Samuel Ndungu and Kayoko Fukushi respectively won the men’s and women’s division of the Marugame Half Marathon, Japan. Fukushi, the course record holder, ran alone for the most of the race, while Ndungu had to fight hard for his victory with Tsuyoshi Ugachi.
The Marugame Half Marathon is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.
In the men’s race, pre-race favourite Mekubo Mogusu, a Kenyan who runs for corporate team Aidem, started out fast covering the first 5Km in 14:00, eight second ahead of the chase pack including Ndungu, Ugachi, Rachid Kisri and Girma Tolla among them.
By 10Km (28:12) Mogusu was 21 seconds ahead of Ndungu, Ugachi and Kisri. Mogusu’s lead over Ndungu and Ugachi increased to 34 seconds in the next 5Km and it looked as if he was going to win another Marugame Half marathon, having won in 2007 and 2009.
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