On a rainy day that left the course covered in puddles and caused untold problems with the electronic timing system, 30-year-old Ethiopian runner Ambesse Tolossa defended his title at the 35th Honolulu Marathon yesterday in 2:17:26, in a tactical race devoid of standout performances.
"My stomach was very bad," runner-up Jimmy Muindi, 34, said after finishing in 2:18:53 -- his slowest Honolulu Marathon in 14 years of participating here. Eric Nzioki, also from Muindi's native Kenya, finished third in 2:21:32.
Muindi, who came into this race seeking his sixth win in Honolulu, began having trouble after 13 miles. He speculated that some beef he ate last night might have caused the problem.
"My legs were OK, but every time I tried to drink water, I just felt like vomiting," he said. Consequently, he didn't consume enough fluids in the humid conditions.
That clinging humidity could have distracted women's winner Alevtina Biktimirova, but it didn't. The two downpours early on in the race didn't faze last year's runner-up as she pulled away from Japan's Akemi Ozaki to finish more than a minute ahead at 2:33:07. That was more than 2 minutes slower than her second-place time of last year.
Biktimirova averaged a 5:50.5 mile in her first marathon win since 2005. Ozaki, one of two designated pace-setters, decided she would make a run at the women's title despite running the Toyko Marathon less than a month ago. After a valiant duel with Biktimirova in the second half, she gradually succumbed to the Russian's powerful strides by the 21st mile.
Masazumi Soejima won the men's wheelchair race in 1:33:17, while Susannah Rice-Kamanu took the women's race in 3:33:57. Tolossa and Biktimirova each earned $40,000.
As for the men, the lead pack of five competitors completed the first mile in 5 minutes, then quickened the pace to pass through the 10K mark in 30:32. After a blazing first 9 miles, the group dropped to four, which included the top three finishers and Boniface Mbuvi Muema, also of Kenya.
By mile 20, only Tolossa and Muindi remained, having slowed their pace to 5:20 per mile -- slower than these athletes often run in training. With the possibility of records (and financial bonuses) out the window, and $40,000 for first place vs. $16,000 for second, it became a tactical game for the win.
Just when it looked like it might come down to a sprint along Kalakaua Avenue, Tolossa surged at the base of Diamond Head hill near Black Point Road. A look of agony crossed Muindi's face, and even before he vomited multiple times, it became clear he would have to settle for second place again.
Not that it was easy for Tolossa. He complained of cramping in his quadriceps and painfully peeled his shoes off his blistered feet almost immediately after crossing the finish line.
But Tolossa offered nothing but compliments to Muindi. "He's a very good athlete, and I'm happy (with my performance)," he said through an interpreter. He plans to work even harder and return every year.
A deluge greeted the 27,892 participants in the 35th Honolulu Marathon yesterday morning, waning just in time for a 2 1/2-minute-long fireworks show to coat the early morning sky in myriad colors.
Almost immediately after the cannon sounded, five Kenyans and an Ethiopian separated themselves from the crowd -- some dressed in grass skirts and Santa hats. Aside from another downpour in Waikiki that left Kapiolani Park virtually swimming in mud, conditions remained good with a temperature of 72 degrees at the start with 3- to 4-mph winds -- just about as calm as it gets on Kalanianaole Highway.
The rainy weather didn't deter fans, who lined the streets in Waikiki to cheer the elite runners to an easy 4:49 mile along that stretch before hitting the 10K in 30:32.
"In the beginning I was OK; the pace was very much OK with me," said yesterday's runner-up Jimmy Muindi, the five-time champion from Kenya, who also holds the course record in 2:11:13 (his best on a different course is 2:07:49).
The leaders glided through the 15K mark in 46:40, despite the constant disruption from motorcycles, trucks and camera crews. With an unofficial pace maker who allowed Muindi and eventual winner Ambesse Tolossa of Ethiopia to lead on several occasions, Muindi seemed poised to hit the half-marathon mark in his target 1:05, leaving open the possibility of the record-breaking 2:10 he came here to do.
But by the time they hit 10 miles in 50:07, the pace had slowed -- permanently. They went through the half-marathon in 1:06.
"Tolossa's gone behind Jimmy again, and kind of assumed the position," Honolulu Marathon president Jim Barahal said about Tolossa's habit of letting others dictate the cadence.
