In reported conditions of rain, lightning, and thunder, Switzerland’s Grand-Prix von Bern 10 Mile had some of the slowest winning times in race history today. The men’s race was won in 48:18, with only five men from the elite international field breaking 50:00. On the women’s side, nobody went under 55:00. Rough day to be out on the roads in Bern. On the women’s side, Yuri Kano (Mizuno) of the Second Wind AC took 3rd in 57:25, with teammate Yumi Hirata (Mizuno), who moved to SWAC this Spring from her former Shiseido club, finished 5th in 58:44. The women’s race was a sprint to the finish as Kenya’s Monica Chepkoech outleaned Hungary’s Aniko Kalovics 55:55.7 to 55:55.8. Yuri and Yumi fly back to Albuquerque tomorrow, and their next race will be the May 30th Bolder Boulder 10K, where they will run on Team Japan with Miki Ohira.