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7 Juliet MORGAN USA 3:34:308 Monica FOX USA 3:36:179 Andreas GUSTAFSSON USA 3:36:3810 Nicole LEGACKI USA 3:36:49HALF MARATHON:MEN:1 Sergio REYES USA 1:06:372 Justin PATANANAN USA 1:06:513 Fidele BAREGENESABE USA 1:06:53WOMEN:1 Sylvia MOSQUEDA USA 1:15:082 Magdalena BOULET USA 1:16:473 Heather GIBSON USA 1:18:595 FEBRUARY 2006:BEPPU-OITA MAINICHIMARATHON, JAPANTen years after setting a course record of 2:08:30,Gert Thys scored his second victory in this 55thedition of the race writes Ken Nakamura. A leadgroup of 15 formed at 5km and held together pasthalfway. At 25km the group began to thin out, andwhen Benson Cherono upped the pace at 29kmonly five runners were left - and Cherono himselfdropped out just after 30km. Thys broke away onhis own in the 33rd kilometre with a 2:59 split, andran from 30-35km in 15:07 to lead by over aminute.MEN (ONLY):1 Gert THYS RSA 2:09:452 Tomoyuki SATO JPN 2:11:463 Benjamin KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:13:114 Yohei SATO JPN 2:13:185 Mohammed OUAADI FRA 2:13:236 Takehisa OKINO JPN 2:14:527 Kentaro ITO JPN 2:15:428 Noriyuki MIZUGUCHI JPN 2:16:059 Kodai FUKUNADA JPN 2:16:4810 Ombeche MOKAMBA KEN 2:17:375 FEBRUARY 2006:KAGAWA-MARAGUME HALFMARATHON, JAPANIn her half marathon debut Kayoko Fukushi set anew Asian record of 1:07:26, finishing 90m aheadof Olympic Marathon Champion Mizuko Noguchiwrites Ken Nakamura. Fukushi led all the way in this60th edition of the race, passing 15km faster thanElana Meyer’s world best time. Her marks at both20km (1:03:41) and Half Marathon were the fastestever recorded by an Asian runner on anunassisted course [Masako Chiba’s times of1:03:14 and 1:06:43, set in Tokyo in 1997, were runon a course with an overall elevation loss of 33m].MEN1 Takayuki MATSUMIYA JPN 1:02:132 Samuel MUTURI KEN 1:02:143 Kensuke TAKEZAWA JPN 1:02:264 Kazuo IETANI JPN 1:02:265 Kosuke NAKAHIGASHI JPN 1:02:276 Tomoya SHIMIZU JPN 1:02:287 Hiromichi UEKI JPN 1:02:418 Kenji NOGUCHI JPN 1:02:499 Masayoshi YAMAOKA JPN 1:03:0610 Du-Hang LEE KOR 1:03:19WOMEN:1 Kayoko FUKUSHI JPN 1:07:262 Mizuko NOGUCHI JPN 1:07:433 Mara YAMAUCHI GBR 1:09:244 Harumi HIROYAMA JPN 1:10:595 Mika HIKICHI JPN 1:11:036 Ikuko NAGAO JPN 1:11:597 Mary WANGARI KEN 1:11:598 Akemi OZAKI JPN 1:12:059 Yuko SATO JPN 1:12:0810 Masayo KOBAYASHI JPN 1:12:19Tokyo12 FEBRUARY 2006:TOKYO INTERNATIONALMARATHON, JAPANIn windy conditions Ambesse Tolossa made adecisive surge at 36km to win the race, just twoseconds short of his personal best writes KenNakamura.Before the race home favourite Toshinari Takaokadoubted that 2:09 would be fast enough to win,and so it proved. The first half of the race, with theprevailing wind, was run at 3 minutes/km pace. Apack of 20 at 5km reduced only slightly to 16 at15km (45:04). After the turnaround point the paceslackened into the headwind, but two pacemakerscontinued to lead until 30km (1:31:00). After thatthere remained a group of only four runners.Takaoka moved first, just before 36km, but notdecisively. Irifune was dropped, but Tolossacounter attacked just 600m later and by 40km ledby over 100m. Sammy Korir, second fastestmarathoner ever, had moved into third placeafurther 26 seconds behind. It stayed in that orderto the finish line, but the gaps between theleaders grew larger.MEN (ONLY):1 Ambesse TOLOSSA ETH 2:08:582 Toshinari TAKAOKA JPN 2:09:313 Sammy KORIR KEN 2:10:074 Satoshi IRIFUNE JPN 2:10:475 Yi-Yong KIM KOR 2:11:286 Toshiya KATAYAMA JPN 2:14:367 Seiji KOBAYASHI JPN 2:16:528 Manabu ITAYAMA JPN 2:17:019 Akinori SHIBUTANI JPN 2:17:3612 FEBRUARY 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDHONG KONG MARATHONThe Honourable Donald Tsang, Chief Executive ofHong Kong, flagged the runners off on the famedNathan Road in Kowloon. The steep inclines inthe marathon’s course make it a world classchallenge for running enthusiasts from all overthe world. In total, 40,000 people took part in thethree events that make up the Hong KongMarathon. It is the biggest sporting event in thecity, up from 30,000 last year.MEN:1 Simon BOR KEN 2:14:182 Stephen NDUNGU KEN 2:15:233 Taye MOGES ETH 2:17:484 Eric CHEPKWONY KEN 2:17:555 Noah BOR KEN 2:18:176 Meshack KOSGEI KEN 2:18:417 Emmanuel KOSGEI KEN 2:18:538 Daniel KIPRUGUT KEN 2:19:589 Noah TALAM KEN 2:20:1610 Wilson CHEPKWONY KEN 2:20:23WOMEN:1 Dire TUNE ETH 2:35:152 Measo ARSEDE ETH 2:41:043 Nina KOLYASEVA RUS 2:42:174 Yanyan DAI CHN 2:43:425 Tadelech BIRRA ETH 2:46:316 Malin EWERLOFSWE 2:47:167 Lucia SUBANO KEN 2:53:578 Karen HASLETT GBR 2:54:059 K G S CHANDRANI SRI 2:58:1610 Olena FADEYEVA UKR 3:11:00HALF MARATHONMEN:1 Ka Ho CHAN HKG 1:13:452 Ka Man GI HKG 1:14:113 Ryuichi KAMOTA JPN 1:14:23WOMEN:1 Tegla LOROUPE KEN 1:22:312 So Liang TOH HKG 1:25:043 Brigitte NIEDERBERGER SUI 1:27:2017 FEBRUARY 2006:STANDARD CHARTEREDDUBAI MARATHON, UAEWhat was once a phenomenon – a pacemakerwinning a marathon – is turning into a habit writesPat Butcher. Since the first major upset, in LosAngeles over a decade ago, it has happenedregularly. Joseph Ngeny did the trick in Dubai.Ngeny was only in the race because it had beenpostponed from 6 January, following the death of46 DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 2006