http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2012/07/28/kiji/K20120728003776590.html
translated and edited by Brett Larner
3676 runners took part in the two divisions of the 65th Fuji Mountain Race on July 27. Making his Mt. Fuji debut, Jonathan Wyatt (39, New Zealand) won the summit course in a strong 2:33:59, with Mina Ogawa (37, Amino Vital AC) taking the women's race in 3:07:51 for her second-straight summit win. Toru Koide (30, Salomon) and Maki Hagiwara (37) won the men's and women's Fifth Stage course wins in 1:25:42 and 1:45:17.
With a margin of 17 minutes over the runner-up, Wyatt's win was definitive. A two-time Olympian for his native New Zealand with appearances in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic 5000 m and 2004 Athens Olympics marathon, Wyatt pulled clear into the lead after crossing into the purest mountain running section of the course after the Sixth Stage. "My win today is one of the biggest honors in my long career," said a happy Wyatt. "In New Z…
translated and edited by Brett Larner
3676 runners took part in the two divisions of the 65th Fuji Mountain Race on July 27. Making his Mt. Fuji debut, Jonathan Wyatt (39, New Zealand) won the summit course in a strong 2:33:59, with Mina Ogawa (37, Amino Vital AC) taking the women's race in 3:07:51 for her second-straight summit win. Toru Koide (30, Salomon) and Maki Hagiwara (37) won the men's and women's Fifth Stage course wins in 1:25:42 and 1:45:17.
With a margin of 17 minutes over the runner-up, Wyatt's win was definitive. A two-time Olympian for his native New Zealand with appearances in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic 5000 m and 2004 Athens Olympics marathon, Wyatt pulled clear into the lead after crossing into the purest mountain running section of the course after the Sixth Stage. "My win today is one of the biggest honors in my long career," said a happy Wyatt. "In New Z…