INVITED RUNNERS FOR LAKE BIWA MARATHON ANNOUNCED
>From KEN NAKAMURA

Organizers of the Lake Biwa Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, March 6, have announced their invited fields. The IAAF Gold Label race, one of the Japanese selection races for their IAAF World Championships Team, has improved the quality of their field for this year's 66th edition:

International Athletes (with personal best times):
Wilson Kipsang (KEN) 2:04:57 2010 Frankfurt
Deriba Merga (ETH) 2:06:38 2008 London
Mohamed El Hachimi (MAR) 2:08:17 2010 Seoul
Iaroslav Musinschi (MDA) 2:08:32 2010 Dusseldorf
Yared Asmerom (ERI) 2:08:34 2008 Lake Biwa
Moses Kangogo (KEN) 2:08:58 2010 Dublin

Japanese :
Naoto Yoneda 2:11:00 2010 Lake Biwa
Masashi Hayashi 2:11:17 2010 Beppu-Oita
Kensuke Takahashi 2:11:25 2009 Tokyo
Kentaro Nakamoto 2:11:42 2010 Beppu-Oita
Satoshi Yoshii 2:12:24 2010 Lake Biwa
Chiharu Takada 2:12:44 2010 Fukuoka

Pacemakers:
Nicholas Chelimo (KEN) 2:07:38
Patrick Nthiwa (KEN) 1:00:23 half marathon
Samuel Ndungu (KEN) 1:00:55 half marathon