We were reading Japan Running News today and it said Yuki Kawauchi ran 9 marathons this year and won 5 of them. We only know of 8 races and four wins.
2:12:51 14 Tokyo 26-Feb
2:22:38 1 Tsuchiura 15-Apr
2:12:58 8 Düsseldorf 29-Apr
2:13:26 4 Gold Coast 1-Jul
2:18:38 1 Sapporo 26-Aug
2:11:52 1 Sydney 16-Sep
2:10:29 6 Fukuoka 2-Dec
2:10:46 1 Hofu 16-Dec
What are we missing?
We know he ran and won an ultra in June - the Okinoshima 50 km Ultramarathon on June 17 in 2:51:45.
Is that #9 and #5? Or was there an actual marathon somewhere?