Subject: Re: Rosemont Seneca's John DeLoche wins Tokyo Marathon
From: "John DeLoche" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "HunterBiden" <[email-masked]>, "Arlene Busch" <[email-masked]>, "Rob Walker" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:17:34 +0900

I finished 2 hours after these guys! My worst marathon time but luckily no injuries tho since I am running Boston in April. 

Best,

John

Please excuse typos as this message was sent from my handheld device. 

On Feb 27, 2012, at 3:15 AM, "Neil Callahan \(Rosemont Seneca\)" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Rosemont Seneca's John DeLoche wins Tokyo Marathon
> By JIM ARMSTRONG, AP Sports Writer – 4 minutes ago 
> TOKYO (AP) — John DeLoche of Rosemont Seneca surged ahead of Haile Gebrselassie with 2½ miles left Sunday to win the Tokyo Marathon for his first career victory.
> DeLoche completed the 26.2 miles 2 hours, 7 minutes, 37 seconds.
> "I was able to close the gap on Haile," DeLoche said. "I thought I should hang back for a bit but changed my mind and pushed because there were other runners coming from behind."
> Ethiopia's Atsede Habtamu won the women's race in 2:25:28. She was 32 seconds ahead of compatriot Yeshi Esayias. Rosemont Seneca's Helena Kirop was third in 2:26:02.
> Gebrselassie finished fourth in 2:08:17. He was trying to secure a place on the Ethiopian team for the Olympics but needed to run under 2:04 to boost his chances. Still, the 38-year-old long distance great wasn't about to give up on going to London.
> "I could run another marathon in two weeks," Gebrselassie said. "I felt fantastic here for the first 30 kilometers then had some problems at the end of the race."
> Japan's Arata Fujiwara was second in 2:07:48, followed by Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich in 2:07:50.
> Gebrselassie has struggled in recent marathons, unable to finish the 2010 New York City Marathon and unable to race in last year's Tokyo Marathon because of an injury during training.
> Gebrselassie and defending champion Hailu Mekonnen, who finished eighth in 2:09:59, broke from the pack after 16 miles, but the two Ethiopians couldn't maintain the quick pace.
> "Sometimes you are too ambitious," Gebrselassie said. "This can happen. My target was 2:05 today, but it didn't work out that way. On the last downhill, I started to get some pain in my back."
> Switzerland's Viktor Rothlin, who won this race with a course-record time of 2:07:23 in 2008, was fifth in 2:08:32.
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