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2:07 Man Francis Kibiwott Headlines Nagano Marathon

2012 Nagano Marathon Elite Field
April 15, Nagano
click here for complete elite field listing

Men
1. Francis Kibiwott (Kenya) - 2:07:32 (Tiberias 2012)
2. Moses Kangogo (Kenya) - 2:08:58 (Dublin 2010)
3. Silas Sang (Kenya) - 2:10:58 (Ottawa 2011)
4. Alexey Sokolov (Russia) - 2:11:53 (Zurich 2011)
10. Norihiro Nomiya (Team Toyota) - 2:14:36 (Nobeoka 2010)
11. Kiyokatsu Hasegawa (Team JR Higashi Nihon) - 2:15:15 (Tokyo 2010)
12. Sohei Wada (Team Shikoku Denryoku) - 2:15:19 (Kochi 2010)
13. Koji Matsuoka (Team Mazda) - debut - 1:02:55 (Nat'l Corp Half 2006)
14. Yu Chiba (Team Honda) - debut - 1:04:01 (Ageo City Half 2008)
20. Hiro Tonegawa (Alps Tools AC) - 2:19:34 (Tokyo 2011)
21. Satoshi Nishizawa (Yamani Spring AC) - 2:20:30 (Tokyo Int'l 2005)

Women
51. Belainesh Gebre (Ethiopia) - 2:26:17 (Chicago 2011)
52. Anastasia Ndereba (Kenya) - 2:29:03 (Venice 2002)
53. Rose Kerubo Nyangacha (Kenya) - 2:29:22 (Hamburg 2007)
54. Pauline Wangui (Kenya) - 2:38:05 (Madrid 2011)
60. Yumiko Hara…

Sasaki and Suzuki Win Hakodate Half Marathon

by Brett Larner

Sumiko Suzuki (Team Hokuren) and Satoru Sasaki (Team Asahi Kasei), teammates of Daegu World Championships marathon top finishers Yukiko Akaba (Team Hokuren) and Hiroyuki Horibata (Team Asahi Kasei), took their first victories at the mid-season Hakodate Half Marathon in cool conditions on Sept. 25.  Suzuki ran with little challenge, while Sasaki prevailed by only one second in a sprint finish against Norihiro Nomiya (Team Toyota).  A short distance back from the lead pair of men were former marathon national record holder Atsushi Fujita (Team Fujitsu) and, in his final tuneup for next month's Chicago Marathon, 5000 m and 30 km national record holder Takayuki Matsumiya (Team Konica Minolta).

2011 Hakodate Half Marathon
Hakodate, Hokkaido, 9/25/11

Women
1. Sumiko Suzuki (Team Hokuren) - 1:13:48
2. Yui Ouchi (Team Noritz) - 1:16:16
3. Miya Nishio (Team Toyota Jidoshokki) - 1:16:18
4. Ayumi Nakayama (Team Yamada Denki) - 1:17:30
5. Tomoko Tamamushi (Harriers AC) - 1:21:29

Me…

World Championships Marathoners Kawauchi and Ito 4th and 7th at Shibetsu Half Marathon

http://www.47news.jp/CN/201107/CN2011072401000293.html
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2011/07/25/kiji/K20110725001275810.html
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/110724/spg1107241552001-n1.htm
http://gazoo.com/g-blog/tmcdistancerunning/351461/Article.aspx
http://www.plus-blog.sportsnavi.com/kmanabu/article/474

translated and edited by Brett Larner

The Shibetsu Half Marathon took place July 24 in Shibetsu, Hokkaido.  With starting temperatures of 25 degrees and dry, sunny conditions Norihiro Nomiya (Team Toyota) won the men's race in 1:05:09 and Yoko Miyauchi (Team Kyocera) the women's race in 1:13:06.  Daegu World Championships marathon team members Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref.) and Mai Ito (Team Otsuka Seiyaku) also ran as part of their tune-up for the World Championships, Kawauchi placing 4th in the men's race in 1:06:24 and Ito 7th in the women's race in 1:16:15.

The women's race included the last three champions.  Winner Miyauchi broke away from all competition…

Shimoju Wins Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon

by Brett Larner

2008 Kumanichi 30 km winner Masaki Shimoju (Team Konica Minolta) continues to edge upward in distance, taking a win at the 48th Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon on Feb. 14. Traditionally a development race for younger runners, this year Nobeoka stayed in character as first-timers took 7 of the top 10 places with relatively inexperienced men clocking PBs for the top 3 spots.

Shimoju ran the first 30 km tight in the first pack. When pacemaker Tomoyuki Sato (Team Asahi Kasei) dropped out at 30 km after maintaining a steady pace of 3:07/km there were still six men in the lead pack. Shimoju immediately went into the lead, but it wasn't that he picked up the pace so much as that everyone else fell away. First-timer Norihiro Nomiya (Team Toyota) initially went with him but by 40 km was a minute behind. Shimoju finished hard to win easily in a new PB of 2:12:18 with a 1:34 margin of victory. Nomiya fell to 4th, the top debutant in 2:14:36. Nomiya was overtaken by Fumiyuki Watan…