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NERunner053 wrote:

Plenty of marathon action this weekend but not much coverage on the homepage. Good men's (http://citiusmag.com/usatf-mar...s-preview/)/women's (http://citiusmag.com/usatf-mar...s-preview/) previews up at Citius Mag for the US Champs at CIM. Fukuoka is also the same day. Elite fields below. Some big names including Kiprotich, Rutto, Karoki, Kawuchi, Osako and a debut for Jake Robertson. A lotta Japanese runners trying to run fast with the wild criteria for getting into their Olympic Trials race. Who you got?

Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) - 2:06:33 (Tokyo 2015)
Lani Rutto (Kenya) - 2:06:34 (Frankfurt 2015)
Bedan Karoki (Kenya/DeNA) - 2:07:41 (London 2017)
Amanuel Mesel (Eritrea) - 2:08:18 (Warsaw 2015)
Yemane Tsegay (Ethiopia) - 2:08:48 (Fukuoka International 2016)
Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (Mongolia/NTN) - 2:08:50 (Fukuoka International 2014)
Satoru Sasaki (Japan/Asahi Kasei) - 2:08:56 (Fukuoka International 2015)
Yuki Kawauchi (Japan/Saitama Pref. Gov't) - 2:09:01 (Gold Coast 2016)
Melaku Abera (Ethiopia/Kurosaki Harima) - 2:09:27 (Beppu-Oita 2016)
Takuya Fukatsu (Japan/Asahi Kasei) - 2:09:31 (Biwako 2016)
Fumihiro Maruyama (Japan/Asaki Kasei) - 2:09:36 (Biwako 2016)
Chiharu Takada (Japan/JR Higashi Nihon) - 2:10:03 (Fukuoka International 2014)
Sondre Moen (Norway) - 2:10:07 (Hannover 2017)
Suguru Osako (Japan/Nike Oregon Project) - 2:10:28a (Boston 2017)
Hayato Sonoda (Japan/Kurosaki Harima) - 2:10:40 (Fukuoka International 2016)
Taiga Ito (Japan/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 2:10:52 (Beppu-Oita 2017)
Paulo Roberto Paula (Brazil) - 2:11:02 (Fukuoka International 2015)
Michael Githae (Kenya/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 2:11:40 (Shizuoka 2017)
Kohei Ogino (Japan/Fujitsu) - 2:11:42a (Nagano 2015)
Kazuhiro Maeda (Japan/Kyudenko) - 2:11:46 (Biwako 2015)
Tadashi Suzuki (Japan/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 2:12:09 (Shizuoka 2017)
Yuki Sato (Japan/Nissin Shokuhin) - 2:12:14 (London 2016)
Kazuya Ishida (Japan/Nishitetsu) - 2:12:25 (Beppu-Oita 2016)
Keisuke Kusaka (Japan/Hitachi Butsuryu) - 2:12:42 (Beppu-Oita 2017)
Daisuke Uekado (Japan/Otsuka Seiyaku) - 2:12:58 (Biwako 2017)
Yoshiki Takenouchi (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 2:13:33 (Biwako 2017)
Yuki Munakata (Kanebo) - 2:13:53 (Beppu-Oita 2016)
Tyler Pennell (U.S.A.) - 2:14:57 (L.A. Olympic Trials 2017)
Yusuke Tobimatsu (Hioki City Hall) - 2:15:32 (Kagoshima 2017)
Kazuki Tomaru (Toyota) - 2:18:39 (Fukuoka International 2015)

Do-Over
Teklemariam Medhin (Eritrea) - 2:22:36 (Tokyo 2016)
Collis Birmingham (Australia) - 1:02:01 (Marugame Half 2016)

Debut
Jake Robertson (New Zealand) - 1:00:01 (Lisbon Half 2017)
Charles Ndirangu (Kenya/JFE Steel) - 1:00:18 (National Corporate Half 2015)
Daichi Kamino - 1:01:04 (Japan/Marugame Half 2017)
Keita Shitara (Japan/Hitachi Butsuryu) - 1:01:12 (National Corporate Half 2015)

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Nippon Ham Fighter wrote:

Surprised at the loss of face here. Kawauichi's PR is not accurate. It's fast from 2014 Tokyo. What else is wrong with this list?

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Seriously mate? wrote:

Karoki FTW.

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NERunner053 wrote:

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Nippon Ham Fighter wrote:

Surprised at the loss of face here. Kawauichi's PR is not accurate. It's fast from 2014 Tokyo. What else is wrong with this list?

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Just took the list off of Japan Running News.

I'm intrigued to see what Kiprotich does here against a fast field. Should see a lot of sub-2:10's. I like races like this where someone we don't necessarily know of might pop off a 2:06 to win.

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survey says wrote:

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NERunner053 wrote:

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Nippon Ham Fighter wrote:

Surprised at the loss of face here. Kawauichi's PR is not accurate. It's fast from 2014 Tokyo. What else is wrong with this list?

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Just took the list off of Japan Running News.

I'm intrigued to see what Kiprotich does here against a fast field. Should see a lot of sub-2:10's. I like races like this where someone we don't necessarily know of might pop off a 2:06 to win.

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In that case you should have ripped off the part that said this too:

times listed are best within last three years except where noted

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Renato Canova wrote:

Sorry, but Jake will not run because an injury. The twins were not very lucky with the goal to debut in Marathon this year : after the retire of Zane in Amsterdam, we have now the forfeit of Jake in Fukuoka.

I'm sure next year will be something different.

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Renato Canova wrote:

Jan, can please inform me about the names of world class runners I coach online ?

Since there is always something to learn, and currently I don't know their names, I'll be grateful with you if you can enlight me about their names, so what came to your knowledge can come to my knowledge too.

Thank you

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