HONOLULU MARATHON UPDATES
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Jimmy Muindi of Kenya races toward his 5th win at the 33rd Honolulu Marathon. He finished in 2:12:00, 48 seconds shy of his own course record, set last year.
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Muindi wins record fifth Honolulu Marathon
Jimmy Muindi won his record fifth Honolulu Marathon today in a non-record time of 2 hours, 12 minutes flat.
Muindi broke away from a pack of seven runners between the 11th and 12th miles and cruised to the win. It is his third consecutive win.
"I didn't really break away, I was just running my pace," Muindi said.
Muindi was on pace to break the course record he set in 2004 of 2:11:12, but he slowed in the last few miles.
"You cannot make (the record running) it alone," he said. "But I am happy."
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Eventual winner Jimmy Muindi, #1, leads the pack early in the race. Three-time champion Mbarak Hussein, #3, finished second, and fellow Kenyan Soloman Wachira, #8 placed fourth.
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Olesya Nurgalieva, #F6, of Russia leads a pack of Japanese men in the second half of the race. She dominated from start to finish on her way to a 2:30:24 victory over Japan's Eri Hayakawa.
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Olesya Nurgalieva wins women's marathon
Posted on: Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:47 AM HST
Olesya Nurgalieva of Russia won the women's race at the Honolulu Marathon today.
Nurgalieva led nearly the entire race and finished in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 25 seconds to win her Honolulu debut. She barely missed her best time of 2:29:48, set at the Eurocity Frankfurt Marathon last year.
She said she knew she had today's race won with "about four or five miles left," through interpreter Konstantine Selenivich, her agent.
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Olesya Nurgalieva, 29, strides along Kalanianaole Highway en route to victory at her Honolulu Marathon debut. She ran with her twin sister Elena through mile five, when Elena dropped back and eventually finished fourth.
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Eri Hayakawa of Japan, the 2003 winner, finished second in 2:32:59.
Lyubov Morgunova of Russia set the course record of 2:27:33 last year. Morgunova finished fifth today in 2:40:47.
Olesya Nurgalieva's twin, Elena, finished fourth in 2:38:50, behind Alevtina Ivanova, who was third in 2:38:17.
Saigusa, Alueta first kamaaina to finish
Wokasch-Young, Dahl first in resident category
Emmie Saigusa, 27, of Mililani was the first female to finish today's Honolulu Marathon in the Kamaaina division.
Saigusa crossed the finish line in the time of 3 hours, 43 minutes, 49 seconds.
Joseph Alueta, 37, of Wailuku, Maui, was the first male kamaaina finisher, crossing 24th overall in the men's race in 2:42:58.
Casper H. Dahl, 24, of Honolulu, finished first in the Hawaii resident category, running 2:42:20. He was 22nd overall among males.
Jeannie Wokasch Young, 43, of Honolulu was the first female resident to finish, with a time of 3:08:43. She was 19th overall among women.
The marathon defines kamaaina as born in Hawaii and currently residing in Hawaii and resident as born outside of Hawaii and currently residing in Hawaii.
Soejima breaks Honolulu Marathon wheelchair record
Masazumi Soejima of Japan broke the record for the wheelchair division of the Honolulu Marathon today.
Soejima was the first person to cross the finish line this morning, with the new mark of 1 hour, 30 minutes, 32 seconds.
The previous record of 1:31:34 was set by Krige Schabort, who finished third today.
See also: www.honolulumarathon.org
