Weightman beat Jess Judd by 4-seconds to win the 3K in 8:59 while Stabler won the 5K in 13:59. Runner-up was Charlie Hulson in 14:00 with US's Jordan Mann 3rd (14:01) as impressively, the top 94 broke 15 minutes. *2nd article *Results
He faces former world indoor 1500 silver medalist Daniel Kipchirchir Komen. 2016 winner and home favorite Carla Salomé Rocha leads the women's race.
He faces a field with seven sub-2:10 men and New Zealand's Jake Robertson (60:01 half PB) making his marathon debut.
In the women's 1500, Morocco's Rababe Arafi got an upset win over world 5000 champ Hellen Obiri, Ethiopia's Taresa Tolosa (3:37.41) beat out Poland's Marcin Lewandowski in the men's 1500 and Adam Kszczot ran 1:46.75 to win his fourth straight race of 2018. *Full Results