by Brett Larner
photo by Kazuyuki Sugimatsu
video by kozai1802
It was an amazing weekend of racing that saw world records fall at the Kumamoto Kosa 10-miler, Patrick Makau return and Japan get its 9th and 10th sub-2:10 men of the year in Fukuoka and Yuki Kawauchi take almost ten minutes off the Naha Marathon course record, but it didn't stop there.
In the 41st and final 5000 m heat of the day well after dark at the last full Nittai University Time Trials meet of 2014, 16-year-old Hyuga Endo (Gakko Hojin Ishikawa H.S.) took 36 seconds off his PB to finish 5th in 13:58.93, the first Japanese 10th grader to ever break 14 minutes. Post-race he tweeted:
The Nittai University Time Trials were today! My time was 13:58! I'm really happy to have run the #1 time ever by a 10th grader. Thanks to everyone who cheered for me I kept my pace all the way to the end without slowing down! Thank you all very, very much for cheering! 今日は日体大記録会でした！ 記録は13分58秒でした！ 高1歴代1位をだせてほんとによかったです笑 みんなの応援の…
photo by Kazuyuki Sugimatsu
video by kozai1802
It was an amazing weekend of racing that saw world records fall at the Kumamoto Kosa 10-miler, Patrick Makau return and Japan get its 9th and 10th sub-2:10 men of the year in Fukuoka and Yuki Kawauchi take almost ten minutes off the Naha Marathon course record, but it didn't stop there.
In the 41st and final 5000 m heat of the day well after dark at the last full Nittai University Time Trials meet of 2014, 16-year-old Hyuga Endo (Gakko Hojin Ishikawa H.S.) took 36 seconds off his PB to finish 5th in 13:58.93, the first Japanese 10th grader to ever break 14 minutes. Post-race he tweeted:
The Nittai University Time Trials were today! My time was 13:58! I'm really happy to have run the #1 time ever by a 10th grader. Thanks to everyone who cheered for me I kept my pace all the way to the end without slowing down! Thank you all very, very much for cheering! 今日は日体大記録会でした！ 記録は13分58秒でした！ 高1歴代1位をだせてほんとによかったです笑 みんなの応援の…