Michishita and Suzuki Take Paris Bronze, Muenster and Great North Run

Michishita and Suzuki Take Paris Bronze, Muenster and Great North Run - Weekend Results

The Paris Paralympics wrapped up with another trio of bronze medals by Japanese athletes. In Friday's T52 men's 100 m final, Tomoki Sato held off Canada's Anthony Bouchard and Mexico's Salvador Hernandez Mondragon by 0.11 for bronze in 17.44 (+1.6). Tomoya Ito and Tatsuya Ito were 7th and 8th in 17.67 and 17.91, with Belgian Maxime Carabin winning gold in 16.70.

In Sunday's marathons, Tomoki Suzuki lost out to China's Hua Jin in the race for T54 men's silver, Jin getting there first in 1:31:19 and Suzuki 4 seconds back in 1:31:23 for bronze. But both were far behind gold medalist Marcel Hug of Switzerland, who had a dominant run in 1:27:39 for the win. Ryota Yoshida clocked 1:37:15 for 8th. Wakako Tsuchida and Tsubasa Kina were off their best in the T54 women's race, Tsuchida 6th in 1:52:39 and Kina 12th in 2:04:53.

In the T12 women's marathon, Paralympic and world record holder Misato Michishita lost both records to Moroccans Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi and Meryem En-Nourhi. Both broke Michishita's 3:00:50 Paralympic record, with El Idrissi scoring an impressive gold in 2:48:36 to cut almost 6 minutes off Michishita's WR. Initially finishing 4th in 3:04:23, Michishita was elevated to bronze after Spain's Elena Congost was disqualified. Congost finished 3rd in 3:00:48, 2 seconds under Michishita's Paralympic record, but just steps before the finish line violated the rules by letting go of her guide runner's rope. Tadashi Horikoshi was the top Japanese man in the T12 race at 7th in 2:28:03, with Shinya Wada 9th in a PB 2:29:59 and Yutaka Kumagai 10th in 2:32:26.

At Sunday's Volksbank Muenster Marathon in Germany, 2:08:55 man Akira Tomiyasu was one of only two sub-2:10 runners in the field and the favorite to win. But although he ran comfortable through the first 15 km, near halfway Tomiyasu lost touch with the lead group and ultimately finished 5th in 2:22:55. "The turns and cobblestones in the first 10 km took more out of me than I thought they would," he told JRN post-race. Kenyans won both the men's and women's races, Collins Kemboi Kipsang taking the men's title in 2:10:52 and Rebecah Jeruto Cherop the women's in 2:32:25.

A large group of corporate leaguers was at the Great North Run in the U.K. but didn't make much of a dent on either race. 2:05 marathoner Kenya Sonota was the top Japanese man at 7th in 1:03:00, just over 3 minutes behind winner Abel Kipchumba's 59:52. 2:07 marathoner Shin Kimura was 22nd in 1:06:07, in sight of women's top 3 Mary Ngugi-Cooper, 1:07:40, Senbere Teferi, 1:07:41, and Alemu Megertu, 1:07:42. Mizuki Nishimura was the first Japanese woman across the line in 1:11:57, with Yuna Takahashi 10th in 1:12:13, Yuri Tasaki 12th in 1:13:20, and Mio Kuroda 15th in 1:14:50.

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 the half marathon. It's never been better, and with great weather in the forecast it's safe to say this could be one of the best races in Hakone's 102-year history, especially on Day One. If you've seen it then you know NTV's live broadcast is the best sports broadcast in the world, with the pre-race show kicking off at 7:00 a.m. Japan time on the 2nd and 3rd and the race starting at 8:00 a.m. sharp. If you've got a VPN you should be able to watch it on TVer starting at 7:50 a.m. on the 2nd , and again at 7:50 a.m. on the 3rd . There's even a 2-hour high...

Long Time Coming - Akira Akasaki and Haruka Onodera's Road to the 2022 United Airlines NYC Half

Back in pre-pandemic days Akira Akasaki and Haruka Onodera were still in college, Akasaki at Takushoku University and Onodera at Teikyo University . At the 2019 Ageo City Half Marathon they frontran most of the race together, dead set on finishing in the top two Japanese collegiate spots to win invitations to the 2020 United Airlines NYC Half. For Akasaki it had already been a year and a half wait. Inspired by Kenta Murayama 's 1:00:57 5th place in finish in New York in 2017 and Kei Katanishi 's 7th-place in 2018, Akasaki went for it his junior year in his debut at the 2018 Ageo Half . "Coming up to 10 km I was in the lead pack and feeling good, so I knew I had a shot at going to New York and got pretty excited," he said. But right after the 10 km turnaround point he tripped and fell, and by the time he was back up the lead group was out of range. He finished 20th in 1:03:07, over a minute and a half behind top Japanese university man Ken Nakayama . "I was f...

My Training for 1:00:44

Hi, I'm Ayumu Kobayashi . Today I'm going to write about this year's National Corporate Half Marathon and the training I did for it. I hope other runners will find it even a little bit helpful. At the Corporate Half on Feb. 13 I was 10th in 1:00:44. My goal had been to run 61 minutes, so I hit that target. My Training Menu In January I ran a total of 681 km. Key workouts: Jan. 11: 1000 m x 5 at 2:50/km Jan. 12: 22.5 km Jan. 15: 9 km variable pace Jan. 17: 25 km Jan. 24: 1000 m x 8 at 2:52/km Jan. 27: 1 km + 4 km + 2 km Jan. 30: 16 km at 3:18/km avg. In January I was tired from the New Year Ekiden and had some knee pain after it, so I just jogged for 10 days until I started doing workouts again on the 11th. That's why I only ran 681 km for the month. But even on the jog days I was aware that I had the Corporate Half coming up, so I was doing around 30 km. It's pretty meat and potatoes, but I think it was really important. February (training for the 10 days before...

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