Yuki Kawauchi wins Hofu Marathon 2:08:23

Or to use another example, an absolute chad would not have had a typo in that message. Yuki has never missspelled a word in his life

What happened between Larner and Kawauchi? Larner stopped covering Kawauchi’s performances some time ago and in recent race coverage (Marathon Grand Championship, Hofu) has either ignored or discredited Kawauchi.

Interesting. Just did a search and found that Kawauchi hasn't been mentioned at all in the last 3 years, except in this year's article on the Japanese marathon trials. Could be related to just fewer races since COVID..

Yuki Kawauchi's slowest mile in Boston 2018 was 3:59 (fact check from Snopes). He peaked with a 3:43.12 up Heartbreak Hill.

Yuki Kawauchi doesn't push off the ground - he makes the world spin like a treadmill.

They almost made a movie where Yuki takes a weekend off from racing, but it was cancelled for being too unbelievable.

Yuki Kawauchi once tried a double threshold training, then publicly apologized and went back to triple.

Yuki Kawauchi once ran a sub 2:20 marathon in a panda suit with a 200lb weight vest filled with the tears of every runner he beat in Boston 2018.

Larner and Kawauchi had a falling out after Kawauchi broke his kitchen window by producing a sonic boom at the finish of the Tokyo Marathon this year - please do not bring this up again it's still a touchy topic between them

I wore my Boston 2018 shirt on my run today in his honor. Long live King Yuki!

You are an absolute chad for running that race with him sir. You could have microscopic traces of his sweat on the bottom of your racing shoes. Take a whiff and see if it smells like speed and GOATs. I qualified but didn't get in (3:03:57) should have had more Japanese ramen prerace

I asked Yuki on Facebook how many sub 2:20's he's run---this was his 119th!

Many runners seem to run their fastest marathon at Valencia.I wouldn't be surprised if Yuki ran 2:05:50 there. 🇸🇪🧙🏼‍♂️

That was weird. Larner would refer to the "breakaway leader" or similar, rather than writing Yuki's name.

You’re funny 3:59 mile lol. But that day He absolutely demolished everyone he might not be super fast but he’s so freaking strong. That race was so wild I really thought that he was going to blow up by 16-18 mile but man he proved everyone wrong. He didn’t just make one or two little surges in pace he did it multiple times and with nasty headwind and poring rain. Definitely one of the best performances of the century.

Don't forget about the original Marathon Junkie, Mr. Chuck Engle:

https://www.facebook.com/26.2Junkie/

jpirn - love it! But who would win in a fight between Yuki and me though?
And is Yuki Chad enough to make Coach 'Wizard' JS bore off?

This guy is running the wrong distance in the wrong era! So what if you can run 2:08 a thousand times. The contest now is to go 2:04 or faster.

If he would just revamp his training, he could run 2:04 or faster and win the big one. And no, Boston in 2:15 in freaky weather was not the big one.

Go ahead, be offended! You need it to help shake this delusion that Mr. 2:08 is so great. If he can't join the top elites, he could easily go ultra and smash every record there instead.

Yuki, 14:00/29:00, obviously is limited by his intrinsic foot speed limit, to join the 2:03:00-2:04:00 runners, he would need splits at his PB 10k pace. Not going to happen.

If Yuki picks a race like Valencia, I can see him running 2:05:30-2:06:30. He's not interested though. He's at least as good as Nico Navarro, France, who ran 2:05:53 there. It's a time trial race.....just follow. Yuki, though, likes to compete for the win, different style. He's combative.

Chad is kind of how you use the word "monster" to describe athletes.

But it's more than that. I'd say absolute chad > absolute monster. And Yuki is at the peak of it.

I"m sure he fell over at the finish line like all japanese runners do

From what I can see online it's also his 57th sub 2:13.00, 38th sub 2:12.00, 28th sub 2:11.00, and his 18th sub 2:10.00. These are all probably world records too.

Yuki has very strong quads, abs, core etc, and Yuki does physical training most days in addition to his running. He's very athletic, even though no speed merchant.

By the way Yuki's first mile in Boston 2018 was 4:37, downhill. The person writing 3:59 first mile is trolling.