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Toyota Going for the Repeat – New Year Ekiden Preview

The New Year Ekiden corporate men’s national championship kicks off 2025 early, with streaming starting at 9:00 a.m. local time January 1st and the race going off at 9:15. At 7 legs totaling 100 km it’s the peak of the year for the corporate leagues, the reason they have teams and bring in Kenyans.Last year Toyota led from the Second Stage to the finish, outrunning 2022-2023 winner Honda and

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Osaka International Women’s Marathon and Osaka Half Marathon Elite Fields

The elite field for the Jan. 26 Osaka International Women’s Marathon is out, and it’s a really short list, especially given Osaka International’s World Athletics platinum label status. There’s last year’s winner Workenesh Edesa, 3rd-placer Mizuki Matsuda, 7th-placer Natsumi Matsushita, 9th-placer Madoka Nakano and 12th-placer Kana Kobayashi, top Japanese Paris Olympic marathon placer Yuka Suzuki,