2003

MEN'S CHAMPION
Jimmy Muindi
#3 of Kenya
2:12:59

10K: 30:40
Half Marathon: 1:06:43
30K: 1:35:11
Finish Time: 2:12:59
Place Overall: 1
by Gender: 1
by Division: 1 (age 30)

Jimmy Muindi triumphs
over defending champion and
3-time winner Mbarak Hussein; it's Muindi's 3rd Honolulu Marathon win

WOMEN'S CHAMPION
Eri Hayakawa
#10 of Tokyo, Japan
2:31:56

10K: 35:36
Half Marathon: 1:17:00
30K: 1:50:08
Finish Time: 2:31:57
Place Overall: 14
by Gender: 1
by Division: 1 (age 22)

a surprise win
for Eri Hayakawa of Japan
who came from behind for her 1st Honolulu Marathon championship

Hayakawa first Japanese runner to win Honolulu Marathon

Eri Hayakawa, a student in Tokyo, became the first Japanese runner to win the Honolulu Marathon yesterday, beating Russians Alevtina Ivanova, Albina Ivanova and Olga Romanova.

"From the beginning I was slow and not in good condition," Hayakawa said. "But I turned around with the wind behind me and the Japanese runners were all cheering for me."

Among men, Kenyan Jimmy Muindi beat countryman Mbarak Hussein for his third title.

Hayakawa rode the cheers of her mates to a time of 2 hours, 31 minutes and 57 seconds over the windy and hilly 26.2-mile course. Last year she finished fourth behind three Russians in her first marathon.

Runners from Japan have made up more than a quarter of the field since 1985 and a study by Hawaii Pacific University estimates that last year's race generated $81 million for the state. Yesterday Japanese runners counted for 63.8 percent of the 22,121 finishers. The total registered field was 25,283.

Hayakawa disappeared into the pack from the outset of the race, trailing Albina Ivanova by 55 seconds at the halfway point. But that was in Hawaii Kai, where she turned to face the 15,148 Japanese runners trailing her and put the 25- to 30-mph tradewinds to her back.

Hayakawa stayed on her pace despite trailing by so much and caught Albina Ivanova, who finished second last year after building up a similarly large lead, at the foot of Diamond Head and Alevtina Ivanova shortly thereafter. The Russians said that Hayakawa passed them so quickly that they had no hope of staying with her.

"I just had to try my best, I didn't think about winning," Hayakawa, said. "This is all a surprise."

Jimmy Muindi earns third title

Jimmy Muindi beat Mbarak Hussein, a Honolulu Marathon Hall of Famer, by 2 minutes, 2 seconds, joining Hussein and three others as three-time winners of the event.

Muindi and Hussein have run the race together eight times and are as familiar with each other's strategy as they are with their own. Muindi, who last won in 2000, usually makes his break somewhere around the 20-mile mark. But he threw a change-up at Hussein this time.

"He took over with a hard surge at 18 miles and I couldn't go with him," said Hussein, who was running with a case of the shingles. "It kind of surprised me, usually he goes around mile 20."

Muindi said he intended to surprise Hussein with an earlier break, but not that early. He was forced into the move because Dawit Trfe pressured him a little too much. Muindi tried to escape the Ethiopian from the time the pack ran in single file into the wind on its way to Hawaii Kai.

Muindi joined Hussein, Benson Masya, Duncan Macdonald and Ibrahim Hussein as three-time winners of the event. Mbarak Hussein and Muindi will return to try to break the tie next year.

Krige Schabort won his sixth straight Honolulu Marathon wheelchair championship, wheeling through the course in 1 hour, 32 minutes and 52 seconds.

Wakako Tsuchida made it a Japanese sweep in the three women's races, taking the women's wheelchair edition in 1:53:49 to finish seventh overall.


Top 10 Male Finishers
Place
Name
Age
Country
Time
Race #
1
Jimmy Muindi
30
Kenya
2:12:59
3
2
Mbarak Hussein
38
Kenya
2:15:01
1
3
Philip Tanui
27
Hawaii, US
2:16:31
20
4
Dawit Trfe
19
Ethiopia
2:17:30
11
5
Stephen Ndungu
36
Kenya
2:17:38
13
6
David Mutua
26
Kenya
2:18:49
6
7
Wilson Chepkwony
22
Kenya
2:25:06
14
8
Takanori Sasaki
28
Japan
2:27:28
33558
9
Satoshi Emoto
31
Japan
2:28:30
34623
10
Hideki Miyama
33
Japan
2:28:42
25802

