japan running news

http://www.flotrack.org/article/61851-galen-rupp-runs-1-02-18-to-win-rock-n-roll-philadelphia-hasay-third#.WcCMTq09y8U Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon Japanese results: Men 4. Yuki Sato (Nissin Shokuhin) - 1:04:34 - PB 8. Muryo Takase (Nissin Shokuhin) - 1:06:34 Women 5. Reia Iwade (Dome) - 1:14:01 7. Miyuki Uehara (Daiichi Seimei) - 1:15:30 - debut A small group of Japanese corporate leaguers also ran at Portugal's Porto Half Marathon the same day: Men 11. Naoya Takahashi (Yasukawa Denki) - 1:04:21 13. Keita Baba (Honda) - 1:06:22 Women 5. Ayano Ikemitsu (Kagoshima Ginko) - 1:13:18 12. Rui Aoyama (Universal Entertainment) - 1:17:24 In the Netherlands, Risa Takenaka (Shiseido) returned to the Dam tot Damloop 10-Miler for the first time in two years. Women 3. Risa Takenaka (Shiseido) - 53:15

by Brett Larner Races in Australia, the U.S.A. and the Netherlands on Sunday featured Japanese corporate league athletes.  At the Sydney Marathon, both the men's and women's races saw the top two broke the existing records for a challenging course full of hills and turns.  In the men's race, Ethiopia's Gebo Gameda shook free of compatriot Seboka Dibaba Tola to break Yuki Kawauchi 's 2:11:52 course record, Gameda getting the new record in 2:11:18 with Tola just squeezing under Kawauchi's time in 2:11:48.  Kenyan Benjamin Koloum Kiptoo likewise shook off track and half marathon star Tsuyoshi Ugachi of two-time New Year Ekiden national champion team Konica Minolta for 3rd in 2:12:08.  Ugachi ran a PB of around a minute for 4th in 2:12:18, a decent time given the course and one that puts him 22nd among Japanese men for the year.  It is widely thought in Japan that Ugachi's dynamic and aggressive form will make it hard for him to find the marathon succes...