Official 2017 Fukuoka Marathon Discussion Thread

J.Robertson has a good chance at beating the NZ NR

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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-marathon-championships-mens-preview/)/women's (http://citiusmag.com/usatf-marathon-championships-womens-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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Karoki FTW.

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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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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I like Karoki in this field.

And so many fast Japanese guys. They could clean up around these parts.

This is terrible news! I’ve been following Jake on Instagram and don’t remember seeing anything about an injury but I may have missed this I suopose. The guy looks incredibly fit and has been putting in the miles.

Sondre Moen runs a new PR/NR. Sub 2:09.
Robertsen 2:06.58

bedan karoki muchiri

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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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I want the Mongolian just because that would be very cool!!

Karoki FTW, his time has come, like Kamworor's time had come in NYC.

BTW Yemane Tsegay's PR is NOT 2:08:48 (Fukuoka International 2016) but 2:04:48 in Rotterdam 2012 : https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/yemane-tsegay-241270

Any info on a live stream ? Thanks !

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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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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Jan, I never had any contract with any athlete. Who told you something like this is a lier and a cheater, and probably tried to refuse their offer to coach him with some excuse, for not offending you.

This is a widespread behavior of many Kenyans, who never said YES or NOT, but always MAYBE. So, at the end, they need to find some excuse for escaping from the confusion they provoked, and this is exactly one of the main reasons because it's not possible to coach anybody on line without being frequently on the place.

Sometimes I meet some athletes, for me unknown, who comes to me telling "Coach, your program is very good", and I ask him "excuse me, but who are you ?", and his answer is "Don't you remember me ? 10 years ago you wrote for me a program, which I continue to use" (maybe it was a program for two weeks, and after never I met this athlete again).

These are not World Class athletes, but frequently are athletes running marathon between 2:09 and 2:12, not connected with any management, and changing training group several times every year.

Last year, with 2:12, a runner was in position 150 in Kenya. These are the only "World Class" athletes you can coach online, but the real World Class is something different...

Renato, why are you wasting so much time on an obvious troll?