Sorry guys... Zatopek is in the US now and I'm not successful getting any update off internet (somehow, the official website is not up). At 25k mark, however, Njenga is starting to pull away from Aburaya. No split times are found. So much for the update... :o(
Where is Vanderlei Lima?
Njenga won in 2:09:45. Sato from Asahi-kase is second and Irifune from Kanebo is third. Have no idea what their times were. No idea where Lima finished. No idea what happened to Aburaya either. Guess it was raining and pretty cold.
Sato (2nd) was 2:11:22. Irifune (3rd) was 2:12:44.
thank you for the results njenja very earl world leader.
Sorry we couldn't provide "exciting" coverage as Zatopek and I usually do with other Japanese marathons. Maybe for Nagoya Women's marathon next month...
I am surprised that it was that slow. I was expecting at least sub 2:08. The new course, at least on paper, is very fast.
Must've been quite cold or raining.
Jason,
I thought you were going to do the first 30k or so. What happened. I hope you're not injured.
MAYEROFF wrote:
I am surprised that it was that slow. I was expecting at least sub 2:08. The new course, at least on paper, is very fast.
Must've been quite cold or raining.
It was cold AND Raining.
Sorry I didn't help out, Nobby... they kept announcing that this was Arimori's last race -- say it ain't so!
jeb wrote:
Jason,
I thought you were going to do the first 30k or so. What happened. I hope you're not injured.
I had achilles tendon surgery 12 days ago. I'll be back running again in April!
Jason
De Lima was 6th in 2:16:08. Aburaya dropped out. For the slow time, I guess it was pretty cold... Or perhaps, along with usual polution, with 30,000 people running in the heart of Tokyo, there was too muc CO2 and not enough oxygen??? Consider that as high altitude time...
John: Yes, this is Arimori's last run (marathon, I'm sure...). She was 5th in 2:52. A young 18-year-old coached by Yoshio Koide, Niiya, won the women's division in 2:31. Now that's interesting...
What happened to Korir? DNF? DNS?
How did the Brits get on?? I thought Huw Lobb was planning on running?
Cheers
~2:27
2:27:16 at 28th place.
Korir dropped out; as did Aburaya.
Several Aussies in the field; Searl Ashley at 41th place in 2:30:17, Peter Hulbert at 56th in 2:34:48, Lazhar Hamadi at 62nd in 2:35:53. Kunish Thomas who seems to be stationed in Okinawa finished 64th in 2:35:57. Another American, Bill MdMorran at 86th in 2:39:11. A couple of more Aussies; Chris Truscott at 119th in 2:43:25, Simon Coates a 122th in 2:43:32. Then American, Michael Peters at 125th in 2:43:44. There's another British guy at 147th place in 2:45:59. Another Brits, Carle Green, at 188th place in 2:49:08. Good job, guys. Now I guess I should check women's too, huh...
Women's result I have here is not as good at all. It does not show where they're from; or their times either. If you have any specific name you would like me to check, list them up. I can at least look it up and let you know what place she finished.
Nobby wrote:
John: Yes, this is Arimori's last run (marathon, I'm sure...). She was 5th in 2:52. A young 18-year-old coached by Yoshio Koide, Niiya, won the women's division in 2:31. Now that's interesting...
Obviously, the women's division wasn't strong as it wasn't a qualifying race.
Q-chan was commentating for the race... she NEEDS to get back to Koide if she wants any chance for Beijing.