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When the NYRR changed the United Airlines NYC Half course back in 2018 to more or less its current Boston-style hilly one-way version it seemed like it had been repurposed from a fast course to something more tactical. That went out the window last year with new course records of 59:09 and 1:07:04 from Abel Kipchumba and Sharon Lokedi , and this year's results backed that up. Hellen Obiri ground Lokedi down and took over 30 seconds off her CR, winning in 1:06:33 with Lokedi only 6 seconds off what she ran in 2025 but a distant 2nd in 1:07:10. British road 10 km NR holder Megan Keith rolled up hard late in the race to finish 3rd in 1:07:13 less than 10 seconds off old CR too. The men's race saw a big group of 18 attack the hilly first half on sub-59 pace, American Joe Klecker leading through 5 km in 13:57 and Houston Marathon winner Zouhair Talbi through 10 km in 27:56. Right up in it was Shunsuke Kuwata , a 20-year-old 2nd-year at 2025 National University Ekiden champ Koma...

Three Japanese athletes ran as part of Sunday's TCS New York City Marathon elite field. In the women's race, Mao Uesugi (Starts), 2nd in January's Osaka International Women's Marathon in 2:22:29, struggled with the quick turnaround from running the Princess Ekiden two weeks ago , finishing 17th in 2:32:56. Despite being over 10 minutes off her best, Uesugi's time was still the 5th-best ever by a Japanese woman in New York. Uesugi will run in the National Corporate Women's Ekiden in 3 weeks. 5000 m national record holder Suguru Osako (Nike) managed the 3rd-fastest Japanese men's time in New York history, running 2:11:32 for 5th. Close behind, in his first U.S. marathon since his winning 2:43:22 debut at the 2017 Maui Marathon Tetsuya Yoroizaka (Asahi Kasei) ran 2:12:12 for 6th, equalling Uesugi as the 5th-fastest Japanese man ever in New York. The debuting Sharon Lokedi (Kenya) won the women's race in 2:23:23. This year's Boston Marathon winner ...