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Rikkyo University Wins Hot and Humid Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai Qualifying Race

With high humidity, mostly sunny skies and temps reported as high as 30˚ it was just too hot for fast times at the Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai, the half marathon qualifying race for January’s 101st Hakone Ekiden. Individual winner and last year’s 1:00:16 CR setter Shadrack Kipkemei from Nihon University and runner-up Brian Kipyegon of Yamanashi Gakuin University lasting the whole way on sub-1:01

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Meet the Athletes: A Special Olympics & 605 Running Co. Partnership

By: Morgan Sauer The 2024 Trick or Treat Trail Run supports Special Olympics South Dakota.Special Olympics South Dakota provides year-round Olympic-type sports for more than 2,750 individuals with intellectual disabilities. They have more than 12 sports offered throughout the year, free health screenings, a Young Athletes program for individuals who are 2-7 years old to prepare them for Special Olympics, and their Unified Champion Schools program that promotes inclusion through activitie […]