Top 10 Female Finishers

Place
Name
Age
Country
Time
Race #
1
Eri Hayakawa
22
Japan
2:31:57
10
2
Alevtina Ivanova
28
Russia
2:33:49
7
3
Albina Ivanova
26
Russia
2:34:36
2
4
Olga Romanova
23
Russia
2:39:49
15
5
Atsuko Sugawara
31
Japan
2:45:28
10214
6
Mina Ogawa
29
Japan
2:47:34
29
7
Sayuri Kusutani
44
Hawaii, US
2:52:18
48
8
J. Sameulson
46
Nevada, US
2:53:54
117
9
Heather Briggs
25
Montana, US
2:54:12
32
10
Shinobu Kurosaki
45
Japan
2:58:18
30477

MEN'S WHEELCHAIR
CHAMPION
Krige Schabort

Race #40001 of USA
1:32:52
WOMEN'S WHEELCHAIR
CHAMPION
Wakako Tsuchida
Race#40075 of Japan
1:53:49

2003 MEDIA COVERAGE

Hotels filled up for Marathon; state occupancy 65%
Friday, December 19, 2003, Pacific Business News

2003 Honolulu Marathon special
Monday, December 15, 2003, Honolulu Advertiser

Tokyo's Hayakawa gives Japan a first in Honolulu
Kenya's Muindi gets record-tying third victory
Monday, December 15, 2003, Honolulu Advertiser

Hayakawa, Muindi take titles
Monday, December 15, 2003, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Lyau extends his kamaaina streak
Monday, December 15, 2003 Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Runner ignores failing kidneys to finish race
Monday, December 15, 2003, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Marathoners run for charity
Sunday, December 14, 2003, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Hayakawa first Japanese winner at Honolulu Marathon
Sunday, December 14, 2003, Let'sRun.com

Rookie runner targets finish in first marathon
Saturday, December 13, 2003, Honolulu Advertiser

Hussein takes run at fourth marathon win
Saturday, December 13, 2003, Honolulu Advertiser

Legends are still marathon favorites
Friday, December 13, 2003, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Injury forces top runner out of marathon
Wednesday, Decmber 10, 2003, Honolulu Advertiser

Race entrants the biggest spenders
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, ESPN (via Associated Press)

Honolulu Marathon brings big money into state
KITV4 News - Thursday, December 11, 2003

Coin collection pays for marathon trip
Honolulu Advertiser - Thursday, December 11, 2003

Honolulu Marathon to top 24,000 participants
Pacific Business News, Wednesday, December. 10, 2003

Race entrants the biggest spenders
ESPN (Associated Press), December 10, 2003

Injury forces top runner out of marathon
Honolulu Advertiser
Wednesday, December 10, 2003

A brief chat with Mbarak Hussein
Runners World Online
Wednesday, December 10, 2003


Honolulu Advertiser
Special Recreation Series
by Jonathan Lyau

Patience will help in recovery process
Friday, December 12, 2003, Honolulu Advertiser

Pacing is key to success
Honolulu Advertiser - Friday, December 5, 2003

Route knowledge a must
Honolulu Advertiser - Friday, November 21, 2003

Tapering is an integral part of race preparation
Honolulu Advertiser - Friday, November 28, 2003


Running For Her Life

Once famed as the top US female distance runner, Patti Catalano Dillon declined into despair and homelessness. Now, she's back -- hopeful and ready to compete again.

The Boston Globe - 11/30/2003


Arkansans are flying to Hawaii to run marathon
Sunday, November 23, 2003, KATV (Arkansas)


Honolulu Marathon/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association
Cross Country Championship

Kamehameha's Kamaka'ala wins boys title
Honolulu Advertiser - Sunday, November 16, 2003

Seabury Hall's Ferguson captures girls race
Honolulu Advertiser - Sunday, November 16, 2003


26.2 miles of paradise
Runners from all over flock to Hawaii for Honolulu marathon
Great Escapes - Sunday, November 09, 2003


Marathoners and triathletes to star in their own shows

TheBuzz by Erika Engle
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wednesday, October 8, 2003



Ferocious discipline drives Kenyan marathoner
Honolulu Advertiser - Wednesday, September 17, 2003

PHOTO CREDIT: FL MORRIS / STARBULLETIN.COM

Mbarak Hussein, three-time winner of the Honolulu Marathon and native of Kenya, spoke yesterday to students at Le Jardin Windward Oahu Academy in Kailua. The students posed for pictures with Hussein after his talk. The 39-year-old Kalenjin tribesman was in town to give students at several schools a chance to find out about African culture and learn a few Swahili words. He will return here in December in an attempt to become the first man to win the Honolulu Marathon four times.


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