by Brett Larner
Marathon national record holder Mizuki Noguchi (Team Sysmex) and newly-anointed Beijing World Championships team member Masakazu Fujiwara (Team Honda) put in an appearance at Sunday's 25th anniversary Lisbon Half Marathon. Noguchi, who in recent years has had more DNS that starts in her scheduled races, made a rare start but proved ineffectual, opening at a conservative pace well outside the lead pack but fading badly later in the race to finish 16th in just 1:19:07. Fujiwara, making the Beijing team off a 2:09:06 at December's Fukuoka International Marathon, started more aggressively, on track for a low 1:02 time through 10 km but struggling over the second half before finishing just outside the top 10, 11th in 1:04:10.
25th Lisbon Half Marathon
Lisbon, Portugal, 3/22/15
click here for complete results
Women
1. Rose Chelimo (Kenya) - 1:08:22
2. Sara Moreira (Portugal) - 1:09:18
3. Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) - 1:09:21
4. Purity Cherotich Rionoripo (Kenya) - 1:10:24
5. Ana Dulce Felix (Portugal) - 1:10:27
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16. Mizuki Noguchi (Japan/Team Sysmex) - 1:19:07
Men
1. Mo Farah (Great Britain) - 59:32
2. Micah Kogo (Kenya) - 59:33
3. Stephen Kibet (Kenya) - 59:58
4. Idemo Guya Dola (Ethiopia) - 1:00:45
5. Edwin Kipyego (Kenya) - 1:01:48
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11. Masakazu Fujiwara (Japan/Team Honda) - 1:04:10
(c) 2015 Brett Larner
all rights reserved
Marathon national record holder Mizuki Noguchi (Team Sysmex) and newly-anointed Beijing World Championships team member Masakazu Fujiwara (Team Honda) put in an appearance at Sunday's 25th anniversary Lisbon Half Marathon. Noguchi, who in recent years has had more DNS that starts in her scheduled races, made a rare start but proved ineffectual, opening at a conservative pace well outside the lead pack but fading badly later in the race to finish 16th in just 1:19:07. Fujiwara, making the Beijing team off a 2:09:06 at December's Fukuoka International Marathon, started more aggressively, on track for a low 1:02 time through 10 km but struggling over the second half before finishing just outside the top 10, 11th in 1:04:10.
25th Lisbon Half Marathon
Lisbon, Portugal, 3/22/15
click here for complete results
Women
1. Rose Chelimo (Kenya) - 1:08:22
2. Sara Moreira (Portugal) - 1:09:18
3. Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) - 1:09:21
4. Purity Cherotich Rionoripo (Kenya) - 1:10:24
5. Ana Dulce Felix (Portugal) - 1:10:27
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16. Mizuki Noguchi (Japan/Team Sysmex) - 1:19:07
Men
1. Mo Farah (Great Britain) - 59:32
2. Micah Kogo (Kenya) - 59:33
3. Stephen Kibet (Kenya) - 59:58
4. Idemo Guya Dola (Ethiopia) - 1:00:45
5. Edwin Kipyego (Kenya) - 1:01:48
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11. Masakazu Fujiwara (Japan/Team Honda) - 1:04:10
(c) 2015 Brett Larner
all rights reserved
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