http://www.komaspo.com/4157 translated and edited by Brett Larner The 35th Fuchu Tamagawa Half Marathon took place Nov. 23 in Tokyo's western suburb of Fuchu. In their last road race before the Jan. 1-2 Hakone Ekiden, defending Fuchu Tamagawa winner Wataru Ueno and teammate Toshiaki Nishizawa of 2012 National University Men's Ekiden champion Komazawa University went 1-2. Both athletes ran well from the start, running together through 10 km before Ueno made a move to go alone into the lead just before 13 km, leaving Nishizawa behind to fade away. Looking calm and composed he ran as though there was nothing else, taking the win in 1:05:01. At the other end of the spectrum, Nishizawa's face showed the strain of the second half of the race and he drifted to a distant 2nd in 1:06:20. In terms of their placing they showed the characteristic Komazawa strength, but neither athlete was able to reach his time goal. Both athletes gave...
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