With 3 weeks to go the elite fields for the Feb. 22 Osaka Marathon are out. Given Osaka’s history as the elite men-only Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon the women’s field is small, with only one entrant, Sinhala Kureshi, having broken 2:21 with her 2:19:53 in Hamburg last spring. Afera Godfay, Mare Dibaba and Rose Chelimo have all run 2:21 to 2:22 in recent races, and Esther Chemtai is an interesting
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New Zealand’s Sam Ruthe won the mile at Boston University in a blistering 3:48.88, breaking the world U18 indoor mark against a pro field
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The Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon was a strictly amateur race on the women’s side, Chika Yokota running a 2:43:45 PB for the win. But with 6 spots at the L.A. Olympics marathon trials on the line all the Japanese men were obsessed over getting their places reserved early. 2 first-half falls knocked Ethiopian Abe Gashahun and 2024 Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon winner Yota Ifuku out of the race,
