by Brett Larner
NTT Nishi Nihon runner Toshiya Katayama, teammate of Beijing Olympics men's marathon team member Satoshi Osaki, ran the 2008 New York City Marathon on Nov. 2. Katayama, who holds a PB of 2:10:12 from the 2005 Biwako Mainichi Marathon, ran in the lead pack throughout the first half of the race but was left behind by Moroccan Abderrahim Goumri's surge at the halfway point. Katayama slowed in the second half of the race, struggling to the finish in a career worst 2:24:45. Katayama's time was 49 seconds slower than that of women's winner Paula Radcliffe.
First Name: Toshiya
Last Name: Katayama
Age: 35M
Team: NNT
State/Country: Japan
Place: 29
Gender Place: 28
Age Place: 14
Runner No.: 26
Official Time: 2:24:45
5K Time: 0:16:21
10K Time: 0:31:42
15K Time: 0:47:19
20K Time: 1:02:59
1/2 Mar. Time: 1:06:31
25K Time: 1:20:02
30K Time: 1:37:20
35K Time: 1:56:24
40K Time: 2:16:05
Pace/Mile: 0:05:32
(c) 2008 Brett Larner
all rights reserved
NTT Nishi Nihon runner Toshiya Katayama, teammate of Beijing Olympics men's marathon team member Satoshi Osaki, ran the 2008 New York City Marathon on Nov. 2. Katayama, who holds a PB of 2:10:12 from the 2005 Biwako Mainichi Marathon, ran in the lead pack throughout the first half of the race but was left behind by Moroccan Abderrahim Goumri's surge at the halfway point. Katayama slowed in the second half of the race, struggling to the finish in a career worst 2:24:45. Katayama's time was 49 seconds slower than that of women's winner Paula Radcliffe.
First Name: Toshiya
Last Name: Katayama
Age: 35M
Team: NNT
State/Country: Japan
Place: 29
Gender Place: 28
Age Place: 14
Runner No.: 26
Official Time: 2:24:45
5K Time: 0:16:21
10K Time: 0:31:42
15K Time: 0:47:19
20K Time: 1:02:59
1/2 Mar. Time: 1:06:31
25K Time: 1:20:02
30K Time: 1:37:20
35K Time: 1:56:24
40K Time: 2:16:05
Pace/Mile: 0:05:32
(c) 2008 Brett Larner
all rights reserved
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