1:16:02 for 25k
1:16:02 for 25k
15:10 5th 5K
I think Beppu is along the coast
Yes, got it now: Beppu-Oita. Despite the wind, quite a landscape.
Who is the guy hanging in back of the lead pack, in the red and white diagonal stripes?
The European looking one? I believe that's Rios.
In the lead pack Shimizu 2:09:30 PR but maybe dropping back
I have been presuming that is Rios for the entire race so far.
Also Brandom (?) 2:08 pr
Rios is #2
Paul Tergat (Kenya) - 2:04:55 (Berlin 2003)
Jose Rios (Spain) - 2:07:42 (Biwako 2004)
Abderrahime Bouramdane (Morocco) - 2:08:20 (Seoul 2007)
Yared Asmerom (Eritrea) - 2:08:34 (Biwako 2008)
Yuzo Onishi (Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 2:08:54 (Biwako 2008)
Kazutoshi Takatsuka (Team Komori Corp.) - 2:08:56 (Biwako 2004)
Tomoya Shimizu (Team Sagawa Express) - 2:09:23 (Biwako 2008)
Abiyot Guta (Ethiopia) - 2:10:38 (Cologne 2004)
Vitaliy Shafar (Ukraine) - 2:12:07 (Eindhoven 2007)
Takashi Ota (Team Konica Minolta) - 2:12:10 (Tokyo 2008)
Pawel Ochal (Poland) - 2:12:20 (Warsaw 2007)
Masaya Shimizu (Team Asahi Kasei) - 2:12:31 (Biwako 2006)
Kazuyoshi Shimozato (Team Nissan) - 1:02:00 (half marathon)
Chiharu Takada (Team JR Higashi Nihon) - 1:02:27 (half marathon)
Noriaki Takahashi (Team Subaru) - 1:02:41 (half marathon)
Shimizu has caught back up
also in the lead pack Asmerom, Guta, ...
I have not seen the other two Europeans, Shafar and Ochal, at all during the race.
Holy cow, picture in picture, with pace captions. ESPN, are you watching this?!
Quite a headwind they just turned into.
No commercial breaks in this one, either.
30k 1:31:18
Pacemakers dropped
52 Chelimo
1:31:18 30K 15:15 6th 5K
Here we go! Asmerom leads the way.
Bourandame dropped out
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it