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Marathon Weekend Roundup

The Kumanichi 30 km and Ome 30 km were the two big road races this past weekend, but there were at least 5 big mass-participation marathons with decent semi-elite results Sunday too.The Kyoto Marathon saw the fastest times of the weekend, with local boy Yuma Morii beating Yudai Fukuda 2:16:19 to 2:16:50 to win. Fuka Hirokawa won the women’s race by over 3 minutes in 2:45:09, but 3rd-placer Miyu

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10 fastest UK parkrun times on 15th February (2025)

Lauren Heyes and Alex Lennon ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this week (Saturday 15th Feburary) Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Italian Alps. Follow on Instagram for more updates in the new future.  It was another quick weekend […]

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Healy breaking records again – Irish roundup

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 17th February). Sarah Healy again produed the performance of the weekend indoors when she finished second in the 1500m at the Keely Klassic in Birmingham on Saturday (February 15). Almost incidentally, Healy’s time of […]

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Nittai University Breaks CR at National Mixed-Gender University Ekiden

The 5th annual National Mixed-Gender University Ekiden took place Sunday in Osaka’s Nagai Park. Its 6-leg course totaling 20 km, the race broke down into individual legs of 3 km, 2 km, 5 km, 3 km, 2 km and 5 km, with men and women from competing universities alternating on each leg. Nittai University returned to the top position, breaking the overall CR with its winning time of 58:27.Nittai’s