1981

Jon Anderson, a 32-year-old trade publication editor from Eugene, Ore., took the lead near the 15-mile mark and gradually pulled away to win the 9th annual Honolulu Marathon by a little over 200 yards. His time of 2 hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds was one second faster the Duncan Macdonald's winning time of last year, but fell short of Dean Matthew's course record of 2:16:13 set in 1979.

Macdonald finished second yesterday in 2:17:34, edging out Erik Stahl of Sweden, who set the pace for the first 14 miles.

Anderson, a member of the 1972 Olympic team at 10,000 meters and winner of the 1978 Boston marathon, won the Antwerp (Belgium) Marathon in June. His best marathon time to date is 2:12:08 turned in at the 1980 Nike-OTC Marathon in Eugene.

The women's race went according to script as Patti Lyons Catalano won for the fourth consecutive year and for the fourth time broke the course record. Her time of 2:33:35 was nearly two minutes faster than last year and was more than six minutes faster than that recorded by runner-up Eileen Claugus.

Catalano said she felt that she was in better condition this year but achieved her record because she was more psyched up. "The conditions were perfect," she said. "They were better than any of my three previous races here. Of course that helped my time, too."

While just over 9,000 people entered the race, 7,556 lined up in front of Aloha Tower in downtown Honolulu for the 6 a.m. start.