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Olympian Honami Maeda Breaks Hakodate Half Marathon CR


At the July 3 Hakodate Half Marathon in Hakodate, Hokkaido, 30 km national record holder and Tokyo Olympics marathon team member Honami Maeda (Tenmaya) won in a course record 1:08:28, improving her PB by 40 seconds. Her Tenmaya teammate Natsumi Matsushita, already qualified for the MGC 2024 Olympic marathon trials, was 2:16 behind in 2nd, with Tokyo Olympics 10000 m squad member Yuka Ando (Wacoal) 4th.

Paul Kuira (JR Higashi Nihon) won the men's half marathon in 1:02:17, beating top Japanese man Shun Sadakata (Mazda) by 29 seconds. National record holder Yusuke Ogura (Yakult) was 12th in 1:03:39, with former NR holder Yuta Shitara (Honda) 28th in 1:05:48. Miharu Shimokado (S.I.D. Group) won the accompanying full women's full marathon in 2:43:16, Shintaro Miyakawa (Tokyo Police) taking the men's race in 2:22:25.

Hakodate Half Marathon

Hakodate, Hokkaido, 3 July 2022

Women's Half Marathon
1. Honami Maeda (Tenmaya) - 1:08:28 - CR, PB
2. Natsumi Matsushita (Tenmaya) - 1:10:44
3. Mirai Waku (Universal) - 1:13:35
4. Yuka Ando (Wacoal) - 1:14:00
5. Chiharu Ikeda (Hitachi) - 1:14:30
6. Yuko Umeki (Takushoku Univ.) - 1:16:01
7. Yuko Kikuchi (Hokuren) - 1:16:31
8. Mayuko Ii (Takushoku Univ.) - 1:17:26
9. Rui Aoyama (Universal) - 1:17:45
10. Natsumi Doi (Takushoku Univ.) - 1:20:09

Men's Half Marathon
1. Paul Kuira (JR Higashi Nihon) - 1:02:17
2. Shun Sadakata (Mazda) - 1:02:46
3. Kazuki Muramoto (Sumitomo Denko) - 1:03:05
4. Yuichi Yasui (Toyota) - 1:03:15
5. Ryu Takaku (Yakult) - 1:03:20
6. Koshiro Hirata (SGH) - 1:03:22
7. Chihiro Miyawaki (Toyota) - 1:03:23
8. Koki Takada (Sumitomo Denko) - 1:03:28
9. Kazuya Azegami (Toyota) - 1:03:29
10. Kyosuke Hanao (Komazawa Univ.) - 1:03:29

Women's Marathon
1. Miharu Shimokado (S.I.D. Group) - 2:43:16

Men's Marathon
1. Shintaro Miyakawa (Tokyo Police) - 2:22:25

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Stefan said…
I saw a twitter post regarding Yuka Ando finishing 4th but had no idea that Honami Maeda had entered this race and won it in such a wonderful time. She really is coming back strong after the Olympics. A PB by 40s is eye popping! She should be over the moon and I really hope she can deliver a marathon performance of the same vein. Her last twitter post was a photo of her training on the track and she looked amazingly fit in it so it's good to see that the looks were not deceiving and she really looked and was in top form. Well done to her!
July 4, 2022 at 8:59 AM
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