Saturday, September 26, 2009

Japan's Ryoichi Sekiya wins Spartathlon race (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Ryoichi Sekiya of Japan has won the 27th Spartathlon ultramarathon, a 152.4-mile race that retraces the journey 2,500 years ago of legendary messenger Pheidippides. The 52-year-old Sekiya completed the trek from Athens to Sparta on Saturday in 23 hours, 48 minutes, 24 seconds. Lars Skytte Christoffersen of Denmark was 43:21 back in second.

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