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

A person running 76 marathons in this short amount of time is amazing. Running them at 6:10 pace average would be phenomenal. Running them at 5:10 pace average is otherwordly and beyond remarkable. Worthy of praise.

"He holds the Japanese record in the 50K and world records for running the most sub-2:12 marathons (25), sub-2:13 (40), sub-2:14 (48), sub-2:15 (53), sub-2:16 (62), sub-2:17 (67), sub-2:18 (71) and sub-2:19 (74). "

damn

LittyLit wrote:

A person running 76 marathons in this short amount of time is amazing. Running them at 6:10 pace average would be phenomenal. Running them at 5:10 pace average is otherwordly and beyond remarkable. Worthy of praise.

10/10. but this marathon is a special one (1 degree temperature, problems at the beginning, bad split after 5k, fighting against himself in these horrible conditions).

perhaps he is simply the best marathon runner, not the fastest, but the best.

Also a pacer for a kids race wrote:

Ending 2017 Kawauchi ran one extra run that so far has been missed.

Dec. 3: Fukuoka International Marathon, Fukuoka: 2:10:53 - 9th

Dec. 10: Ogawa Washi Half Marathon, Saitama: 1:04:05 - 1st - also ran as pacer in kids' 3 km

Dec. 17: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon, Yamaguchi: 2:10:03 - 1st

The kids must have been thrilled. Now that is how a great runner gives something back to the community. . . . encourage young people to take up the sport by running at their pace.

That is even more impressive than his running.

As someone who has a history of injuries whenever I ramp up my mileage over 60 miles a week, I am in awe of Yuki.

His ability to crank out FAST marathons back-to-back, 2:09:xx separated by 2 weeks is astounding. And all while working a full-time job.

Congrats to Yuki!!! Simply an amazing accomplishment.

Just think. If wasn’t for Yuku, the guy who ran 5:45 would have won

I bet he’s bummed they set up a ringer.

Finished second from last.

Seriosly, what a formidable achievement and what an awesome character.

Is there anywhere where Yuki talks about his training? Hearing he works full time on top is impressive.

Kawauchi is incredible. You could even say he had a better 2017 than all US marathoners combined.

http://citiusmag.com/yuki-kawauchi-2017-in-review-vs-usa/

It's strange that the US, with all of its runners who are as fast as Kawauchi at shorter distances, can't come up with more marathoners who can at least break 2:12 reliably.

douglas burke wrote:

Work Commute Track Club wrote:

How many sub 2:20s have you run?

Myself I have Zero so far, and after a non running related injury, I have not run since 2004 and my weight has balooned to 250, just by eating the same way as when I was working out every day and weighing 140-155, so that may be the number I finish with.

I don't run. I'm just here for the misogyny and racism.

Yuki is on a 13.00-21.00 pm schedule for one of the schools in the Saitama Prefecture areas of Tokyo. He is a simple admin clerk for one of the High schools there, and has the afternoon shift.

For that reason he usually does one solid session a day in the morning, with very few doubles, but I have heard he does light weights and yoga in his home at night before retiring for the night. Unless someone can prove the contrary I think he does few if any doubles. Kind of similar training to Meb Keflezhigi.

Ghost in the Philippines

Train with Filipino Olympians in Bagio, located around 800m above sea level, with forests and tracks.

You may be a little surprised/disappointed by his training.

The point is this guy races every weekend, so his long runs are weekly FAST races.

"It just happens that I like to do my hard long runs in public, as races, whereas most other athletes do them alone in training"

How many km/week do you run?

130kilometers to 140km [80 to 87 miles/week; most top marathoners put in 100 to 120 miles/week]

Describe a typical week of training/racing.

Monday and Tuesday, a 20km jog at 5min/km pace; Wednesday intervals; Thursday,Friday and Saturday, 20km jog; race Sunday.