Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede and Kenya’s Martin Mathathi are the favourites for the fifth annual Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon on Sunday (17), with the IAAF Silver Label Road Race also known as the Naoko Takahashi Cup.

The Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford University in Palo Alto on Sunday night (28) produced four world yearly leaders by Emma Coburn and Canadian Matt Hughes in the women’s and men’s Steeplechase, Ben True in the 5000m and Australian Ben St. Lawrence in the 10,000m.

8 December 2012 – Melbourne, Australia – In racing terms, Emmanuel Bett looked a good bet to take the 2012 Zatopek 10,000m race.