September 14, 2019
Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field
We expected the first Marathon Grand Championship to be the most dramatic race of the year and the men's race more than lived up to the hype as it had an incredible blowup, an incredible finish and much more.
October 07, 2018
Suguru Osako Breaks Japanese Record in Marathon, Gets 100 Million Yen ($879,000) Payday, and Beats Galen Rupp
March 03, 2017
2017 United Airlines NYC Half to Feature Strongest-Ever Japanese Athlete Contingent at a New York Road Runners Race
They are lead by university champion Rintaro Takeda (61:59).
May 11, 2015
Weekend Results From Japan: Kenyan Ronald Kwemoi Wins 5000 In 13:16; Kenta Murayama Wins 10,000 In 27:39
December 11, 2014
RRW: Local Businesses Get Boost From Honolulu Marathon
According to Brett Larner, the Honolulu Marathon actually is considered very prestigious among Japanese runners. He said, "For a long time, if you were an amateur that wanted to do one marathon in your life, this is the one to do. It's got a reputation and legacy, history in Japan. Some people come every year and this is the one marathon they do every year."
September 03, 2014
No DQ In Zürich, Alexa Goes Pro, Taoufik PRs, Amazing Japanese Stamina And High Praise For Taco Bell
Jenny Simpson won the DL in dramatic fashion, Alexa Efraimson went pro, Makhloufi PRed, a XC skier made running news, and the most amazing endurance feat of the week was in Japanese high school baseball.
February 06, 2014
Week In Review: Was Genzebe Dibaba's 3:55.17 The Fastest Clean 1,500 Ever Run? The Marathon Trials Go To LA, The Depth Of Japanese Road Racing And Fast Collegiate DMRs And 3Ks
We're a little bit late getting this up this week, but it's worth recapping a week that saw possibly the greatest women's 1,500m ever run, one of the greatest high school 3,000m ever run, and some crazy-fast collegiate DMR action.
December 17, 2013
How Good Is Grant Fisher, Wow Colorado Really Was Good, Back Handed Praise For Regina Jacobs, And Does Donovan Bailey Read LetsRun?
Just how good is Foot Locker champ Grant Fisher? We answer that question plus look at Japanese marathoner Yuki Kawauchi, who ran his second sub 2:10 marathon in 2 weeks and has dominated USA marathoners on his own this year, take a look at a different type of track club in the US that made headlines at Club Nats, take another look back at NCAA XC, and have recommended reads, a video of the week, a song of the week and more.
November 20, 2013
The Week That Was 11/11-17: Nijel Amos Having Fun Or Spiraling Out Of Control, Planning Your Funeral, Moving Back USAs And A Great (Short) Running Movie
This week we catch up with the greatest teen sensation in 800 history, Nijel Amos, and wonder if he should be compared to Usain Bolt or Sammy Wanjiru, urge USATF to move back USAs, talk about the greatest funeral for a runner in history, and introduce you to a great new running movie. Plus we continue to be amazed by the Japanese, and quips from Alan Webb, EPO drug cheat Christian Hesch, Wilson Kipsang, Alberto Salazar, Seb Coe and others.
November 01, 2013
Yuki Kawauchi the Citizen Runner Invades The 2013 New York City Marathon: Five Takeways
This is the 9th of 11 marthons for Yuki in 2013 and we no longer think his racing is quite as crazy as we once did.