Beginning this week I'll be contributing to the Runnerville Weekly series of podcasts. I will mostly be talking about different aspects of Japanese distance running, unsurprisingly.
The last weekend of the academic and fiscal year saw at least 5 meets with good results domestically and abroad. Kicking things off Friday was the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, where Tomohiro Shinno and Naoto Hasegawa took 1st and 3rd in the men's high jump, both of them only clearing 2.18 m along with 2nd-placer Roman Anastasios . 12 other Japanese athletes were in action on the second day of the meet on Saturday, where 3000 mSC NR holder Ryuji Miura ran 3:42.84 for 6th in the men's 1500 m. Nagiya Mori had a better one in the men's 3000 m with a 7:45.40 for 4th. Both Yota Mashiko and Rui Suzuki cleared 8:00 too, Mashiko's 7:53.84 the 2nd-fastest ever by a Japanese-born high schooler. Abigail Fuka Ido and Nagisa Takahashi both placed 3rd in their events, Ido going 23.85 (-0.9) in the women's 200 m and Takahashi clearing 1.82 m in the women's high jump. 8 Japanese men were at The TEN in California to run 10000 m. In the B-heat won by Edward Marks in ...
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Ryano
I'd like to let you guys know that the Borneo International Marathon will be held on October 12th 2008 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
It is the first marathon to be held in Sabah in over 20 years and is currently the only marathon to be organized in Borneo for this year.
For more info please visit www.borneomarathon.com or email me at info@borneomarathon.com
Cheers and have a great week ahead
Best,
Shan Sandhu
Event Coordinator