tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45068878021745538452024-03-18T22:29:52.470+09:00japan running newsthe world's window into elite japanese distance running, since 2007Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.comBlogger6489125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-84168836501189867902024-03-18T21:43:00.054+09:002024-03-18T22:29:26.925+09:00Noda Wins National University Women's Half MarathonDaito Bunka University 1st-year Mariya Noda won a tight three-way battle over the last km to win the 2024 National University Women's Half Marathon title Sunday in Matsue. After a slow start with almost 40 athletes going through 5 km in 17:22, the pace built steadily with 17:14 and 16:41 splits over the middle part of the race. By 20 km it was down to just Noda, newcomer Mahiru Kobayashi of OsakaBrett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-83889918213527046902024-03-18T00:07:00.102+09:002024-03-18T01:18:29.059+09:00Yamaguchi 10th at United Airlines NYC Half - Weekend Overseas Results2024 national cross-country champion Tomonori Yamaguchi was the top Japanese finisher in the men's race at the United Airlines NYC Half, taking 10th in 1:04:36. A 2nd-year at Waseda University, Yamaguchi was one of three collegiate runners running New York in the 11th year of JRN's development program collaboration between the Ageo City Half Marathon and the New York Road Runners, a program that Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-82223481370645722872024-03-16T20:44:00.005+09:002024-03-16T20:44:51.781+09:00Sota Orita 8:00.13 at Kobayashi Time Trials
At the 2nd Kobayashi Time Trials meet Mar. 16 in Kobayashi, Miyazaki, Suma Gakuen H.S. 3rd-year Sota Orita, the 2nd-fastest high schooler ever over 5000 m with a best of 13:28.78, ran 8:00.14 in the 3000 m A-heat. That time was good enough to put him at all-time #4 on the Japanese high school lists. Orita will start school at 2024 Hakone Ekiden winner Aoyama Gakuin University and moved into the Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-27411238531978111482024-03-15T17:36:00.042+09:002024-03-15T17:51:02.931+09:00National University Women's Half Marathon, The TEN, United Airlines NYC Half and More - Weekend PreviewThere are a lot of Japanese athletes racing overseas this weekend, but at home the main action is the National University Women's Half Marathon Sunday in Matsue. Last year's runner-up Rio Einaga of Osaka Gakuin University and 3rd and 5th-placers Saki Harada and Nanase Tanimoto from six-time national champion Meijo University lead the entry list, with their top competition including Saki Arai of Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-45483693316996869212024-03-12T21:20:00.005+09:002024-03-12T21:33:48.063+09:00'Financial Times and Nikkei Will Headline Sponsor the Inaugural FT Nikkei Ekiden, Bringing Iconic Japanese Relay Racing to the UK'https://aboutus.ft.com/press_release/ft-nikkei-uk-ekidenBrett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-50762750921972154542024-03-12T06:29:00.005+09:002024-03-12T06:54:52.366+09:00May's 10000 m National Championships to Use Electronic Pacing Again The JAAF has announced that the Wavelight electronic pacing system will be used in the May 3 10000 m National Championships at Shizuoka's Ecopa Stadium. The Wavelight uses 400 LED lights spaced at 1 m intervals around the track that can be illuminated to show different target paces, making it easier for athletes to go for particular times. The system has also been popular with audiences forBrett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-38711109018477609852024-03-11T08:59:00.005+09:002024-03-11T09:01:29.523+09:00Rui Aoki Wins National University Men's Half Marathon - Weekend ResultsYuka Ando's win at the Nagoya Women's Marathon was the big news of the weekend, but there were other high-level races happening, even in Nagoya. Held in parallel with the marathon, the Nagoya City Half Marathon saw Australians Natalie Rule and Ed Goddard take easy wins by about 2.5 minutes each, Rule in 1:13:57 and Goddard in 1:04:01. The new Biwako Marathon also had a non-Japanese winner, Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-64524868618358442502024-03-10T11:54:00.033+09:002024-03-11T09:03:17.386+09:00Yuka Ando Runs Down Asian Games Gold Medalist Chumba to Win Nagoya Women's MarathonBack where she'd run her best in 2017 only to finish 2nd behind Kenyan-born Bahraini doper Eunice Kirwa, Yuka Ando ran down another Kenyan-born Bahraini named Eunice, in this case 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games gold medalist Eunice Chebichii Chumba, to win the Nagoya Women's Marathon in a 2:21:18 PB.Ando and the other top Japanese women in the race, Ayuko Suzuki and Rika Kaseda, had the hopeless task Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-30138802066886744532024-03-08T21:42:00.001+09:002024-03-08T21:42:25.681+09:00Ekiden - Inspiring a Mindset A JRN co-production with Maurten featuring Ai Ikemoto.Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-16018231833611743752024-03-08T19:13:00.006+09:002024-03-11T09:05:32.125+09:00Nagoya Women's Marathon PreviewLast weekend's Tokyo Marathon sealed up the Japanese men's Paris Olympics marathon team lineup when top Japanese man Yusuke Nishiyama came 41 seconds short of the 2:05:50 he needed to take the spot away from marathon trials 3rd-placer Suguru Osako. Sunday's Nagoya Women's Marathon officially closes the window for Japanese women, but really it was pretty much slammed shut by Honami Maeda with her Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-19988780517778803242024-03-06T16:55:00.011+09:002024-03-06T17:25:34.269+09:00Yuya Sawada Passes English Test, Plans to Move to Louisiana State in Summer6th in the 1500 m at the last World U20 Championships, Yuya Sawada of Hamamatsu Shiritsu H.S. has achieved the required score on the English test needed for her to enter Louisiana State University.Sawada was 5th in the 1500 m at the National Junior High School Championships her 3rd year at Hosoe J.H.S. while still a member of the school's basketball team. She started running seriously in 2021 Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-81282838245660934862024-03-04T17:57:00.008+09:002024-03-04T19:13:57.661+09:00Mariko Yugeta Returns, Tamana Half at 75, and More - Weekend UpdateThe Tokyo Marathon dominated the landscape this weekend, from the fastest-ever runs on Japanese soil by winners Sutume Asefa Kebede and Benson Kipruto to Yusuke Nishiyama's heartbreaking reaction to missing the Paris Olympics team despite an excellent 2:06:31 after falling to Khishigsaikhan Galbadrakh's 2:26:32 Mongolian NR that qualified for the Paris Olympics. There were dozens of Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-86576596355422375092024-03-03T13:22:00.030+09:002024-03-05T09:04:46.589+09:00Sutume Asefa Kebede and Benson Kipruto Run Fastest-Ever Marathons in Japan to Win in TokyoSutume Asefa Kebede and Benson Kipruto made history at the Tokyo Marathon with the fastest-ever women's and men's marathon times ever run on Japanese soil.In some ways both races played out similarly. Tucked in with a pack of amateur Japanese men, Sutume, 2023 Tokyo winner Rosemary Wanjiru, 2023 Budapest World Championships gold medalist Amane Beriso Shankule and double Olympic gold medalist Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-27685828140089087102024-03-02T07:38:00.009+09:002024-03-02T08:11:49.684+09:00Olympic Trials 3rd-Placer Hosoda Out of Nagoya With InjuryOn Mar. 1 the organizers of the Mar. 10 Nagoya Women's Marathon announced that Ai Hosoda (28, Edion) has withdrawn due to a muscular injury on the inside of her left leg. Hosoda placed 3rd at last October's Paris Olympic marathon trials behind winner Yuka Suzuki and just 7 seconds back from 2nd-placer Mao Ichiyama to take a provisional spot on the Paris team. But at January's Osaka International Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-84850722868126811412024-03-01T12:20:00.054+09:002024-03-02T17:30:28.436+09:00Tokyo Marathon Preview
The Tokyo Marathon is back Sunday with two of the biggest names in the sport at the tops of its women's and men's fields, Sifan Hassan and Eliud Kipchoge. The weather is looking great, so expect fast races. Nippon TV is broadcasting it live from 9:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. local time, with streaming on TVer, Hulu and Nittere Tada. NTV's international broadcast will be available in over 150 countriesBrett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-68019490077004565912024-02-28T17:54:00.002+09:002024-02-28T18:11:24.479+09:00ASICS Apologizes for English Typo on Tokyo Marathon T-ShirtsOn Feb. 28 sports maker ASICS apologized on its official website for a typo on T-shirts made for the Mar. 2 Tokyo Marathon 2024. ASICS is an official partner of the Tokyo Marathon. Earlier in February this year it began selling limited edition Tokyo Marathon 2024 t-shirts. However, a spelling mistake was discovered in the design on the back of the t-shirt. In a map showing the course, the EnglishBrett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-71191669989222205682024-02-28T07:51:00.068+09:002024-03-12T19:20:23.307+09:00International Run Crew Angers Osaka Shopping Association With Unapproved Run EventBlasting up-tempo music, dozens of runners ran through a narrow shopping arcade in Osaka whooping and screaming to each other last week. Fuji News Network talked to Takayuki Komure, director of the Higashi Nakadori Shopping Arcade Association, about the incident. "I was working in my shop at the time," said Komure. "I heard extremely