http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20131215-00000021-nksports-spo http://www.asahi.com/articles/SEB201312150013.html translated and edited by Brett Larner Mongolia's Serod Bat Ochir ran 2:09:00 to win his third Hofu Yomiuri Marathon title on Dec. 15, running side-by-side in a duel with civil servant runner Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref. Gov't) from 6 km until 32 km before kicking away for the win in his first-ever sub-2:10. In his eleventh marathon of 2013 Kawauchi finished in 2:09:15 for 2nd. Fourteen days ago at the Fukuoka International Marathon Kawauchi was 3rd in 2:09:05, vowing "to go where nobody has gone before" in Hofu. With a second sub-2:10 just fourteen days after Fukuoka he took twenty-eight days off his own world record for the shortest time ever between sub-2:10 marathons. Kohei Ogino (Team Fujitsu) took 3rd in 2:13:12. In the women's race defending champion Hisae Yoshimatsu (Shunan City Hall) set a four-second cours...
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