• Yuki arm swing
      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 11/1/2018 6:20AM - in reply to Evan Jogger
      • Yuki arm swing
      • Boston standards are a joke these days...

        Seriously.

        Fukuoka is a much, much, more prestigious race.

        Do the research on Boston standards and qualifying 30 years ago...Boston doesn’t have the prestige it once did...Fukuoka does.

        3/4 of today’s mega fields in Boston would not have made it years ago.

        And rightly so.
    • Evan Jogger
      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 11/1/2018 7:29AM - in reply to Yuki arm swing
      • Evan Jogger
      • I was around back then, I know. You have yet to lay out a compelling case for your claims. My statements still stand.
    • Sand Dunes
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      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 11/30/2018 9:30PM - in reply to Aussiestatman
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      • Aussiestatman wrote:

        This weekend, any thoughts?

        Except great things from Callum Hawkins.
    • douglas burke
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      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 11/30/2018 9:34PM - in reply to Aussiestatman
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      • Hawkins has PULLED OUT, Brett Robinson is going for Rob DeCastella's long standing record, Australia has some good runners McSweyan 7:34 and 13:05 at age 23, Tiernan 27:29 is I think age 24 and B. Robinson, Maybe the best trio of Young Runners for a non African Country not using Africans.
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      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 11/30/2018 9:38PM - in reply to douglas burke
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      • douglas burke wrote:

        Hawkins has PULLED OUT, Brett Robinson is going for Rob DeCastella's long standing record, Australia has some good runners McSweyan 7:34 and 13:05 at age 23, Tiernan 27:29 is I think age 24 and B. Robinson, Maybe the best trio of Young Runners for a non African Country not using Africans.

        If true, I'm going home devastated. Hawkins is one of my favorite currently active British runners after Mo.
    • vivalarepublica
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      • RE: Official 2018 Fukuoka Marathon Discussion Thread 11/30/2018 11:47PM - in reply to rojo
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      • I like Shitara's chances in this one.
    • Shitara the bed
      • RE: Official 2018 Fukuoka Marathon Discussion Thread 12/1/2018 12:33AM - in reply to vivalarepublica
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      • vivalarepublica wrote:

        I like Shitara's chances in this one.

        No, he was injured for quite some time. Supposedly not running all out.
    • olyrun
    • watcher12345
      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 12/1/2018 1:42PM - in reply to olyrun
      • watcher12345
      • Anyone know if there's typically a livestream of the race?
    • Hazycosmicjive
      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 12/1/2018 7:57PM - in reply to Ekiden star
      • Hazycosmicjive
      • Exactly, standards to get into Fukuoka:
        Group A
        Marathon: under 2 hours 27 minutes
        30 km road race: under 1 hour 35 minutes
        Half-marathon: under 1 hour 05 minutes
        Group B
        Marathon: under 2 hours 35 minutes
        30 km road race: under 1 hour 45 minutes
        Half-marathon: under 1 hour 10 minutes[/quote]

        Funny how the group A marathon and Group B half are about equivalent. Anyone who runs 1:05:01 won't get in, but could probably go sub 2:20.
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    • Canova is not magic
      • RE: Full 2018 Fukuoka Elite Field Released 12/1/2018 8:40PM - in reply to Goingtoagogo
      • Canova is not magic
      • Goingtoagogo wrote:

        Thanks for the full list.

        About Moen, yeah he's had a terrible year, first a big bout with the flu and then an injury at the European Marathon race. Oh and he no longer holds the European record thanks to Mo.

        It seems Renato can't create miracles each year...
        Renato do not create miracles. He always get bad coached runners
        with great talent to coach. And his high mileage program seems to be overloading for a couple of runners.
    • about to start can't wait
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      • RE: Official 2018 Fukuoka Marathon Discussion Thread 12/1/2018 8:59PM - in reply to about to start can't wait
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      • about to start can't wait wrote:

        Anyone got any links to the livestream?

        $12.99 for 30 days at runnerspace. how can anyone complain about that? and there's dozens of archive videos.