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Everything You Need to Know About the 2026 Hakone Ekiden

The Hakone Ekiden is the world’s biggest road race, 2 days of road relay action with Japan’s 20 best university teams racing 10 half marathon-scale legs from central Tokyo to the mountains east of Mount Fuji and back. The level just keeps going higher and higher, hitting the point this year where there are teams with 10-runner averages of 13:33.10 for 5000 m, 27:55.98 for 10000 m, and 1:01:20 for

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JRN’s 10 Most-Read Stories of 2025

It’s been a busy year, and a record-breaking one that kicked off with a Hakone Ekiden CR by Aoyama Gakuin University and ended with a new men’s marathon NR from Suguru Osako. JRN’s 10-most read stories of 2025:Tokyo World Championships to Leave Final Decision on Going Ahead in Heat to World Athletics – Aug. 25After fears of hot conditions were used as a justification to move the Tokyo Olympics