By Michael Sandrock Camera Sports Writer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boulder-trained runners won gold and silver in the women's Olympic marathon Sunday morning in Sydney, Australia, as Japan's Naoko Takahashi dropped Romanian Lidia Simon at roughly the 22-mile mark of the 26.2-mile race before pulling away for the win. It was the first-ever woman's marathon gold medal for tradition-rich Japan; Yuko Arimori, who now lives in Boulder, won silver and bronze marathon medals for Japan in the last two Olympics. Takahashi spends about nine months a year in Boulder with her teammates from the Tokyo-based Sekisui corporate team. The runners live in a house off Jay Road in north Boulder. Two of Takahashi's Sekisui teammates are scheduled to compete in this morning's Boulder Backroads Marathon. All are coached by Kodei San, who has been bringing his runners to Boulder for nearly a decade. entire article located @: http://thedailycamera.com/sports/misc/24snaoko.html == "It's the perfect time of year/Somewhere far away from here" - Barenaked Ladies _____________________________________________________________ i-run.com - your running log A free online running log
