To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 23rd February). A total of 4,607 Irish club athletes ran over the non-metric distance of ten miles in two exceptional races on Sunday In Dungarvan, Co Waterford Fearghal Curtin of Youghal AC produced — […]
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The indoor season is well and truly underway, with the first few days of February witnessing some spectacular performances. James Rhodes brings you the highlights in the Weekend Round Up. The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix often delivers memorable performances, and this year’s edition was no different. The third stop of the World Indoor Grand […]
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Another week and another big Japanese road race announces its elite field. This year’s Osaka Marathon looks set to be a 2:05 race for the men, with Ronald Korir, Bethwel Kibet, Boniface Kimutai, Abdisa Tola, Derseh Kindie and Yihunilign Adane set to pull NR holder Kengo Suzuki to a good comeback and a crew of 2:06 Japanese men led by Paris Olympian Naoki Koyama and Yusuke Nishiyama to faster PBs.
In its 77th edition the Marugame Half Marathon had what had to have been the best conditions in its history, and the deep fields made the most of it in both the men’s and women’s races. 15 hours of heavy rain that let up 2 hours before the start combined with single-digit temperatures and almost no wind to make a cool mist that hung over the area throughout the race. The men’s race was hot from
As if the results in Marugame weren’t enough, university runners played a major role in the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon too. Expectations were that last year’s Osaka Marathon winner Kiyoto Hirabayashi, captain of this season’s Izumo Ekiden and National University Ekiden winner Koku Gakuin University and who set the collegiate and debut marathon records of 2:06:18 in winning Osaka, was going to
