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2010 Nagoya Half Marathon
Nagoya, 11/23/10 - final running
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Men
1. Martin Mathathi (Kenya/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:00:29
2. Jacob Wanjuki (Kenya/Team Aichi Steel) - 1:00:32 - PB
3. Mekubo Mogusu (Kenya/Team Aidem) - 1:01:12
4. Satoru Kasuya (Team Toyota Boshoku) - 1:03:50
5. Munehiro Sugaya (Team Toyota) - 1:04:05

Women
1. Noriko Matsuoka (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:11:13 - PB
2. Hiromi Ominami (Utic AC) - 1:14:50

2010 Nagoya Half Marathon Elite Athlete Field
final running - 11/23/10
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Men
Martin Mathathi(Kenya/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 59:48
Mekubo Mogusu(Kenya/Team Aidem) - 59:48
Gideon Ngatuny(Kenya/Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 59:50
Jacob Wanjuki(Kenya/Team Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:07
Samuel Ndungu(Kenya/Team Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:17
Munehiro Sugaya(Team Toyota) - 1:02:22
Yoshiki Otsuka(Team Aichi Seiko) - 1:03:29
Hiroaki Inoue(Team Toenec) - 1:03:32
Satoru Kasuya(Team Toyota Boshoku) - 1:03:33
Satoshi Abe(Team Toenec) - 1:03:34
Yoshihiko Asaba(Team Toenec) - 1:03:35

Women
Hiromi Ominami(Yutic AC) - 1:08:45
Noriko Matsuoka(Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:11:46
Kaori Akagawa(Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:12:28

by Brett Larner

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Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia wins the 2010 Biwako Mainichi Marathon in 2:09:34. Click photo for video highlights courtesy of NHK.

The cold, rain and wind that cursed January's Osaka International Women's Marathon and February's Tokyo Marathon returned this month to take down hopes of fast times at the 65th Biwako Mainichi Marathon on Mar. 7. After an early snafu when several of the pacemakers took a wrong turn in the first km the drizzling, cool first half was moderately slower than hoped for, 1:04:07. Ethiopian Yemane Tsegay then took the pace down to 2:54/km to run a solo second half. Tsegay kept the splits under 3:00 through 30 km but after the pacemakers departed the temperature dropped from 9 to 7 degrees and the rain intensified. His pace dropped to as slow as 3:22/km.

Behind him first-timer Yukihiro Kitaoka (Team NTN) led a pack of six which included three runners in their marathon debuts, one doing his secon…