Bat Ochir Wins Hofu in 2:09:00, Kawauchi Scores Second Sub-2:10 in 14 Days for New World Record – translated and edited by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

Mongolia's Serod Bat Ochir ran 2:09:00 to with his third Hofu Yomiuri Marathon title Dec. 15, running side-by-side in a duel with civil servant runner Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref. Gov't) until 32 km before kicking away for the win in his first-ever sub-2:10.

 In his eleventh marathon of 2013 Kawauchi finished in 2:09:15 for 2nd.

Fourteen days ago at the Fukuoka International Marathon Kawauchi was 3rd in 2:09:05, vowing "to go where nobody has gone before" in Hofu.  

With a second sub-2:10 just fourteen days after Fukuoka he took twenty-eight days off his own world record for the shortest time ever between sub-2:10 marathons.

translated and edited by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

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