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Discovering the Legend - Tsutomu Akiyama on Finding Wanjiru

It's been a long time coming but here at the end of the month we are proud to present at last a three-part interview with Tsutomu Akiyama , one of the men responsible for the discovery of Samuel Wanjiru , Mekubo Mogusu , Gideon Ngatuny and more. Akiyama speaks freely on controversial topics, naming names and telling it as he sees it. Our best interview yet, and one available only to JRNPremium subscribers. Subscribers click here to log on . Newcomers click here to subscribe and receive access to the entire 2010 series of JRNPremium exclusives.

Athens Classic Marathon - Top Results

2010 Athens Classic Marathon - Top Results click here for complete results Women 1. Rasa Drazdaukaite (Lithuania) - 2:31:06 2. Olga Glok (Russia) - 2:33:51 3. Svitlana Stanko (Ukraine) - 2:38:59 4. Eri Hayakawa (Amino Vital AC) - 2:40:25 Men 1. Raymond Bett (Kenya) - 2:12:40 2. Jonathan Kipkorir (Kenya) - 2:14:05 3. Edwin Kimutai (Kenya) - 2:15:21 ----- 20. Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 2:22:16

Tomoya Onishi Stage Record on Kyushu One-Circuit Ekiden Day Three

by Brett Larner With the top Japanese men's 10000 m and half marathon times of the year and a 9th-place finish at the World Half Marathon Championships under his belt within the last month, Miyazaki Prefecture's Tomoya Onishi , 23, delivered another big run with a 43:55 stage record for the 15.3 km Fourth Stage on Day Three of the 2010 Kyushu One-Circuit Ekiden , Oct. 31 on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu. Onishi's time broke the existing stage record by 1:12, 5 seconds per km, and was equivalent to a solid 46:11 10-miler. Stage runner-up Ryuji Watanabe of Fukuoka Prefecture also broke the old Fourth Stage record with a 44:16 clocking. As with the first two days of the ten-day Kyushu One-Circuit Ekiden, the Miyazaki Prefecture team dominated the early stages of Day Three. A weak run from Third Stage runner Noritaka Yokoyama put Miyazaki 59 seconds behind rivals Fukuoka prefecture at the start of the Fourth Stage, and the team spent the next four stage edgin...

Haile Gebrselassie to Run Tokyo Marathon

http://www.asahi.com/sports/spo/TKY201010300131.html http://yamagata-np.jp/news_core/index_pr.php?kate=Sports&no=2010102901000569 http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/etc/news/20101029-OHT1T00317.htm http://mainichi.jp/select/today/news/20101030k0000m050034000c.html translated and edited by Brett Larner On October 29 the organizing committee of the Tokyo Marathon announced that world record holder Haile Gebrselassie (37, Ethiopia) has committed to running the 2011 Tokyo Marathon in late February. Gebrselassie set the current men's marathon world record of 2:03:59 at the 2008 Berlin Marathon. Tokyo will be his second marathon in Japan, having won the 2006 Fukuoka International Marathon. 335,000 people applied for the 35,000 spots in the 2011 Tokyo Marathon. Committee executive Tadaaki Hayano commented, "We hope everybody in the race feels the energy of the greatest running in the world." The 2011 Tokyo Marathon will be one of the selection races for the Japanese men...

Miyazaki Lengthens Lead - Kyushu One-Circuit Ekiden Day Two

2010 Kyushu Isshu Ekiden Day Two click here for complete results from Day Two Stage Best Performances First Stage (9.4 km) - Kyohei Nishi (Miyazaki Pref.) - 28:26 Second Stage (12.2 km) - Takahiro Mori (Miyazaki Pref.) - 37:29 Third Stage (15.3 km) - Kenji Takeuchi (Fukuoka Pref.) - 45:36 Fourth Stage (14.2 km) - Tomoya Adachi (Miyazaki Pref.) - 42:53 Fifth Stage (11.3 km) - Kazuya Ishida (Fukuoka Pref.) - 34:32 Sixth Stage (11.5 km) - Yoichi Watanabe (Nagasaki Pref.) - 35:21 Top Team Performances - 73.9 km 1. Miyazaki Pref. - 3:46:13 2. Fukuoka Pref. - 3:46:52 3. Nagasaki Pref. - 3:49:59 4. Kagoshima Pref. - 3:54:53 5. Oita Pref. - 3:56:27 Current Team Standings After Two Days - 169.1 km 1. Miyazaki Pref. - 8:34:27 2. Fukuoka Pref. - 8:40:41 3. Nagasaki Pref. - 8:43:44 4. Oita Pref. - 8:58:54 5. Kagoshima Pref. - 8:59:25 (c) 2010 Brett Larner all rights reserved

Miyazaki Takes First Day of 10-Day Kyushu One-Circuit Ekiden

by Brett Larner Thanks to an all-star lineup of top Kyushu-based jitsugyodan aces, Miyazaki prefecture took a commanding 5 1/2 minute lead on the first day of the 59th Kyushu One-Circuit Ekiden , an epic 10-day, 72-stage, 1056.6 km road relay deep in tradition. First-year Team Asahi Kasei member and Komazawa University graduate Takuya Fukatsu got Miyazaki off to a good start with a 16-second win on the First Stage. Miyazaki's only challenge came from 13:18/27:41 man Yu Mitsuya of Fukuoka prefecture, who clipped Miyazaki by one second to put Fukuoka into the lead on the Second Stage. 2009 World Championships 10000 m runner Yuki Iwai put Miyazaki back into the lead on the Third Stage and from there it was smooth sailing for the rest of the day until Miyazaki's Hiroyuki Horibata brought the team home in first. Days Two and Three promise to be a challenging effort for the runners as Japan is expected to be in the grip of a typhoon throughout the weekend. 2010 Kyushu Isshu Ekide...