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James Rungaru Solo 27:22.53 at Nittai Time Trials

by Brett Larner

Newcomer James Rungaru (Kenya/Team Toyota) rocked Saturday's Nittai Univ. Time Trials men's 10000 m A-heat with a solo 27:22.53 PB, going out at sub-27 pace without accompaniment and lapping the entire field.  Toyota's B-Kenyan, Rungaru ran 15 seconds faster than Paul Tanui's winning time at Friday's National Corporate T&F Championships 10000 m and 16 seconds faster than Toyota's A-Kenyan John Thuo ran at the national meet.  His nearest competition, Ethiopian Fekele Assefa (Team Kanebo), finished in only 28:36.63 after running most of the race with Masaki Ito (Kokushikan Univ.).

Ito's PB of 28:38.13 led three university men under 29 minutes, the most surprising being Aritaka Kajiwara of the minor Shoin University.  With a performance like this behind him Kajiwara is a lock on a spot for the 2012 Hakone Ekiden's Select Team.  Also in the field in his first race since the Daegu World Championships marathon earlier this month, Yuki Kaw…

Nittai Time Trials 5000 m Results

217th Nittai University Time TrialsJune 11-12, Nittai University, Yokohama click here for complete results
Women's 5000 m Heat 22 1. Kaho Tanaka (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 15:43.27 2. Yuka Kakimi (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 15:45.43 3. Tomomi Tanaka (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 16:03.56 4. Yukie Nagata (Team Toyota Jidoshokki) - 16:06.20 5. Miho Ihara (Team Shikoku Denryoku) - 16:07.86 6. Yoko Aizu (Team Shikoku Denryoku) - 16:09.28 7. Risa Nakamura (Team Hitachi) - 16:10.96 8. Yoko Shibui (Team Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 16:13.24 9. Yuki Hidaka (Team Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 16:19.02 10. Misaki Kato (Team Kyudenko) - 16:21.54
Men's 5000 m Heat 27 1. Genki Yagisawa (Meiji Univ.) - 13:55.04 2. Michael Githinji (Kenya/Team Toho Refine) - 13:55.49 3. Hideyuki Anzai (Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 13:55.77 4. Ryo Matsumoto (Team Shikoku Denryoku) - 13:56.06 5. Shinichi Yamashita (Takigahara SDF Base) - 13:56.16 6. Muryo Takase (Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 13:57.91 7. Kazuhiro Kuga (Komazawa Univ.) - 13:58.01 8. Akifumi Okushi…

Masaki Shimoju Wins Kumanichi 30km Road Race

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translated and edited by Brett Larner

On Feb. 24 individual entrant Masaki Shimojo (Team Konica Minolta) won the 52nd Kumanichi 30 km Road Race in Kumamoto in 1:30:33. He became only the 3rd individual entrant to ever win the event, the last being Tomoya Shimizu (Team Sagawa Express) 2 years ago. Only 2 women were entered in the race, but winner Miho Notagashira (Team Wacoal) set a new course record by 13 seconds, running 1:44:00.

Although windy conditions prevented a predicted 1:29 finish time, the men's race yielded the first dead heat finish in years. It started with a slow pace. At the 10 km point, Kodai Tanabe (Team Mazda) broke from the lead pack and opened a gap, but at the halfway point it looked likely that the finish time would be in the 1:33 range. The chase pack reto…