Kawauchi Scores Runaway Win at Takashimadaira 20 km – translated and edited by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

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By GRR 0

1430 people ran in the 40th anniversary Takashimadaira Road Race 20 km on Oct. 18 on a 5 km loop course in northwestern Tokyo. In the men's race invited athlete Yuki Kawauchi (28, Saitama Pref. Gov't) broke away on the last lap for a solo win in 1:00:57 just a week after setting a course record at the Kitakami Marathon.

His next race is the Nov. 1 TCS New York City Marathon, followed by the Dec. 6 Fukuoka International Marathon where he hopes to secure a place on the Rio Olympic team.

Kawauchi ran well in warm temperatures of 23 degrees, keeping his cool in a lead pack of five until 15.5 km just into the fourth and final lap. "I picked it up a little and nobody could go with me," he said. In just 4.5 km he opened a lead of 28 seconds over runner-up Koichi Miyashita (Komazawa University).

At the end of December last year Kawauchi sprained his ankle, leading to problems with his calf muscles and elsewhere.

He has only really started to recover in the last two months, saying, "I'm only back to about 85% right now." Even so, bearing down in the home straight he told himself, "Well, let's at least break 61 minutes," before launching his powerful last kick.

As a tune-up for his upcoming marathons it was a solid performance. "The last 5 km were the fastest, so it was a good race," he said. "In New York I want to make top 10 at the absolute least. In Fukuoka I'll be going as far as I can to win."

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40th Takashimadaira Road Race
Takashimadaira, Tokyo, 10/18/15
complete results coming shortly

Men's 20 km
1. Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref. Gov't) – 1:00:57
2. Koichi Miyashita (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:01:25
3. Kento Ando (Tokai Univ.) – 1:01:30
4. Kentaro Inoue (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:01:48
5. Kei Takeshita (Teikyo Univ.) – 1:01:54

Mukai Runs 5000 m World Youth Leading Time at Challenge Games in Oita

by Brett Larner

Yuka Mukai, an 11th-grader at Hiroshima's Sera High School ran a world youth leading time of 15:31.92 to win Saturday's Challenge Games in Oita women's 5000 m. Mukai led the race together with 12th-grade teammate Shinobu Koyoshigawa unchallenged by the university and corporate runners in the field, and both were rewarded with places in the all-time Japanese high school top ten. Mukai's winning time was good for all-time #6, with Koyoshigawa's 15:36.96 coming at all-time #9.

The Sera H.S. boys, the defending National High School Ekiden champions, likewise led the way in the 5000 m A-heat, sweeping the top five and taking seven of the top nine places. 12th-grader Paul Kamais was 1st with a meet record 13:42.90, but 11th-grader Keita Yoshida made bigger news in 3rd place with his time of 13:50.67, all-time #10 on the Japanese high school lists. Sera H.S. now has a top seven runner 5000 m average of 14:01.96, putting them in range of the legendary 2:01:32 National High School Ekiden course record set by Sendai Ikuei H.S. in 2004 during future Olympic gold medalist Samuel Wanjiru's senior year.

The women's 10000 m was an intramural for the Daiichi Seimei corporate team in preparation for next weekend's National Corporate Women's Ekiden qualifier. Miyuki Uehara led the six Daiichi Seimei runners in the race with a meet record 32:16.66. Four broke 33 minutes, putting the team in a good position leading into ekiden season.

Challenge Games in Oita
Oita Ginko Dome, Oita, 10/17/15
click here for complete results

Women's 5000 m Heat 2
1. Yuka Mukai (Sera H.S.) – 15:31.92 – WYL
2. Shinobu Koyoshigawa (Sera H.S.) – 15:36.96
3. Ayumi Uehara (Matsuyama Univ.) – 15:44.59
4. Ami Hirose (Kansai Univ.) – 15:45.38
5. Kanade Furuya (Matsuyama Univ.) – 15:46.09
6. Chisaki Takegami (Canon AC Kyushu) – 15:48.12
7. Yuki Munehisa (Yamaguchi Saikyo Prep H.S.) – 15:49.37
8. Chieko Kido (Canon AC Kyushu) – 15:50.66
9. Madoka Mitsueda (Daiichi Seimei) – 15:53.03
10. Misaki Mishima (Matsuyama Univ.) – 15:53.07

Men's 5000 m Heat 12
1. Paul Kamais (Sera H.S.) – 13:42.90 – MR
2. David Grey (Sera H.S.) – 13:43.91
3. Keita Yoshida (Sera H.S.) – 13:50.67
4. Shiki Shinsako (Sera H.S.) – 14:14.26
5. Takumi Uemura (Sera H.S.) – 14:16.97
6. Yuma Kaiki (Tsurusaki Kogyo H.S.) – 14:17.68
7. Taiju Nakashima (Sera H.S.) – 14:19.18
8. Chihiro Ono (Tsurusaki Kogyo H.S.) – 14:19.95
9. Kazuya Yamaguchi (Sera H.S.) – 14:23.02
10. Tsuyoshi Miyamoto (Oita City Hall) – 14:23.31

Women's 10000 m
1. Miyuki Uehara (Daiichi Seimei) – 32:16.66 – MR
2. Hanae Tanaka (Daiichi Seimei) – 32:19.36
3. Sakiko Matsumi (Daiichi Seimei) – 32:22.92
4. Kaho Nishizawa (Daiichi Seimei) – 32:55.34
5. Kaho Tanaka (Daiichi Seimei) – 33:10.58

translated and edited by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

Mukai Runs 5000 m World Youth Leading Time at Challenge Games in Oita

author: GRR