Amazing video at Osaka International Women's Marathon

An amazing video by Kayoko Fukushi in Osaka International Women's Marathon. This race was won by Mara Yamauchi (GBR) in 2:25:10 on 27 January 2008.

Kayoko Fukushi, holder of japan's 3000m, 5000m and half marathon national record, showing her spirit to finish her debut marathon.

She ran too fast for first 25km, about 3:20/km. She lead a 3 minutes gap or 1km from the running group and finally the price paid.

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1. Mara Yamauchi (GBR, Second Wind AC): 2:25:10 (PB)
2. Tomo Morimoto (Team Tenmaya): 2:25:34
3. Julia Mombi (Kenya, Team Aruze): 2:26:00 (PB)
4. Miki Ohira (Team Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo): 2:26:09 (PB)
5. Madoka Ogi (Team Juhachi Ginko): 2:26:55 (debut)
6. Lidia Simon (Romania): 2:27:17
7. Mika Okunaga (Team Kyudenko): 2:27:52 (PB)
8. Aki Fujikawa (Team Shiseido): 2:28:06
9. Constantina Tomescu (Romania): 2:28:15
10. Christelle Daunay (France): 2:28:23 (PB)
..
19. Kayoko Fukushi (Team Wacoal): 2:40:54



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Watching the youtube alone before i post this make me a bit sebak. Coz it remind me my legs condition when i ran my first marathon in KLIM05.

I agreed that marathon start at 30km. Itu yang betul-betul menguji ketahanan mental. And is a mental race, some people even say that it's 90% mental another 10% is physical effort