by Brett Larner Looking through results this week from various half marathons around the world I noticed that a number of the top women from next month's London Marathon ran tuneups last Sunday. Here's what I have come across so far. Please send any additions. Both the Jitsugyodan and Matsue half marathons had extremely windy conditions; Japan had such a windy weekend that the 10,000+ runner Arakawa Marathon was cancelled due to the conditions. 2010 London Marathon Elite Women - 3/21/10 Half Marathon Results Mara Yamauchi (GBR) - 1:09:25 (1st, NYC Half) Deena Kastor (U.S.A.) - 1:09:43 (2nd, NYC Half) Yoshimi Ozaki (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 1:10:06 (2nd, Jitsugyodan Half) Askale Tafa (Ethiopia) - 1:10:46 (2nd, Lisbon Half) Kim Smith (New Zealand) - 1:10:53 (1st, New Bedford Half) Yukiko Akaba (Team Hokuren) - 1:11:09 (2nd, Matsue Ladies' Half) Constantina Dita (Romania) - 1:14:39 (9th, Lisbon Half)
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