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http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2016/11/14/kiji/K20161114013722210.html translated by Brett Larner With the major corporate league women giving it a miss due to the conflict with ekiden season, Sunday's Saitama International Marathon had predictably disappointing results .  Newly appointed leader of the JAAF's long distance and marathon development project Toshihiko Seko commented, "You might call it old-fashioned, but they're simply not training enough.  We need people who can run tough in both the marathon and the ekiden."  Articulating the sense of crisis, development project director Tadasu Kawano warned, "We won't necessarily be filling all three spots [on the national team for next summer's London World Championships marathon] ." Translator's note: In an interview moderated by JRN , Takayuki Nishida , a former Seko-coached athlete who ran 2:08:45, told Finnish writer Tuomas Zacheus , "Seko is a great man. What should ...

Beginning in Feb., 2010, Japan Running News will introduce its new JRNPremium monthly subscription series of original in-depth and personal interviews with Japanese and Japan-based distance runners, coaches and others involved in the Japanese long-distance running industry. Get a look into a previously-closed world as you read about training, life as a professional jitsugyodan athlete or as a runner in the toughest university system in the world, and the personal sides of those who until now may have been little more than a name next to a time, if even that. You won't find interviews with most of these people anywhere else. In the first half of 2010 JRNPremium will feature original interviews with: Arata Fujiwara , the man who came from nowhere with a 2:08:40 at the 2008 Tokyo Marathon, crashed and burned at the 2009 World Championships, and dreams of doing things his own way. Takeyuki Nakayama , anger-fueled former 10000 m and marathon national record holder, twice 4th in the Olym...

JRN's most-read articles of 2009 by month: January Japanese runners to watch in 2009. -  Jan. 8 Bringing back the classic: Fukushi in Osaka. - Jan. 23 February Masters runner Yoshihisa Hosaka sets 60+ world record at Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon.   - Feb. 2 March Reiko Tosa's "homemade" training for Tokyo finale. - Mar. 18 The man in the wig speaks.   - Mar. 25 April Mimura leaves Asics to start own company.   - Apr. 5 A report from Rikuren's New Zealand training camp. - Apr. 11 May Weekend Japanese track action roundup.   - May 18 June Phuket Marathon helping to rebuild local economy. - June 16 July From the editor: women's marathoning and the autumn sky. - July 2 Big Mouth scores the big ticket - Ueno in Berlin. - July 28 Life after 2:08 - an interview with Takayuki Nishida.   - July 29 August Osaka Mayor Hashimoto announces Osaka Marathon for 2011.   - Aug. 6 Showing women a new way: Yukiko Akaba's challenge. ...

http://www.thanhniennews.com/sports/?catid=5&newsid=53080 Winner Takayuki Nishida (1:09:34) was the subject of an interviewed published on JRN in July. Former marathon great Mari Tanigawa was 3rd in the women's race in 1:26:49.

interview by Tuomas Zacheus interpreting, supplemental questions and editing by Brett Larner and Mika Tokairin Tall men Tuomas Zacheus and Takayuki Nishida in Tokyo. Finnish writer Tuomas Zacheus, author of the book Nousevan Auringon Maratoonarit [ Marathoners of the Rising Sun ] , visited Tokyo with his wife Marit the weekend of July 18-19. JRN organized and facilitated an interview for Zacheus with the recently retired Takayuki Nishida, a former Team S&B and Team JAL Ground Service runner coached by the legendary Toshihiko Seko. Nishida holds a PB of 2:08:45, the fastest time ever by a Japanese runner on the elite Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon course. On the strength of his Beppu-Oita performance Nishida ran the marathon in the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, finishing 9th overall, beating then-national record holder Atsushi Fujita, and, as the Japanese team's third runner, helping to win the team silver medal. In university Nishida was already a star, narrowly losing out ...

http://iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=49180.html Ken Nakamura's excellent IAAF report on the 2009 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon , linked above, covers much of what I would otherwise say. One small error in his report is that Seiji Kobayashi's PB performance gives him ' little chance ' of being selected for the Berlin World Championships, not 'a little chance.' Kobayashi ran Beppu-Oita, aka Betsudai, after finishing 20th in Fukuoka this past December in 2:20:46. Adil Annani has apparently been coached by the great Moroccan marathoner Abdelkader El Mouaziz since 2007. At the 11 km water station Annani missed his special drink. Looking back over his shoulder he crashed straight on into the next table, falling forward onto the table. It evidently didn't take much out of him. Another detail worth mentioning was the strong marathon debut by Yuki Kawauchi (Gakushuin Univ.), one of the top runners on this year's Hakone Ekiden 6th stage and the 3rd place fin...