loud music and people screaming "Wooooo!" outside and wondered Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-25794176882189605932024-02-26T18:20:00.012+09:002024-02-28T09:00:05.032+09:00Coach Maeda Calls Osaka Winner Hirabayashi "The Atsushi Fujita of Our Era" (updated)Koku Gakuin University 3rd-year Kiyoto Hirabayashi, 21, won Sunday's Osaka Marathon in a debut and collegiate record 2:06:18. KGU head coach Yasuhiro Maeda said the secret to Hirabayashi's speed was "the flexibility of his range of motion." At 168 cm and 44 kg Hirabayashi has a "lightweight body," and rather than adding muscle mass the focus has been on increasing flexibility to enable Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-43527743815266275622024-02-26T07:27:00.127+09:002024-02-26T08:53:02.195+09:00Yamaguchi and Sakai Win Close Senior Races at National XC ChampionshipsJapan's National Cross Country Championships happened Sunday on their usual course in Fukuoka, the main event the JAAF uses to choose its teams for next month's Belgrade World Cross Country Championships. Performances at last summer's Budapest World Championships come into consideration, but most of the Belgrade team will be chose from top 8 finishers in the senior races in Fukuoka and top 6 in Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-28539090767455484802024-02-25T15:48:00.194+09:002024-02-27T17:46:11.980+09:00Hirabayashi Knocks 'em Out in Osaka (updated)The rain mostly stopped exactly 10 minutes before the start of the Osaka Marathon, and conditions were actually pretty good for most of what ended up a record-breaking race.Backing off from the organizers planned 3:19/km when the main invited elites told them nobody wanted to go that fast in cold and rain, the women's race was a pack run until the late stages with a group of 7 or 8 stretched out Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-6992718865960765242024-02-23T13:02:00.042+09:002024-02-24T05:15:57.653+09:00National Cross Country Championships and Osaka Marathon Story LinesThe Inuyama Half Marathon and National Cross Country Championships are happening Sunday, with Japan's team for March's Belgrade World Cross Country Championships to be mostly drawn from top placers in the different divisions at Nationals. It's being streamed above starting at 10:20 local time, with fields including Takuya Hanyu, Ryuto Igawa, Hazuma Hattori, Yuta Bando, Tomonori Yamaguchi and Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-39623016545493485412024-02-23T07:07:00.003+09:002024-03-12T19:13:23.690+09:00Yamaguchi, Matsunaga and Ito to Run United Airlines NYC HalfWaseda University's Tomonori Yamaguchi, Hosei University's Rei Matsunaga and Yamaguchi's Waseda teammate Taishi Ito are part of the men's field for the Mar. 17 United Airlines NYC Half announced today by the New York Road Runners. Yamaguchi and Matsunaga were the top two Japanese collegiate finishers at November's Ageo City Half Marathon, Yamaguchi running 1:01:16 for 3rd overall and Matsunaga 1:Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-71789584588176089772024-02-22T16:03:00.046+09:002024-02-22T17:09:43.442+09:00Masato Imai to Retire After Sunday's National XC Championships On Feb. 21 the Toyota Kyushu corporate team announced that its longtime member Masato Imai, 39, known throughout Japan as the original God of the Mountain for his spectacular runs on the Hakone Ekiden's uphill Fifth Stage in college, will retire from competition. His final race will be Sunday's National Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka. After retirement Imai will remain with Toyota Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-12646822899886372932024-02-21T13:05:00.003+09:002024-02-21T13:22:50.094+09:00Ehime Marathon's Local Economic Impact Estimated at $3.1 Million USDA record-breaking 10,547 people ran the 61st edition of the Ehime Marathon on February 11th, generating a local economic impact of roughly ¥467,000,000 (~$3.1 million USD). The Iyogin Regional Economic Research Center (IRERC) estimated that the marathon generated ¥370,000,000 (~$2.5 million USD) is "direct impact" including organizers' operating expenses and runners' transportation and Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-67161787546615123982024-02-20T07:35:00.001+09:002024-02-20T08:27:16.913+09:00Yamamoto 3000 m Gold at Asian Indoor ChampionshipsThe Asian Indoor Athletics Championships took place Feb. 17-19 in Tehran, Iran, women's events happening in morning sessions and men's in evening sessions without overlap. The small Japanese team of 14 took four gold medals, four silvers, and one bronze.Asuka Terada got things rolling for the small Japanese team with a silver in the women's 60 mH, running 8.18 to win her heat and then 8.21 in theBrett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.com1