In parallel with the Osaka International Women’s Marathon, Sunday’s Osaka Half Marathon had some big names come out on top in both the women’s and men’s races. Last year Yuka Ando outran Ethiopian Desta Burka by 2 seconds to set a CR of 1:08:18. Running with a personal male pacers this time Ando went out to better that, on track for 1:08:00 at 5 km and dipping into sub-68 territory over the
After breaking the CR with a 2:18:51 win at last year’s Osaka International Women’s Marathon, Ethiopian Workenesh Edesa was back as one of exactly 2 non-Japanese women in the elite field at this year’s race. Set up to try to get at least Paris Olympics 6th-placer Yuka Suzuki under the 2:20 barrier, Osaka went out slower than planned but still ground the field down, only Edesa, Suzuki, the
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Kate Drew and Ethan Primett ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this week (Saturday 25th January) 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. With the worst of Storm […]
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ABC Television president Toshiaki Imamura, 62, held a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 24. There he talked about the new Expo Ekiden 2025 to be held in Osaka on Mar. 16, saying it was, “The first-ever showdown between the top corporate league and university teams.”9 teams from among the top placers at the Jan. 1 New Year Ekiden corporate men’s national championships including winner Asahi Kasei
