Kastor Sets New Record At Berlin Half-Marathon; Macca Wins 5th Ironman Australia
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Irvine, CA (April 4, 2006) - ASICS sponsored distance ace Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, CA) broke her own American Record for the half-marathon on Sunday at the Vattenfall Berlin Half-Marathon with a time of 1:07:34. Kastor placed 2nd behind another ASICS athlete, Edith Masai of Kenya. Both Masai and Kastor ran under the former course record of 1:08:22.
Kastor, who is preparing for the Flora London Marathon on April 23, also broke three other national records en route. She passed through 12k in 38:24, 10 miles in 51:31 and 20k in 1:04:07. She now holds American Road Records at 5k, 12k, 15k, 10mi, 20k, half-marathon and marathon. She will stay in Europe to prepare for the London Marathon and will be signing autographs in the ASICS booth at the London Marathon Expo on Friday, April 21 between 2-4pm.
Thousands of miles away, ASICS athlete Chris McCormack (Cronulla, NSW) won his fifth consecutive Panthers Ironman Australia title in a time of 8:20:42. Macca was up front all day but it was his stunning 2:47 marathon that allowed him to pull away from the field on the tough new course in Port Macquarie. Macca called this win one of his easiest and his most satisfying.