There's a reason for that, according to Toni Reavis, host of ESPN's Elite Racing and a veteran radio announcer for the Honolulu Marathon. "Ethiopians work on things like all-out 60-meter sprints," which is why they are content to sit back and wait for a race of any distance to come down to the last stretch. "They don't go to see how fast they can run," he said. "They go to win races."
By mile 14, the pace had begun to fluctuate enough for Reavis to comment repeatedly on the "gamesmanship" taking place on the course. In the past, Muindi has made a move between miles 18 and 19, throwing in a 4:44 mile or two to "destroy the competition," said Reavis. But not today.
Not even Tolossa understood why Muindi didn't surge, until Muindi started vomiting about 2 miles from the finish.
The pace dropped even more through Hawaii Kai and on the highway back to Kahala. Even so, only Muindi and Tolossa could maintain it. Mile 22 was the slowest of the race at 5:31. "They're just going easy," said Reavis. "They're not suffering at all."
Muindi's manager, Zane Branson, confirmed that the pace was "quite pedestrian." But it turned out that both athletes were not in top form.
Tolossa was fending off cramps and blisters, while Muindi battled an upset stomach that would not allow him to consume enough fluids or run the pace he had trained for. Deafening cheers from the human snake winding its way over Diamond Head encouraged Tolossa, who pulled away dramatically from Muindi in the final 2 miles.
"They ran too fast only in retrospect," said Reavis. "It was all a conspiracy of circumstances. They were both vulnerable, but there was no one to take advantage." In other words, the field wasn't deep enough.
Barahal called it a "match race," and said he intends to "take some measures to juice this up next year," presumably by inviting people who will push the pace no matter what the circumstances.
Despite finishing second to Tolossa again, Muindi was not disappointed. After dropping out of the other two marathons he attempted this year, he took some satisfaction in completing one. He also assured Hawaii's running fans that he intends to return next year, 15 years after his debut at the Honolulu Marathon. And not just to run, he smiled. "I will come back to win again."
HONOLULU MARATHON
Males
Top 130
1. Ambesse Tolosa, 30, Ethiopia, 02:17:26; 2. Jimmy Muindi, 34, Kenya, 02:18:53; 3. Eric Mzioki, 99, Kenya, 02:21:32; 4. Boniface Mbuvi, 30, Kenya, 02:22:59; 5. Aleksei Aleksandrov, 23, Russia, 02:24:36; 6. Satoru Hori, 29, JAPAN, 02:29:12; 7. Atsushi Ito, 22, JAPAN, 02:29:53; 8. Masakazu Takahashi, 33, Japan, 02:31:01; 9. Tetsuro Kataoka, 23, JAPAN, 02:33:14; 10. Yuji Haraguchi, 34, JAPAN, 02:33:16.
11. Yoshikazu Hara, 35, Honolulu , 02:33:39; 12. Joseph Mutiso, 34, Kenya, 02:33:49; 13. Esben Dalgaard, 22, Honolulu , 02:36:40; 14. Hirokazu Yoshida, 28, JAPAN, 02:38:27; 15. Takanori Fujii, 31, JAPAN, 02:38:44; 16. Takenori Kaga, 39, JAPAN, 02:38:44; 17. Takeyasu Horii, 24, JAPAN, 02:39:10; 18. Makoto Sakurai, 39, JAPAN, 02:41:46; 19. Hisao Sekiguchi, 22, JAPAN, 02:42:07; 20. Kazuyoshi Maeda, 29, JAPAN, 02:42:22.
21. Noriyuki Matsumura, 27, JAPAN, 02:43:06; 22. Yuichi Saito, 24, JAPAN, 02:43:15; 23. Kazuhiko Okuyama, 22, JAPAN, 02:43:15; 24. Yoshiki Takada, 24, JAPAN, 02:44:57; 25. Brendon Seipolt, 40, Australia, 02:45:18; 26. Kentaro Yoshikawa, 30, JAPAN, 02:45:29; 27. Akira Yokoo, 21, JAPAN, 02:46:02; 28. Lawrence Merrifield Jr, 40, Portland OR, 02:46:29; 29. Takuya Nakamura, 22, JAPAN, 02:46:48; 30. Takahiro Oue, 32, JAPAN, 02:46:57.
