The people's champ has done it!! Yuki Kawauchi breaks WR for most career sub-2:20 marathons. 2:18 in 1 degree temps in USA

Watcher of Yuki wrote:

Yeah. I guess you do have a point.

He is a Beast and I am pretty much unqualified to question anyone’s credentials.

Go YUKI!!

Yes, you're unqualified indeed. Go away anonymous wanna be.

rnrrnr wrote:

douglas burke wrote:

In 2013 Kawauchi ran 2:09.05 and 2:09.15, 2 weeks apart INCREDIBLE

Meanwhile Rupp can't break 2:09. Pathetic.

Hasn't needed to break 2:09, you mean. Anyone who believes he can't break 2:09 is out of their mind. He's still a 2:09 runner, I'm not disputing that, but lets make a distinction between "can't" and "hasn't". If he'd made multiple attempts at fast times and never gone faster than 2:09 then you'd have a point.

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

rnrrnr wrote:

Meanwhile Rupp can't break 2:09. Pathetic.

Hasn't needed to break 2:09, you mean. Anyone who believes he can't break 2:09 is out of their mind. He's still a 2:09 runner, I'm not disputing that, but lets make a distinction between "can't" and "hasn't". If he'd made multiple attempts at fast times and never gone faster than 2:09 then you'd have a point.

Sure thing -- 209 is the new 203 . . . but only for Rupp who has proved four times now he cannot run faster then 209.

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

rnrrnr wrote:

Meanwhile Rupp can't break 2:09. Pathetic.

Hasn't needed to break 2:09, you mean. Anyone who believes he can't break 2:09 is out of their mind. He's still a 2:09 runner, I'm not disputing that, but lets make a distinction between "can't" and "hasn't". If he'd made multiple attempts at fast times and never gone faster than 2:09 then you'd have a point.

100% correct! There was absolutely no need for Rupp to break 2:09 in Boston, he could have won with just 2:09:36. In fact, to keep his 2nd place he did not even have to break 2:10

A tip of the hat to the Marshfield New Year's Day Marathon Race Director and crew for the foresight to involve Kawauchi in their race. Impressive.

DC Wonk wrote:

Well all I can say is congrats I guess...however, for me running is much more important at mid-life than when I was younger and faster. Considering the pounding and volume this guys runs, I would be surprised if he's able to run past age 40 without considerable physical issues. Of course, he may not care about that at all - to each his own.

Kjell-Erik Ståhl kept running at a high level well past his 40s.

When i see the name Douglas Burke i immediately get this image:http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/006/512/DoubleFacePalm.jpg btw - i like the dumbest POY idea, needs someone to track top 20 or something like that, and a year-end voting mechanism. Maybe winner get's t-shirt with face palm meme.

HRE wrote:

DC Wonk wrote:

Well all I can say is congrats I guess...however, for me running is much more important at mid-life than when I was younger and faster. Considering the pounding and volume this guys runs, I would be surprised if he's able to run past age 40 without considerable physical issues. Of course, he may not care about that at all - to each his own.

I've read a couple interviews with Kawauchi where he says he clearly does care about running into old age. His overall vtolume is really not that high.

Hopefully he will still be running when he gets into his 60s -70s, but it will be really slow. Father time is undefeated.

In the mean time, he is a world class runner, but as many have stated he is the peoples champ. So easy to root for him, I hope he has a great race at Boston this year. Can't wait.

Yuki is the champ. And Chucklehead is my real name. I'm qualified to answer the question. How's that?

Kipchoge runs a long tempo weekly, alternating 30K/40K. Under fast conditions, his 40K is at 2:19 pace, but usually these runs are slower depnding on hills, mud, etc.. Actually running a sub-2:20 marathon in practice is probably very rare.

http://www.sweatelite.co/eliud-kipchoge-full-training-log-leading-marathon-world-record-attempt/

YMMV wrote:

Kipchoge runs a long tempo weekly, alternating 30K/40K. Under fast conditions, his 40K is at 2:19 pace, but usually these runs are slower depnding on hills, mud, etc.. Actually running a sub-2:20 marathon in practice is probably very rare.

http://www.sweatelite.co/eliud-kipchoge-full-training-log-leading-marathon-world-record-attempt/

A 30k or 40k tempo weekly? Good lord. I hope he has great podcasts to listen while doing this.

vivalarepublica wrote:

YMMV wrote:

Kipchoge runs a long tempo weekly, alternating 30K/40K. Under fast conditions, his 40K is at 2:19 pace, but usually these runs are slower depnding on hills, mud, etc.. Actually running a sub-2:20 marathon in practice is probably very rare.

http://www.sweatelite.co/eliud-kipchoge-full-training-log-leading-marathon-world-record-attempt/

A 30k or 40k tempo weekly? Good lord. I hope he has great podcasts to listen while doing this.

When you are Eliud, the music of your heart, lungs two legs is all of the entertainment you need!

Full race results. This race is tiny. Only two finishers in the full marathon and 25 in the half marathon.

http://www.coolrunning.com/results/18/ma/Jan1_Marshf_set1.shtml

Weather snowflakes? Anyway, a pure solo effort by Yuki--no runners to pace off of.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Full race results. This race is tiny. Only two finishers in the full marathon and 25 in the half marathon.

http://www.coolrunning.com/results/18/ma/Jan1_Marshf_set1.shtml

Here's a little more insight on how this all happened...

http://www.nerunner.com/2018/01/02/yuki-logs-wr-76th-sub-22000-marathon-frosty-marshfield-ma/

Work Commute Track Club wrote:

Have you ever raced a marathon? A 208 guy running 2:18 still takes it out of you.

It's freaken insane that he can bang out a sub 2:20 marathon every other week. And we are talking about many many marathons that are faster than 2:12 here.

Yuki will go down in running history and contrats to him for that.

Agreed. Thanks for talking sense. Yuki is a runner's runner. He may not be the fastest, but he's very fast, very consistent, extremely fking hard-working, and a role model for how to maximize your God-given potential and live a life worth living.

MRR wrote:

Here's a little more insight on how this all happened...

http://www.nerunner.com/2018/01/02/yuki-logs-wr-76th-sub-22000-marathon-frosty-marshfield-ma/

You know, I read that story and I think, That is the old school, right there. I ran a couple of races like that--not quite that small, but purely for the sport.

This is such a foreign concept to so many today that they're incapable of appreciating what Yuki did. This is Pre saying, "A race is a work of art."

Runners are crazy! Or at least they should have a bit of that. Yuki carries a lot of that. What other runner of his caliber in the WORLD would run as one of THREE registered marathon entrants and try to hit a pre-established mark on a 1-degree day? That's completely insane.

He makes Crazy Eddie look like Dr. Spock.

douglas burke wrote:

I mean Kawauchi's best 5000 is 13:58 and his best 10000 is 29:02 those are times the runners at Wisconsin, Oregon, Colorado etc. run multiple times weekly on tempo runs before they are legally old enough to drink a beer or even drive a car, runners at the top colleges could run Kawauchi's 5 and 10k times, probably by the time they are sophomores in high school, but don't only because those distances are not offered on high school schedules.

I have never met someone this incorrect on let's run

sophmores running 13:58??? Are you stupid?

how many sophmores in highschool can you name that have run that fast?

I don't think there is even one American, but perhaps rupp/webb might have been capable.

Not "most of the runners at top colleges"

smh I can't emphasize how misinformed you are

D.Burke suggests college runners could run 13.58 and 29.00 pace 'multiple times per week' on tempo runs.

I don't think so.

By the way, where do 13.50/29.00 rank in College in the US?

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