... Kensuke Takezawa and Yuki Sato each recorded times around 5 seconds better than America's Dathan Ritzenhein and Hassan Mead. In the 10000 m two Japanese runners are under the 28:03 mark, ... to the half-marathon and beyond for Japanese runners continue unabated at age 21. While there is roughly equal quantity and, with the exception of Dathan Ritzenhein's 27:38.50, quality in the 10000 m, the ...

... 39;s squad. This group includes Galen Rupp (27:33 10k & US 10k champ), Dathan Ritzenhein (12:56 5km ), Alan Webb ( ... bronze medal 10k) & Adam Goucher. Dathan and Galen (yes, we are on a first name basis now) were doing a set of 300 & 400 ... up to speed, or maintain their speed very comfortably. What I learned Dathan has an online journal that is worth a read. In his last post he ...