31. Hiroaki Yamada, 31, JAPAN, 02:47:47; 32. Jonathan Lyau, 43, Honolulu, 02:47:52; 33. Katsutoshi Saijo, 33, Japan, 02:48:42; 34. Yoshiyuki Shibata, 37, JAPAN, 02:49:15; 35. Hiroyuki Nishimura, 37, Japan, 02:49:19; 36. Shinji Nakamura, 29, JAPAN, 02:49:31; 37. Kenichi Okumura, 39, JAPAN, 02:49:38; 38. Tetsuo Kiso, 39, JAPAN, 02:49:41; 39. Jun Ito, 34, JAPAN, 02:50:03; 40. Yu Kuroiwa, 30, JAPAN, 02:51:31.
41. Shinya Komiyama, 22, JAPAN, 02:52:47; 42. David Carlsson, 43, Honolulu , 02:53:09; 43. Taiga Fujii, 21, JAPAN, 02:53:16; 44. Yuji Yamamoto, 22, JAPAN, 02:53:28; 45. Rikita Sugiyama, 29, JAPAN, 02:53:53; 46. Shuho Takei, 34, JAPAN, 02:53:55; 47. Kazuhiko Ozawa, 42, JAPAN, 02:54:02; 48. Mutsumi Itou, 36, JAPAN, 02:54:16; 49. Karl Honma, 44, Honolulu , 02:54:17; 50. Yoshiharu Nabekura, 44, JAPAN, 02:54:30.
51. Igarashi Akira, 40, JAPAN, 02:54:52; 52. Hirotatsu Shimmura, 22, JAPAN, 02:55:06; 53. Mike Ferreira, 43, Kaneohe, 02:55:14; 54. Atsushi Sano, 33, JAPAN, 02:55:26; 55. Keith Matiskella, 35, Harker Heights TX, 02:55:47; 56. Tomohiro Kurose, 34, JAPAN, 02:55:48; 57. Mitsuaki Kaneko, 38, JAPAN, 02:55:59; 58. Kunihiro Takazawa, 39, JAPAN, 02:56:18; 59. Yasuo Sengoku, 31, JAPAN, 02:56:27; 60. Junichi Yokoyama, 38, Japan, 02:56:29.
61. Dan Goltz, 36, Volcano, 02:56:44; 62. Hiroshi Katsura, 40, JAPAN, 02:56:55; 63. JOHN STOLZ, 52, Bend OR, 02:57:38; 64. Kazuaki Takase, 34, JAPAN, 02:57:39; 65. Lyman Perry, 40, Volcano, 02:57:40; 66. Koichi Harigaya, 42, JAPAN, 02:57:41; 67. Jeff Olive, 40, Peachtree City GA, 02:57:52; 68. Lawrence Saina, 29, Japan, 02:58:04; 69. Rei Tsukahara, 20, JAPAN, 02:58:18; 70. Alan Ryan, 37, Laupahoehoe, 02:58:21.
71. Kevin Murphy, 39, Honolulu, 02:58:23; 72. Derrek Higa, 36, Kaneohe, 02:58:32; 73. Christian Dullock-Binoche, 29, Kaneohe, 02:58:53; 74. Tatsunori Iwami, 21, JAPAN, 02:59:34; 75. Jason Thorp, 36, Hilo, 02:59:41; 76. Hiroyuki Sakuma, 36, JAPAN, 02:59:48; 77. John Mozer, 31, Aiea, 02:59:51; 78. Miyoji Nishimura, 46, JAPAN, 02:59:54; 79. Hiroshi Uenishi, 28, JAPAN, 03:00:06; 80. Mark Speck, 37, Honolulu, 03:00:10.
81. Kaoru Hoshino, 45, JAPAN, 03:00:43;82. Yoshiaki Mikami, 39, JAPAN, 03:00:49; 83. Yoshinori Azuma, 24, JAPAN, 03:00:51; 84. Akihiko Futaki, 48, JAPAN, 03:01:09; 85. Daniel Mcgimpsey, 25, Olympia WA, 03:01:13; 86. Tim Rieth, 32, Honolulu , 03:01:22; 87. Yukihiro Nakamoto, 52, JAPAN, 03:01:58; 88. Kazuharu Muto, 30, JAPAN, 03:02:19; 89. Masamichi Kinoshita, 27, JAPAN, 03:02:32; 90. Mark Shorter, 50, Canada, 03:02:35.
