Conditions were too hot at this season’s last Hokuren Distance Challenge meet Saturday in Abashiri for many really good performances, but there were a few, mostly by Japan-based Kenyans. In the men’s 10000 m A-heat collegiate record holder Richard Etir (Tokyo Kokusai Univ,) soloed a 27:37.85 for the win by almost 23 seconds, the only man to get under 28 minutes. Caroline Kariba (Japan Post) did
Now running for the Sunbelx corporate team on an individual pro contract, Hibiki Yoshida (22) tuned up for his debut at the July 25 Fuji Mountain Race with a test run to the peak of Mount Fuji at 3776 m. Covering the distance from the Fifth Station to the summit, 6 km with 1520 m elevation gain on rough trails, in 2 hours, Yoshida said, “It was fun!”As a 4th-year at Soka University this past
The marathon world record holder’s positive test has raised fresh questions about potentially tainted marks that have stood for decades
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About The Shoe Robbe and Thomas review the Asics Metaspeed Sky Tokyo, a race day shoe with FlyteFoam Turbo Plus midsole and a plate closer to the foot. It’s fast […]
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The 38th Suffolkland Shibetsu Half Marathon took place July 13. Surugadai University’s Kio Furuhashi took the men’s race in 1:02:36. His time was a new PB by 32 seconds.A graduate of Iga Hakuho H.S. in Mie, Furuhashi made the National High School Championships in the 1500 m and 5000 m his 2nd year, and ran in the National High School Ekiden two years in a row. At Surugadai he has run at Kanto
