30 km world record attempt
A team of Japanese runners are planning to try for the world 30 kilometre track {running record at Queen Elizabeth II Park next Saturday evening, after the Canterbury decathlon and pentathlon championships have ended. Based at Ashburton, the group is training for a month and escaping the Tokyo winter, while some of them build up for the Boston marathon in mid-April. They will be trying for the record set by Jim Alder,' of Britain nearly 11 years ago at Ihr 31min 30.45. Provided things are right they might have as intermediate targets the records for the 20 kilometre, 57 min 24.25, and the 25 kilometre, ..! hr 14min ll.Ss.
The marathon coach with the group is Mr Keyoshy Nakamura, who ran against New Zealand’s Jack Lovelock at the 1936 Olympics. This is his seventh trip to New Zealand. No. 1 candidate for the record try is Toshihiko Seko, who has won the Tokyo marathon three times in top class performances. Others in the long disitance squad are - Yutka j Kanai, Takoa Nakamura, and Masanari Shintaku. An 800 metre runner, Tsukasa Endo, is with the group to get the benefit of extra training too. The record attempt is expected to be made at 5.30 p.ni. A ’
30 km world record attempt
Press, 16 March 1981, Page 23
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