91. Takeshi Mitsuhashi, 48, JAPAN, 03:03:10; 92. Takuji Suzuki, 40, JAPAN, 03:03:18; 93. Aaron Wallen, 36, Honolulu , 03:03:24; 94. Alister Knox, 34, Paia , 03:03:42; 95. Masahiko Nagasaka, 44, JAPAN, 03:04:16; 96. Jan Flidr, 50, Czech Republic, 03:04:37; 97. Jay Kauwale, 47, Kaneohe, 03:04:58; 98. Hidehiko Numano, 42, JAPAN, 03:05:21; 99. Paul Kriegler, 24, Hilo , 03:05:26; 100. Yoshi Shimada, 45, JAPAN, 03:05:38.
101. Yasuhiro Ito, 52, JAPAN, 03:05:40; 102. Christopher Larson, 34, Honolulu, 03:05:49; 103. Jason Florimonte, 34, Kaneohe, 03:05:52; 104. Masashi Abe, 55, JAPAN, 03:06:00; 105. Atsushi Yamamoto, 37, JAPAN, 03:06:10; 106. Toru Morikawa, 39, JAPAN, 03:06:15; 107. Jun Sajima, 23, JAPAN, 03:06:17; 108. Aiko Tanaka, 28, JAPAN, 03:06:25; 109. William Wong, 25, Honolulu, 03:06:29; 110. Tokio Wakabayashi, 56, JAPAN, 03:06:31.
111. Eric Petersen, 41, Holladay UT, 03:06:32; 112. Minoru Nishizaki, 47, JAPAN, 03:06:41; 113. Brian Joseph, 34, Kailua, 03:06:42; 114. Yoshifusa Takahashi, 21, JAPAN, 03:06:45; 115. Katsuji Morita, 60, JAPAN, 03:06:54; 116. Tetsutomo Iizuka, 47, JAPAN, 03:06:55; 117. Yoshiharu Ariumi, 27, JAPAN, 03:06:55; 118. Hirotsugu Kuwabara, 27, JAPAN, 03:06:59; 119. Koji Yamazaki, 33, JAPAN, 03:07:01; 120. Hideo Saito, 26, JAPAN, 03:07:06.
121. Nobuaki Sasamori, 61, JAPAN, 03:07:14; 122. Daniel Hodel, 57, Kailua Kona, 03:07:25; 123. Naoki Kajima, 35, JAPAN, 03:07:28; 124. Shun Tsuyuki, 20, JAPAN, 03:07:50; 125. Mamoru Tanazawa, 38, Japan, 03:07:50; 126. William Turner, 38, Honolulu, 03:07:51; 127. Isao Tatekawa, 44, Aiea , 03:07:58; 128. Gino Chouinard, 39, Canada, 03:08:08; 129. Bryan Audiss, 43, Honolulu , 03:08:21.130. Susumu Nakajima, 58, Japan, 03:08:38.
Females
Top 130
1. Alevtina Biktimirova, 25, Russia, 02:33:07; 2. Akemi-Isige Ozaki, 30, Japan, 02:34:22; 3. Tatiana Petrova, 24, Russia, 02:35:56; 4. Kaori Yoshida, 26, Japan, 02:43:21; 5. Mina Ogawa, 32, Japan, 02:47:29; 6. Lisa Mizutani, 22, JAPAN, 02:50:48; 7. Satoko Uetani, 26, JAPAN, 02:52:30; 8. Maiko Kawano, 25, JAPAN, 02:54:14; 9. Yuri Kambara, 31, JAPAN, 02:56:21; 10. Helen Stanton, 34, Australia, 02:57:10.
11. Yukiko Makihara, 21, JAPAN, 02:58:10; 12. Jasmine Sessions, 27, Farmington UT, 03:00:12; 13. Keiko Tanaka, 23, JAPAN, 03:01:15; 14. Bree Wee, 27, Kailua Kona, 03:03:11; 15. Aoki Yoko, 24, JAPAN, 03:04:47; 16. Sachiko Kano, 47, JAPAN, 03:06:12; 17. Junko Nose, 36, JAPAN, 03:11:08; 18. Junko Goto, 28, JAPAN, 03:11:55; 19. Rachel Ross, 31, Honolulu, 03:12:20; 20. Noriko Hirao, 27, JAPAN, 03:12:41.
