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Fast times in Rathfarnham – Irish round-up

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 30th September).  Juan Ignacio Peña (Raheny Shamrock AC) raced away from the chasers in the later stages of the race to win the  Rathfarnham 5km in Dublin on Sunday (September 29) which, as something […]

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10 fastest UK parkrun times on 28th September (2024)

Indira Patel and Jack Millar ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (28th September). Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Italian Alps. Follow on Instagram for more updates in the new future.  Another week and another weekend […]

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Big Japanese Results in Berlin

Results at this year’s Berlin Marathon were big overall, with 6 women under 2:21 and 14 men under 2:07, and in both the women’s and men’s races multiple Japanese athletes had great days. In the women’s race Paris Olympics marathon alternate Ai Hosoda (Edion) and Tokyo Olympics marathon alternate Mizuki Matsuda (Daihatsu) ran the entire way together, 1:10:13 through halfway and 2:13:09 at 40 km.

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Niinae Breaks Through With 3000 mSC Win at Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Win

Coming up through the ranks as Japan’s next top-level steeper, Yutaro Niinae broke through with a 5-second PB of 8:20.36 to win at the Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Sunday in Niigata and bump himself up to all-time Japanese #6. With pacing early on from Aisan Kogyo teammate Philemon Kiplagat, Niinae had the confidence to break away from the field of 6 just after halfway, opening over 10 seconds