Mara Yamauchi

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Yamauchi was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England to Dorothy and Norman Myers, and lived with her family until she was eight years old in Nairobi, Kenya. She was named after the Mara River which runs through Kenya where her parents lived foryears in total. Yamauchi started running with Oxford club Headington RoadRunners while still at school, but took up running seriously when she was an undergraduate at university, competing mainly in crosscountry races. After graduating at St Annes College, Oxford she studied a oneyear masters degree at the London School of Economics. During this time she joined Parkside AC and was coached by Bob Parker, who coached David Bedford, former 10,000m world recordholder and current director of the Virgin London marathon. After finishing her studies, Yamauchi joined the British Foreign Ministry, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , in 1996. In 1997 she earned her first GB vest, finishing 38th in the European Cross Country championships. In 1998 she w

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