21. Atsuko Fujimoto, 29, JAPAN, 03:12:44; 22. Shino Hoshi, 42, JAPAN, 03:13:07; 23. Jill Pettibone, 40, Roseburg OR, 03:13:25; 24. Mari Hirata, 28, Japan, 03:13:30; 25.Nicola Gildersleeve, 23, Canada, 03:14:46; 26. Sayuri Kusutani, 48, Honolulu , 03:14:58; 27. Rani Tanimoto, 32, Kealakekua, 03:15:11; 28. Yoko Yamazawa, 39, JAPAN, 03:15:14; 29. Sandra Ferreira, 38, Kaneohe , 03:16:59; 30. Mayumi Negishi, 35, JAPAN, 03:17:13.
31. Masako Kataoka, 47, JAPAN, 03:17:55; 32. Mayuko Oda, 27, JAPAN, 03:18:43; 33. Sachiko Kano, 24, JAPAN, 03:18:57; 34. Susan Williams, 38, Littleton CO, 03:19:17; 35. Tomoko Hara, 34, Honolulu, 03:19:26; 36. Susan Dezzani, 34, Mililani , 03:19:26; 37. Shelley Grisbrook, 43, Kailua , 03:19:28; 38. Carlyn Cusack, 24, San Antonio TX, 03:19:30; 39. Hiroko Mitsu, 36, JAPAN, 03:20:55; 40. Yuka Harigaya, 33, JAPAN, 03:21:16.
41. Hirono Someya, 26, JAPAN, 03:21:48; 42. Hiroko Endo, 31, JAPAN, 03:22:24; 43. Miho Ikeda, 26, JAPAN, 03:22:48; 44. Masuko Sugiyama, 37, JAPAN, 03:22:49; 45. Kei Onzuka, 42, JAPAN, 03:23:07; 46. Atsuko Yamada, 50, JAPAN, 03:23:34; 47. Mariko Nakajima, 33, Japan, 03:23:43; 48. Masako Ogihara, 39, JAPAN, 03:23:51; 49. Mayumi Ishikawa, 36, JAPAN, 03:25:39; 50. Seiko Yoshimi, 26, JAPAN, 03:25:59.
51. Nozomi Kawamura, 22, JAPAN, 03:26:03; 52. Takako Oi, 43, JAPAN, 03:26:04; 53. Nobuko Mitani, 37, JAPAN, 03:26:14; 54. Belinda Wray, 29, Mililani , 03:26:35; 55. Justine Boulin, 24, Canada, 03:26:49; 56. Frauke Fichtner, 31, Germany, 03:26:58; 57. Siobhan Walsh, 30, Ireland, 03:27:10; 58. Marie Benito, 42, Guam, 03:27:28; 59. Emiko Makino, 36, JAPAN, 03:27:30; 60. Laura Velasco, 39, Escondido CA, 03:27:38.
61. Chiharu Hashimoto, 32, JAPAN, 03:28:13; 62. Kathryn Meade, 30, Ft. Collins CO, 03:28:30; 63. Maki Shoji, 37, JAPAN, 03:28:32; 64. Michiko Iwai, 18, JAPAN, 03:28:44; 65. Toyoko Maeda, 60, Honolulu, 03:29:53; 66. Yukie Neko, 26, JAPAN, 03:30:10; 67. Celine Tallian, 43, Canada, 03:30:33; 68. Kylee Nakamura, 27, Honolulu, 03:31:17; 69. Erisa Ogawa, 45, JAPAN, 03:31:28; 70. Ayako Kaneko, 39, JAPAN, 03:31:31.
71. Eriko Yamada, 40, JAPAN, 03:31:57; 72. Tokiwa Endo, 35, JAPAN, 03:32:42; 73. Uilani Pauole de Sa, 40, Honolulu, 03:32:42; 74. Sharon Moran, 34, Honolulu, 03:32:43; 75. Candes Gentry, 30, Honolulu, 03:33:13; 76. Masumi Shirai, 22, JAPAN, 03:33:22; 77. Fariyal Samson, 39, Honolulu, 03:33:30; 78. Natsuko Nishiyama, 25, JAPAN, 03:34:24; 79. Elin Soto-Thompson, 32, Honolulu, 03:34:47; 80. Robin Shishido, 26, Honolulu, 03:34:56.
81, Yoko Noma, 42, Honolulu, 03:35:10; 82. Kana Ito, 29, JAPAN, 03:35:10; 83. Yumi Fuchiwaki, 34, JAPAN, 03:35:11; 84. Jessica Vivers, 23, Haleiwa, 03:35:44; 85. Misa Kojima, 38, JAPAN, 03:36:13; 86. Kerstin Busse, 38, Kailua Kona, 03:36:30; 87. Masako Nakajima, 38, JAPAN, 03:36:36; 88. Shie Yamada, 34, JAPAN, 03:36:46; 89. Emi Hagiwara, 40, JAPAN, 03:36:56.
