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..
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.
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
Marathon prime is as much about how long you've been running marathons for and how many of them you've run as how old you are. He's been running marathons since 2009. He's run well over 100 marathons, something like 80 of them under 2:20. If he's still in his marathon prime he's aging very well.
I asked Yuki on Facebook how many sub 2:20's he's run---this was his 119th!
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.
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.
Marathon prime is as much about how long you've been running marathons for and how many of them you've run as how old you are. He's been running marathons since 2009. He's run well over 100 marathons, something like 80 of them under 2:20. If he's still in his marathon prime he's aging very well.
Don't forget about the original Marathon Junkie, Mr. Chuck Engle:
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.
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.
Marathon prime is as much about how long you've been running marathons for and how many of them you've run as how old you are. He's been running marathons since 2009. He's run well over 100 marathons, something like 80 of them under 2:20. If he's still in his marathon prime he's aging very well.
I asked Yuki on Facebook how many sub 2:20's he's run---this was his 119th!
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.
I asked Yuki on Facebook how many sub 2:20's he's run---this was his 119th!
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.