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2024 Izumo Ekiden Preview – AGU vs KGU vs Soka

The university men’s ekiden season dominates the calendar in Japan, three main races spanning an arc from October’s Izumo Ekiden, 6 stages totaling 45.1 km, November’s National University Ekiden, 8 stages totaling 106.8 km, and the biggest of them all, January’s Hakone Ekiden, 10 stages over 2 days totaling 217.1 km.This year’s season kicks off Monday at Izumo, where 2022-2023 winner Komazawa

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Hachioji Long Distance Meet to Feature Shot at Japan’s First Sub-27

The East Japan Corporate Federation published featured athlete entry lists for next month’s Hachioji Long Distance meet on its website on Oct. 10. The meet takes place Nov. 23 at Hachioji’s Kamiyugi Field and will include 5000 m races this year along with its usual program of 10000 m races. In addition, a special heat of 10000 m is being set up to target the Japanese national record of 27:09.80