90. Colleen Pratt, 27, Oak Park IL, 03:37:25; 91. Satoko Hasegawa, 35, JAPAN, 03:38:00; 92. Sumiko Tanaka, 55, JAPAN, 03:38:00; 93. Yumi Shito, 36, JAPAN, 03:38:03; 94. Kelly Calway, 23, Mililani , 03:38:22; 95. Satomi Turner, 42, Kapolei, 03:38:33; 96. Shizuka Matsukawa, 40, Honolulu, 03:39:12; 97. Sae Araki, 35, JAPAN, 03:39:12; 98. Ruth Bury, 48, Temecula CA, 03:39:19; 99. Mutsumi Takeuchi, 37, JAPAN, 03:39:22; 100. Kumiko Kobayashi, 32, JAPAN, 03:39:26.
101. Hiromi Murata, 45, JAPAN, 03:39:29; 102. Noriko Okita, 35, JAPAN, 03:39:29; 103. Manami Susuki, 24, JAPAN, 03:39:41; 104. Sachiko Miyajima, 38, JAPAN, 03:39:48; 105. Lynn Hamasaki, 43, Kaneohe, 03:40:02; 106. Ritsuko Oka, 42, JAPAN, 03:40:03; 107. Sigrid Frost, 43, Germany, 03:40:10; 108. Michiko Nishiji, 30, JAPAN, 03:40:34; 109. Sarah Slay, 39, Kailua, 03:40:49; 110. Robin Winkler, 36, Glendora CA, 03:40:52.
111. Cindy Berkoski, 42, Honolulu, 03:41:10; 112. Fumiko Irokawa, 37, JAPAN, 03:41:11; 113. Kazuko Kawashima, 39, JAPAN, 03:41:15; 114. Ryoko Sakamoto, 38, JAPAN, 03:41:40; 115. Ayuko Morimoto, 22, JAPAN, 03:41:45; 116. Shoko Shin, 35, Japan, 03:42:05; 117. Carole Ann Higa, 45, Waipahu, 03:42:23; 118. Nita Patel, 41, Mililani, 03:42:24; 119. Lisa Tilton-Mccarthy, 40, Houston TX, 03:42:25; 120. Chikako Segawa, 43, JAPAN, 03:42:40.
121. Mayumi Hayano, 33, JAPAN, 03:42:46; 122. Sarah Pendergast, 32, Kapolei, 03:42:55; 123. Yuko Akiyama, 41, JAPAN, 03:43:20; 124. Lori Darnell, 36, Old Hickory TN, 03:43:27; 125. Jill Natividad, 31, Honolulu , 03:43:36; 126. Rie Ikemoto, 34, JAPAN, 03:43:44; 127. Mayumi Toyoshima, 40, JAPAN, 03:44:01; 128. Ritsuko Hamada, 29, JAPAN, 03:44:14; 129. Ayumi Yamamoto, 36, JAPAN, 03:44:24; 130. Kaori Shigeta, 34, JAPAN, 03:44:43
Wheelchairs
1. Masazumi Soejima, 37, JAPAN, 01:33:17; 2. Byung Hoon Yoo, 35, Korea, 01:45:11; 3. Hong Suk Man, 32, Korea - Republic of, 01:47:02; 4. Yun Oh Lee, 27, Korea, 01:55:09; 5. Kenny Herriot, 45, United Kingdom, 01:56:34; 6. Noboru Iwata, 59, JAPAN, 02:40:35; 7. Shunji Sakai, 54, JAPAN, 02:40:36; 8. John Greer, 43, Honolulu, 02:59:54; 9. Masatoshi Shibata, 62, JAPAN, 03:00:09; 10. Susannah Rice-Kamanu, 38, Honolulu, 03:33:57.
11. Dawna Zane, 26, Honolulu, 03:38:34; 12. Mike Nishimoto, 47, Honolulu, 04:35:12; 13. Masaki Hirooka, 12, JAPAN, 06:44:52; 14. Shinya Yamamoto, 39, JAPAN, 06:57:08; 15. Yoshiaki Sato, 37, JAPAN, 07:38:34.
