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49th San Silvestre Vallecana - Top Results Madrid, Spain, 12/31/13 click here for complete results Men 1. Leonard Komon (Kenya) - 28:02 2. Ayad Lamdassem (Spain) - 29:05 3. Roberto Alaiz (Spain) - 29:08 4. Javier Guerra Polo (Spain) - 29:10 5. Arturo Casado (Spain) - 29:23 ----- 13. Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref. Gov't) - 29:52 Women 1. Linet Masai (Kenya) - 31:33 2. Malika Asahssah (Morocco) - 31:57 3. Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) - 31:59 4. Magdalane Masai (Kenya) - 32:36 5. Jessica Augusto (Portugal) - 32:58

Haile Gebrselassie leads Tsegaye Kebede and Ayele Abshero in front of Manchester United's home ground Old Trafford. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65030 Translator's note: Ishikawa's Honda teammate Takahiro Yamanaka  finished 16th at the Great Manchester Run in 29:54.  2008 Osaka International Women's Marathon winner Mara Yamauchi  (GBR) was 6th in the women's race in 32:28.  Elsewhere overseas, national champion Team Nissin Shokuhin's Manabu Itayama  was 7th at the Jakarta International 10 km road race in 31:33 while sub-2:10 man Tomoya Shimizu  (Team Sagawa Express) ran 2:16:57 to take 2nd at the Riga Marathon, his teammate Masanori Ishida  6th in 2:23:00. Men's marathon world record holder Patrick Makau watches the start of the City Games Manchester men's 150 m. photos (c) 2012 Brett Larner all rights reserved

http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65011 JRN is in Manchester with Honda runners Suehiro Ishikawa  and Takahiro Yamanaka.

2011 New York Mini 10k New York, 6/11/11 click here for complete results 1. Linet Masai (Kenya) - 31:40 2. Aheza Kiros (Ethiopia) - 32:09 3. Belainesh Gebre (Ethiopia) - 32:10 4. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) - 32:24 5. Emily Chebet (Kenya) - 32:31 6. Kim Smith (New Zealand) - 32:32 7. Jo Pavey (U.K.) - 32:46 8. Alessandra Aguilar (Spain) - 32:56 9. Eloise Wellings (Australia) - 33:06 10. Magdalena Lewy-Bouvet (U.S.A.) - 33:09 ----- 13. Yoshimi Ozaki (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 33:30 18. Yuri Kano (Second Wind AC) - 34:09 Nittai Univ. Time Trials Yokohama, 6/11/11 click here for complete results 1. Masataka Fujiwara (Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 29:57.80 2. Arata Fujiwara (Remo System AC) - 29:58.42 3. Daisuke Miyanaga (Team Osaka Gas) - 29:58.97 4. Shunsuke Miyasaka (Senshu Univ.) - 30:03.26 5. Yoshiharu Tateishi (Team Osaka Gas) - 30:02.90 (c) 2011 Brett Larner all rights reserved

http://mainichi.jp/enta/sports/general/track/news/20091106k0000m050148000c.html translated by Brett Larner The IAAF announced on Nov. 5 that the PB time of 31.14.39 recorded by Yurika Nakamura (Team Tenmaya) in finishing 7th in August's World Championships 10000 m would be disallowed from official records along with the times recorded by winner Linet Masai (Kenya), 20th place finisher Yukari Sahaku (Team Universal Entertainment) and six other athletes who started on the outer half of the track. This group of nine was to run a portion of a lap in the outer lanes before moving in to join the rest of the field, but due to organizers' failure to put down correct markings on the track the group cut in early. While their times will be disallowed, no change will be made to the official finishing order. Nakamura's official PB will be amended to her previous mark of 31:31.95.