Александр Криза

For a week nobody could get near Bulat Ganiev's 4:17. On the eve of Halloween, Alexey Tsvetkov matched that pace and won by less than a second per kilometre. In the women's race, Tatiana Gudz capped a tough October with a win at 4:55.

November 5

Ilya Kosmach ran his 10 km at 3:59 on opening day, and nobody came close for the rest of the race. Anna Egorova clocked 4:00 in a club time trial and finished 1:17 per km clear of her nearest rivals. 49 finishers out of 54.

November 4

Matskevich and Sokol have set the pace in Sparta at 4:36 and 5:22. The chasers still have kilometres to run, and some of them are moving faster.

November 4