Yuki kawauchi 2:11:29 at Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

He continues to amaze, he has a very special ability to run 5 minute miles and not damage himself. The guy who won the CIM Marathon in a similar time, was wrecked after the race a peeing blood. Yuki is able to run 26M at 5 minute pace and recover in a few days. We may never see someone like him for a long while. Kurtis and Stahl were amazing as well in their day but the amount of other races Yuki does makes him really special.

I heard that Kawauchi also ran Richard Rodriguez’s own West Wyoming Marathon in January. So that brings his total up to 19 races of 42k or longer on the year!

hubby jugger wrote:

he's still faster than all US men but rupp. us marathoning is a joke

He’s also harder than ALL American marathoners, and has MORE fortitude.

I don't understand the extra love for Kawauchi. For whatever reason, he likes to run marathons frequently rather than focusing on 1-2 per year. There is no reason to think that there aren't other elite runners who could accomplish the same thing if they chose to.

I'm much more impressed with Morceli's 10 sub-3:50's than Scott's 137 sub-4:00's.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I don't understand the extra love for Kawauchi. For whatever reason, he likes to run marathons frequently rather than focusing on 1-2 per year. There is no reason to think that there aren't other elite runners who could accomplish the same thing if they chose to.

I'm much more impressed with Morceli's 10 sub-3:50's than Scott's 137 sub-4:00's.

There is a difference between the potential to do something and actually doing something. Yuki has done it while no one else has. And that makes all the difference.

In Recovery wrote:

..prolific. What is the current list of sub 2:12:00 marathons ?

what's his olympic medals count at?!

typical speculation on Letsrun wrote:

In Recovery wrote:

..prolific. What is the current list of sub 2:12:00 marathons ?

what's his olympic medals count at?!

Comparable to Bill Rodgers', Steve Jones', Derek Clayton's, Rob DeCastella's...

HRE wrote:

typical speculation on Letsrun wrote:

what's his olympic medals count at?!

Comparable to Bill Rodgers', Steve Jones', Derek Clayton's, Rob DeCastella's...

Boom! Head shot!

456756 wrote:

HRE wrote:

Comparable to Bill Rodgers', Steve Jones', Derek Clayton's, Rob DeCastella's...

Boom! Head shot!

Nice try.

How is that a head shot?! I'm guessing we don't even disagree on things, you just reacted to the medal count comment in your own way...

No one in their right mind would put Steve Jones, Derek Clayton, and Rob DeCastella in the same league as Yuki. They were way better. They won some very major marathons and Clayton and DeCastella had the World best for a bit. Yuki won Boston on the sh*ttiest of sh*t days and that's about it.

I'm not saying Yuki isn't better than American marathoners (aside from Rupp), but your comparisons are totally ridiculous.

HRE wrote:

Comparable to Bill Rodgers', Steve Jones', Derek Clayton's, Rob DeCastella's...

*Combined (!)

Maybe the course was short. Ask Rojo to re-measure it with a wheel.

typical speculation on Letsrun wrote:

They won some very major marathons and Clayton and DeCastella had the World best for a bit.

As did Jones.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I'm much more impressed with Morceli's 10 sub-3:50's than Scott's 137 sub-4:00's.

Those guys never had to hold down full time jobs like Kawauchi. People find Kawauchi so inspiring because outside of his running he more or less lives the same life as most of us working stiffs. And yet on weekends he is out there battling on the roads with the best distance runners in the world. He also has 2 world records which is impressive for any runner these days.

Bring back amateur status wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I'm much more impressed with Morceli's 10 sub-3:50's than Scott's 137 sub-4:00's.

Those guys never had to hold down full time jobs like Kawauchi. People find Kawauchi so inspiring because outside of his running he more or less lives the same life as most of us working stiffs. And yet on weekends he is out there battling on the roads with the best distance runners in the world. He also has 2 world records which is impressive for any runner these days.

Why not compare him to Jones.? He worked full time and a good deal harder than Yuki with his desk job.