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As of right now the two fastest women's marathon times this year are the 2:19:12 American NR by Keira D'Amato  at the Jan. 16 Chevron Houston Marathon and the 2:20:52 by Japan's Mizuki Matsuda  at the Jan. 30 Osaka International Women's Marathon . Dr. Helmut Winter , in charge of the pace projection system used in Houston, wrote to JRN this week to point out that both women had almost identical splits at 30 km, D'Amato clocking 1:39:14 and Matsuda 1:39:15. Both women ran with male pacers, and both set new course records. How else did their runs compare? Both started with almost identical splits, D'Amato in 16:25 for the first 5 km and Matsuda in 16:28. In D'Amato's case she more or less held that through 15 km with an average split of 16:25 before slowing on a section of the course that included its toughest hill. From 15 km to 30 km she clocked 50:00, averaging 16:40 per 5 km. But despite slowing she was never off her target of breaking Deena Kastor ...

by Brett Larner special thanks to Dr. Helmut Winter for assistance with graphics It's fitting that last weekend's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials brought American marathoning back to Los Angeles.  In the years leading up to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics American men and women paved the way as the world's best marathoners, but the L.A. Olympics marked the start of a long decline on both sides that has only recently started to turn around.  With Galen Rupp making a massively anticipated debut and Los Angeles launching its bid for the 2024 Olympics the 2016 L.A. Trials may come to be looked back upon as another turning point.  It's worth taking an honest look at the last 50 years or so of history to understand where that turning point may take American marathoning. Looking at the average of the ten fastest marathons per year by American men, for the 16 years between the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics American men's marathoning develop...

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by Brett Larner The day Japanese marathon fans have been waiting for for years finally arrived as half-marathon national record holder Kayoko Fukushi  (Team Wacoal) finally stepped up to inherit the legacy of Olympic gold medalists Naoko Takahashi  and Mizuki Noguchi (Team Sysmex) with a bronze medal in the women's marathon on the hot opening day of the 2013 Moscow World Championships, tough in the heat as the favorites faded. Noguchi, making a long-awaited comeback to world-level competition, was a DNF in the rough conditions, but third team member Ryoko Kizaki (Team Daihatsu) ran a solid and steady race to take 4th. Both Fukushi and Noguchi went with the fast early pace set by Italy's Valeria Straneo , but by 10 km Noguchi, running her first world-level marathon since her 2004 gold in Athens, could not keep up.  Fukushi stayed at the back of the lead pack as the numbers dwindled from eight to seven to four.  Kizaki stayed in the second pack for the first qu...

San Diego, U.S.A., 6/2/13 click here for complete results Women 1. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) - 1:08:56 2. Georgina Rono (Kenya) - 1:09:03 3. Firehiwot Dado (Ethiopia) - 1:09:46 4. Embet Bedada (Ethiopia) - 1:09:56 5. Paskalia Kipkoech (Kenya) - 1:10:14 6. Asami Kato (Japan/Team Panasonic) - 1:10:49 7. Yuko Watanabe (Japan/Team Edion) - 1:11:40 8. Lidia Simon (Romania) - 1:12:36 9. Deena Kastor (U.S.A.) - 1:15:51 10. Joanne Zeiger (U.S.A.) - 1:16:45

2012 Bolder Boulder 10 km - Top Women's Results Boulder, CO, 5/28/12 click here for complete results 1. Mamitu Daska (Ethiopia) - 33:06 2. Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (U.S.A.) - 33:23 3. Deena Kastor (U.S.A.) - 33:28 4. Kayoko Fukushi (Team Wacoal) - 33:32 5. Ashu Kasim (Ethiopia) - 34:03 6. Alemitu Abera (Ethiopia) - 34:16 7. Marisol Romero (Mexico) - 34:25 8. Genoveva Kigen (Kenya) - 34:43 9. Adrianna Nelson (U.S.A.) - 34:55 10. Benita Willis (Australia) - 34:58 ----- 19. Yuko Watanabe (Team Edion) - 36:01 30. Eri Okubo (Second Wind AC) - 39:59

Note: This is a press release from the NYRR. Mara Yamauchi has long been based in Tokyo, where she trains along the Tama River. New York, August 10, 2010 — Seven months after her come-from-behind triumph at the 2010 NYC Half-Marathon, Mara Yamauchi will seek a New York winning double by adding the ING New York City Marathon 2010 crown on Sunday November 7, it was announced today by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg. No athlete has won both the NYC Half-Marathon and ING New York City Marathon in the same year. “I am looking forward very much to my debut run in the ING New York City Marathon. After winning the NYC Half-Marathon in March, I can’t wait to return to New York and race against the best marathon runners in the world,” said Yamauchi, who caught Deena Kastor of the United States in the closing miles to win the NYC Half on March 21 in a time of 1 hour, 9 minutes, 25 seconds. “New York is an iconic race and one of the best in the world. I will give it everyt...

A NYRR press release for immediate release: Keflezighi, Kastor Announce Return to 2010 ING New York City Marathon on Live Lottery Stream Show Flurry of Activities Surround “I’m In. We’re In.” Marketing Platform to Help Launch Seven-Month Countdown to Race A record 120,000 apply for November 7 race; Victoria Salbu of Oslo is first lottery runner announced New York, April 7, 2010— Americans Meb Keflezighi, the ING New York City Marathon 2009 champion, and Deena Kastor, the nation’s finest female long distance runner of the past decade, were announced for this year’s ING New York City Marathon, along with the first runners selected from the lottery, by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg on Wednesday, April 7, in the first-ever live streaming of the lottery selection. The lottery show, seen at www.nyrr.org, was hosted by veteran sports announcer Bruce Beck and Wittenberg from the Parker Meridien Hotel overlooking Central Park. The announcement is accompanied by a flurr...

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)

Click here for complete results from the Aug. 16 New York City Half Marathon. 2009 New York City Half Marathon - Top Finishers Men 1. Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) - 1:00:50 2. Ridouane Harroufi (Morocco) - 1:02:32 3. Ryan Hall (U.S.A.) - 1:02:35 4. Abdi Abdirahman (U.S.A.) - 1:02:50 5. Henrick Ramaala (South Africa) - 1:02:52 6. Abderrahime Bouramdane (Morocco) - 1:04:08 7. Stephen Chemlany (Kenya) - 1:04:10 8. Ketema Nigusse (Ethiopia) - 1:04:13 9. Worku Beyi (Ethiopia) - 1:04:26 10. Hosea Rotich (Kenya) - 1:04:59 ----- 11. Hiroshi Yamada (Team Konica Minolta) - 1:05:06 19. Shuichi Fujii (Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 1:08:36 Women 1. Paula Radcliffe (U.K.) - 1:08:53 2. Mamitu Daska (Ethiopia) - 1:11:04 3. Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) - 1:12:22 4. Nadia Ejjafini (Bahamas) - 1:12:47 5. Buzunesh Deba (Ethiopia) - 1:13:17 6. Ilsa Paulson (U.S.A.) - 1:13:17 7. Deena Kastor (U.S.A.) - 1:13:33 8. Aniko Kalovics (Hungary) - 1:14:37 9. Lindsey Scherf (U.S.A.) - 1:14:56 10. Sheri Piers (U.S.A.) - 1:16:10 -...

http://www.examiner.com/x-2490-Endurance-Sports-Examiner~y2009m5d17-2009-Bay-to-Breakers-winner-crushes-course-record-Deena-Kastor-comes-in-3rd Kiyoko Shimahara (Second Wind AC) was 10th in the elite women's field. Click here for complete results.

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