Here is why the times in this incredible foot race were possible over an However, the checkpoint times were baffling. In the 1953 race, he placed behind Keizo Yamada, a 108-pound Japanese runner who made Mr. Karvonen, at 128 pounds, look muscular. "As the race approaches, it is paramount that all distractions disappear," decreed the guru Longboat. Dohwa Mining Company. //-->