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British Record in Valencia – Weekend Round Up

We may be less than two weeks into 2025, but we have already seen some incredible performances. This weekend, it was the streets of Valencia that provided the racing highlights, including a new British Record. James Rhodes brings this week’s Weekend Round Up. Before today, only eight British men had run inside 28:00 for 10km […]

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Post-Hakone Aoyama Gakuin Half Marathon Action

In our post-Hakone Ekiden analysis of this year’s record-breaking race we wrote that winner Aoyama Gakuin University head coach Susumu Hara excels at developing depth of quality and can usually fill gaps caused by graduation. It’s a sign of how much depth he has that his B- and C-squad runners occupied podium places at two fast half marathons just a week after Hakone.The Takanezawa Genki-Up Half

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Kyoto Wins National Women’s Ekiden for 19th Time in 43 Years

Host team Kyoto was back on top at Sunday’s National Women’s Ekiden, taking the lead on the 2nd of the 42.195 km race’s 9 legs and rolling on to win its 19th national title in the event’s 43-year history in 2:15:26 with 4 individual stage wins.Kyoto’s lead runner Kokoro Nakachi was only 3 seconds behind First Stage winner Erika Tanoura of Chiba, and it didn’t take much for its next runner Yua