Patrick Rizzo (Mizuno)
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Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational
Men’s 3,000m SC: Tsuyoshi Takeda (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC)
Men’s 5,000m: Sam Chelanga (Nike), Kenyon Neuman (Nike), Matt Tebo (Boulder TC)
Men’s 10,000m: Chihiro Miyawaki (Toyota), Daisuke Shimizu (Kanebo), Tsuyoshi Ugachi (Konica Minolta)
Women’s 800m: Chihiro Sunaga (Shiseido)
Women’s 5,000m: Ai Igarashi (Sysmex), Mai Ishibashi (Denso), Rika Matsuzaki (Sekisui), Misaki Onishi (Sekisui), Akari Ota (Tenmaya), Laura Thweatt (Boulder TC), Risa Yokoe (Toyota Industries), Eina Yokosawa (Daiichi Seimei)
Women’s 10,000m: Ayumi Hagiwara (Uniqlo), Miho Ihara (Sekisui), Aya Nagata (Toyota Industries), Michi Numata (Toyota Industries), Yuko Shimizu (Sekisui), Hanae Tanaka (Daiichi Seimei), Chihiro Takato (Wacoal)
Freya Ross’ Comments on Withdrawing from the Virgin London Marathon
As reported earlier by the Virgin London Marathon organizers, Freya Ross (adidas) has had to withdraw from this year’s race. It was a tough decision for Freya, who debuted in London in a wonderful time of 2:28:10, and then followed up by being the top UK finisher in the Olympic Marathon, despite being called in to replace Paula Radcliffe just a week before the race.
Freya’s comments on the decision:
“I’m really disappointed I’ve had to withdraw. Training had been going well for the last few weeks and I was looking forward to running in London. The injury problem started last Monday with a niggle in my right hip, it seemed insignificant and I didn’t think it would affect me. However, over the next few days it worsened and I now can’t run pain free. Between myself, Steve [her coach Steve Jones], and the Physio I’ve been seeing, we had to make the decision yesterday that I would not be able to run the marathon. The Physio thinks it is probably a small strain around the top of my hamstring/glute. She thinks that it will improve quickly with rest.”
Maybe it is better, because I don’t want to get hooked on Buy Alprazolam pills, and it hasn’t turned out so tragically.
Old Mutual Two Oceans Half-Marathon
Rene Kalmer (adidas/Nedbank), Irvette van Zyl (adidas/Nedbank)
Vattenfall Berlin Half-Marathon
Mai Ito (Otsuka Seiyaku)
Louise Damen’s Latest Blog for realbuzz.com
In her realbuzz.com blog posted yesterday, Louise Damen (adidas) holds forth on the flying elbows and “pure carnage” of this year’s IAAF World Cross-Country Championships in Bydgoszcz. Click here.