by Brett Larner note: International travel resulted in a delay to posting these results. Apologies. Three big road races produced noteworthy results across Japan over the past weekend. At last year's Takashimadaira Road Race 20 km, the completely unknown Takehiro Deki (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) exploded onto the Kanto region university men's distance scene by tying the course record of 58:51 while winning by a margin of 1:30. This year as a more established name Deki successfully repeated, winning Takashimadaira again in warm conditions in 59:44 by a margin of 1:13. Veteran Yoshimi Hoshino (eAthletes AC) took her fifth win in the women's division, running 1:15:12, while five-time women's 10 km division winner Maki Inami (Kita AC) made it six as she won in 34:50. Komazawa University graduate Akinori Iida (Team Honda) won the men's 10 km in 29:59. Further north in Sendai, Ritsumeikan University scored a major upset as it b...
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