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Japanese author Haruki Murakami, 59, also runs marathons. His memoir about jogging has been translated into German.
The New York Marathon: "3:27 hours by my watch in 1991," says Murakami. "Thats five minutes per kilometer. I am very proud of that because the last stretch of the course, which leads through Central Park, is really hard."
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Murakami's new book, called "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" is due out in English later in 2008.
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New York Marathon from the top of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. "In the meantime Im no longer interested in my best personal time," says Murakami. "For me its a matter of being satisfied with myself.
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