66' 42" : New world record over 1/2 marathon run a suit for Yuki Kawauchi

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  • rising son
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 9:03am CDT
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    Yuki Kawauchi, the greatest undoubtably clean marathon runner in the world right now, added another new world record to his impressive resume over the weekend.

    Kawauchi broke the world record for a half marathon run in a suit running 66 mins 42 secs, taking off a whopping 18 minutes off the previous world mark set by American Gihan Amarasiriwardena in December 2015.

    http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.fr/2014/03/the-kawauchi-counter.html

    http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.fr/2016/03/kawauchi-breaks-world-record-for-half.html

    Kawauchi is taking distance running into new territory with this accomplishment as never before in the history of distance running has such a huge amount of time been taken off a half marathon world record.
  • coach deez nuts
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    4 years ago 03/14/2016 9:18am CDT
    re: rising son
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    rising son wrote:

    Yuki Kawauchi, the greatest undoubtably clean marathon runner in the world right now,

    Pure f*cking bullshit.

    The pictures from the race are pretty hilarious.
  • Lorenzo (Larry) Liberal
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 9:20am CDT
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    Wow, with a vest, even.
  • whaaaat?
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 9:22am CDT
    re: rising son
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    Yuki Kawauchi, the greatest undoubtably clean marathon runner in the world right now

    Clean, as in, he showered after the race, correct?
  • somebloke
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    4 years ago 03/14/2016 9:28am CDT
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    rising son wrote:


    Kawauchi is taking distance running into new territory with this accomplishment as never before in the history of distance running has such a huge amount of time been taken off a half marathon world record.

    Are you retarded?
  • messi
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 11:18am CDT
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    Lorenzo (Larry) Liberal wrote:

    Wow, with a vest, even.

    That "record" shouldn't count if he wasn't wearing dress shoes.
  • Faster than eeyore
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 11:25am CDT
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    I still have the 10k run in a winnie the pooh head FKT at 39:51 but Guinness wasn't there to certify it.
  • Humourless idiot alert
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 11:32am CDT
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    somebloke wrote:

    rising son wrote:


    Kawauchi is taking distance running into new territory with this accomplishment as never before in the history of distance running has such a huge amount of time been taken off a half marathon world record.

    Are you retarded?

    I wonder who´s retarded?
  • habs
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    4 years ago 03/14/2016 11:46am CDT
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    Damn, I was planning on attacking this one some time back when it was 84 minutes. Considering the last two attempts have gotten significant coverage on RW, wonder how little this one will get considering it doesn't involve an American.

    Still an impressive performance, hard to say how much the suit takes off considering you can still wear running shoes for the record.
  • Elderly retired person
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 12:46pm CDT
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    habs wrote:

    Damn, I was planning on attacking this one some time back when it was 84 minutes. Considering the last two attempts have gotten significant coverage on RW, wonder how little this one will get considering it doesn't involve an American.

    Still an impressive performance, hard to say how much the suit takes off considering you can still wear running shoes for the record.

    I've always worn running shoes with suits.

    Many others do this as well.
  • Ho Hum
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 1:06pm CDT
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    habs wrote:

    Damn, I was planning on attacking this one some time back when it was 84 minutes. Considering the last two attempts have gotten significant coverage on RW, wonder how little this one will get considering it doesn't involve an American.

    Still an impressive performance, hard to say how much the suit takes off considering you can still wear running shoes for the record.

    He says in the article that his record won't count because Kiwa isn't certified, so you've still got a shot.
  • rising son
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 5:28pm CDT
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    Humourless idiot alert wrote:

    somebloke wrote:

    rising son wrote:


    Kawauchi is taking distance running into new territory with this accomplishment as never before in the history of distance running has such a huge amount of time been taken off a half marathon world record.

    Are you retarded?

    I wonder who´s retarded?


    None of the distance greats, Geb Bekele or Radcliffe etc have broken any world record by so much of a proportion. Kawauchi's run this weekend was unprecedented in the history of modern distance running. At the very least his performance merits a front page headline, if not a black page.
  • fred
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    4 years ago 03/14/2016 7:10pm CDT
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    How about he quits his job, starts running 120 miles a week and cuts the [email protected]
  • troof be told
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 9:55pm CDT
    re: rising son
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    rising son wrote:

    Humourless idiot alert wrote:

    somebloke wrote:

    rising son wrote:

    Kawauchi is taking distance running into new territory with this accomplishment as never before in the history of distance running has such a huge amount of time been taken off a half marathon world record.

    Are you retarded?

    I wonder who´s retarded?


    None of the distance greats, Geb Bekele or Radcliffe etc have broken any world record by so much of a proportion. Kawauchi's run this weekend was unprecedented in the history of modern distance running. At the very least his performance merits a front page headline, if not a black page.


    But dude, the course wasn't certified. What if it was 18 minutes short?
  • Stume it up...
    4 years ago 03/14/2016 11:27pm CDT
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    Billy Chester Polyester ran a 2:24 marathon.

    Tony Migliozzi ran a 1:09 half marathon in jeans and a flannel shirt training for the world 50k which he won.
  • Giveasht
    4 years ago 03/15/2016 9:49am CDT
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    fred wrote:

    How about he quits his job, starts running 120 miles a week and cuts the [email protected]

    That's the beauty of it. He doesn't care about going pro.
  • Beat the Uhmericas
    4 years ago 03/15/2016 10:33am CDT
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    Giveasht wrote:

    fred wrote:

    How about he quits his job, starts running 120 miles a week and cuts the [email protected]

    That's the beauty of it. He doesn't care about going pro.


    Yuki finished ahead of every American runner at NYC. Yup, even those Americans who didn't have jobs and ran at least 120 miles per week.
  • eotbs
    4 years ago 03/15/2016 11:48am CDT
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    The suit thing is meaningless.

    The real story here is that he ran a full marathon in 2:11 the weekend prior, a 66 half this past weekend, and is set to run another full marathon this coming weekend. If he doesn't DNF and goes sub-2:20, then THAT would be amazing.
  • Oh Please
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    4 years ago 03/15/2016 12:22pm CDT
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    eotbs wrote:

    The suit thing is meaningless.

    The real story here is that he ran a full marathon in 2:11 the weekend prior, a 66 half this past weekend, and is set to run another full marathon this coming weekend. If he doesn't DNF and goes sub-2:20, then THAT would be amazing.

    Fairly certain this is common for Mr. Kawauchi, including 2 sub 209s in something like 30 days.
  • Kawauchi fan
    4 years ago 03/15/2016 12:37pm CDT
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    Kawauchi is great.

    I will always wonder if Kawauchi would be faster if he raced less and trained more conventionally with 2 peaks a year. I think he would be, although a 2:08 PR isn't chopped liver.

    However, if he was more conventional he wouldn't be Kawauchi.