Record Numbers

Peter Olszewski from the Phnom Penh Post wrote:

RECORD numbers of competitors braced the starting line in this year's 13th annual Angkor Wat International Half Marathon and the Angkor Wat Bike Rally held in Siem Reap over the weekend.

A field of 2,593 contested the half marathon on Sunday, with 1,407 Cambodian runners and 1,186 foreigners, compared to last year's race total of 2,150 runners.

Cambodian Hem Bunting won the half marathon this year with a time of one hour, 13 minutes, 53 seconds - well ahead of last year's winning time of 1hr, 18min, 58sec.

Brent Roeger of the US came in second at 1hr, 14min, 47sec, while the 2007 winner, Tony Seakins of Great Britain, finished third. American Melissa Todd won the women's half marathon in 1hr, 22min, 44sec. Britons Catherine Howell and Emily Woodfield came second and third, respectively.

I'd like to add: The official results haven't been put up on the website yet but Pip ran her fastest half to date with a record number of about 1:43. My flatmate put some photos up on facebook, but here's a view of Brooke's 5k dash, Bunting cruising over at the finish and me smiling as the 21.1 is nearly done.