Their respective times were one hour, 25 minutes and 51.39 seconds, and one hour, 26 minutes and 48.59 seconds.

Takayuki won the men’s race with a time of one hour, nine minutes and 34.49 seconds to beat second-placed Nguyen Truong Sinh and third-placed Nguyen Tan Tai, both of Vietnam.

Their respective times were one hour, 14 minutes and 6.71 seconds, and one hour, 14 minutes and 35.34 seconds.

The race in the central coast town drew almost 250 runners from Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, France and Vietnam.