Tokyo Marathon 2011

Among members of this site, Chikara Omine was the star in 2:33:37, Kevin Tither ran 3:05 and Adrian Ringin 5:26, all were happy with their performances.
And our member Joseph Tame is all over the internet with his I-PHONE-run, hope he wil let us know in person how he did! 

Ethiopia’s Hailu Mekonnen won in a personal best of 2:07:35, followed by Kenya’s Paul Biwott in 2:08:17 and Japan’s Yuki Kawaguchi in 2:08:37.　

Well, great job, Hailu, but we still hope to see Haile back.
In the women's division, Russia’s Tatyana Aryasova won in 2:27:29 followed by Noriko Higuchi (Japan) in 2:28:49 and compatriot Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 2:28:56 Former sub-2:20 runner Yoko Shibui (Japan) faded to fourth in 2:29:03 after a spirited charge in the later stages of the race.
Chilean miner Edison Pena finished strong in 5:08:19, improving his PB by about 30 minutes! Congrats, Edison!
(Compiled from internet sources)