Following the excellent results in the Chicago FM in October, more good results from New York, and from Athens, Greece, and Hangzhou, China.  Running in the NY Marathon on 2 November, Jacqueline Rohrbach ran her first FM in 3:28.  Previously, Jacqueline had run a 1:49 HM.   Anne Charron also ran a new PB of 3:55 in NY.  On 8 November, Wong Ka Wai (see picture) ran 2:51 for the FM in Hangzhou - his first FM since joining SportPlus - while Andrea Fiori completed his first FM in Athens. 

Results on Sunday 6 December 2009:

• Fresh from her 3:28 first-time FM in NY, Jacqueline Rohrbach ran 1:38 in the Angkor Wat HM.  Jacqueline's previous best: 1:49 in the same race one year ago.  Jacqueline has now started her preparations for Boston.
• In Macau, Daniel Yeung ran 1:26 for the HM (previous best 1:29) and Eddie Lo set a new PB of 4:37 in the FM (previous best 5:10).  Daniel will move up to the SCM in February.
• The previous weekend, a  number of athletes ran the UNICEF 10k or HM as a training run as part of their preparation for the SC HM or FM; as you know, the use of competitive races as a training tool is a major feature of our programmes.  Runners who completed the UNICEF HM included Wong Ka Wai who ran 1:19 then ran an additional 10km to make up his long run for the week! 

Results from the Taipei marathon on Sunday, 20 December.  Angus Chao (PB 3:06.11) ran his first FM after joining SportPlus and ran a controlled race to run 3:07.53.  Johnny Mok (PB 3:23) ran what should have been a controlled HM 'fun run'  but, in the end, ran the FM because he couldn't exit the freeway!  No fun!

Results from Xiamen (on 12 December): Wong Ka Wai new PB of 2:41; Angus Chao new PB of 3:03.

Results from Mizuno HM on 10 January - Wong Ka Wai 1:18 training run; Daniel Yeung new PB of 1:26; Pauline Tse new PB of 1:46.