
2:38:45 Şeyma Yıldız (Dusseldorf, 29 April)
2:39:45 Tubay Erdal (Dusseldorf, 29 April)
2:39:58 Elif Dağdelen (Dusseldorf, 29 April)Men's half marathon world rankings:
58:18 Abraham Kiptum, Kenya (Valenciya, 28 October)
58:33 Jemal Yimer, Ethiopia (Valenciya, 28 October)
58:42 Bedan Karoki, Kenya (Ras Al Khaimah, 9 February)
58:42 Eric Kiptanui, Kenya (Berlin, 8 April)
58:44 Abadi Hadis, Ethiopia(Valenciya, 28 October)
1:01:03 Polat Kemboi Arıkan (Lisbon, 11 March)
1:02:48 Aras Kaya (Istanbul, 8 April)
1:05:13 Aykut Taşdemir (Trabzon, 18 February)
1:05:13 Yusuf Alıcı (Trabzon, 18 February)Women's half marathon world rankings:
1:04:52 Fancy Chemutai, Kenya (Ras Al Khaimah, 9 February)
1:04:55 Mary Keitany, Kenya (Ras Al Khaimah, 9 February)
1:05:04 Joan Chelimo Melly, Kenya (Prague, 7 April)
1:05:07 Caroline Kipkirui, Kenya (Ras Al Khaimah, 9 February)
1:05:15 Sifan Hassan, Netherlands (Copenhag, 16 September)Women's half marathon Turkish rankings:
1:12:27 Elvan Abeylegesse (Bucharest, 13 May)
1:12:32 Büşra Nur Koku (Trabzon, 18 February)
1:13:28 Şeyma Yıldız (Trabzon, 18 February)
1:13:36 Esma Aydemir (Doha, 12 January)
1:13:47 Ümmü Kiraz (Cologne, 7 October) -
January 1st, 2019
Best New Year Wishes From Depar Timing
May you have a good start to 2019, live life at your own pace, and finish the year strong!
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December 31th, 2018
First Stop Adana in the New Year
Depar Timing will open the year 2019 at the International Adana Half Marathon on 6 January. Entries are accepted until 4 January.
Celebrating its ninth edition, International Adana Half Marathon incorporates the Turkish Half Marathon League this year. Where African athletes have been dominating for the past six editions, men’s race record is held by Kenya’s Barselius Kipyego with 1:00:46, standing from 2016, and the women’s record was set by his compatriot Diana Kipyokei last year with a time of 1:08:42.
Timing services in Adana will be provided by Depar Timing. Registration to the event is possible until Friday, 4 January at adanakurtulusmaratonu.adana.bel.tr.
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