2021 Olympic marathon trials winner Shogo Nakamura to take over as head coach at Meiji Gakuin University japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/2021...

Top results from Daegu Marathon

Ibrahim Hassan runs Djibouti NR to win Osaka Marathon in 2:05:20 CR, Hibiki Yoshida and Ethan Shuley earn legends japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/hass...

Osaka Marathon top 50 men's results japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/hass...

Yoshida faded to 2:09:34, but you’ve got to give him credit for profound fearlessness.

USA’s Ethan Shuley 2:07:13 unoff at Osaka Marathon

Ibrahim Hassan/Djibouti wins Osaka Marathon in 2:05:20 CR/NR.

Hirabayashi in 2nd on 2:04:56 pace w/5k to go, 2 sec off NR!

Hassan and Hirabayashi pass Yoshida w/5k to go. But give Yoshida his due on this. To the brave go the spoils etc.

Hassan and Hirabayashi closing in on Yoshida. Have cut his lead in half.

Yoshida 30k in 1:28:07, 2:03:53 pace. Starting to slow, but got drink for only 2nd time so far.

Yoshida 1:13:16 at 25k, 2:03:40 pace in debut. New Year Ekiden predicted 2;03:27. Misses drink again! Has only gotten 1 so far.

American Ethan Shuley at front of chase pack on 2:05:15 pace.

Yoshida 58:42 thru 20k, 2:03:51 pace and accelerating! Finds his drink for first time in race. Rest of field is in a different time zone.

I really, really, really, really hope he gets away with this somehow.

Yoshida 44:10 thru 15k, 2;04:15 pace. Leads by 16 sec. Hasn’t been able to find any of his drinks so far.

This is the most entertaining marathon I’ve seen in years and we’re not even 12k in. His New Year Ekiden run predicts 2:03:27.

Yoshida 29:33 at 10k, 2:04:41 NR pace. Pack 29:38, 2:05:02 pace.

Hibiki Yoshida can’t abide 2:05-flat pace in debut and takes off at 8k!!!! Life is short!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Osaka Marathon 14:50 at 5k, 2:05:10 pace.

American Ethan Shuley out at 2:04:08 pace in Osaka.

~30 min to start of Osaka Marathon.

Osaka Marathon preview and streaming japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/osak...

Asian Cross Country Championships results and complete video japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/asia...

Osaka Marathon preview and streaming japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/osak...

R.I.P. to the great Kazue Sawai. She was the one who first invited me to Japan to come study with her. I hadn't seen her for years, but no other person had a bigger impact on the direction my life went and I'll always miss her. youtu.be/qxCLYxH8AKY?...

ユナイテッドエアラインズNYCハーフ（3月15日）男子招待選手。日本から2025年上尾シティハーフ1位と2位の青木瑠郁（國學院大学）と桑田駿介（駒澤大学）は出場する予定。

Entry lists for Saturday's Asian Cross-Country Championships and National Cross-Country Championships in Fukuoka japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/asia...

Josai University wins National University Mixed-Gender Ekiden japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/josa...

Results and video from Sunday's Kitakyushu Marathon, Kumamoto Castle Marathon, Kyoto Marathon and Kochi Ryoma Marathon japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/mara...

Chepkirui, Aynalem and Maeda lead Nagoya Women's Marathon elite field japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/nago...

Sydney Marathon 6th-placer Masato Arao becomes 1st man in 40 years to score back-to-back Ome 30km wins japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/arao...

Ome 30k top 3 Masato Arao, 1:30:54, Yudai Shimazu, 1:31:58, and Yuta Nakayama, 1:32:06.

Masato Arao wins 2nd-straight Ome 30km in 1:30:54.

Retirement season: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/reti...

R.I.P. Rich. You must have been a very good boy.

L.A. Olympics marathon trials to be held Oct. 3, 2027 in Nagoya japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/los-...

First concert i’ve ever been to that handed out earplugs at the door.

Los Angeles Olympics marathon trials scheduled for Oct. 3, 2027 in Nagoya.

Taisei Kiyono and Miu Saito win Karatsu Road Race, 13 boys sub-30 in 10 km japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/kiyo...

Hirayama strikes again, Kabasawa over Fuwa in white conditions at National Corporate Half japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/hira...

Kazuto Kawabata and Reina Hayashida win Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon with PBs in windy conditions, Kenta Murayama retires japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2026/02/kawa...

Taiga Hirayama and Wakana Kabasawa win National Corporate Half in 1:00:44 and 1:09:20.

Kazuto Kawabata wins Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon in 2:10:27.

Kosuke Ishida and Yuma Yamamoto win National Corporate 10 km in 29: 21 and 32:01.

Leaderboards for today's big races: Nobeoka Marathon men: tinyurl.com/9c5ahx8c Nobeoka Marathon women: tinyurl.com/4mppsw4z National Corporate Half and 10km: runnet.jp/record/race....

Today's 14,000-runner Saitama Marathon canceled after overnight snow saitama-marathon.jp/2026/02/08/c...

Prisencolinensinainciusol in the Olympics. 2026 has already peaked.

2024 Hakone Ekiden 1st leg winner Kotaro Shinohara of 2023 overall champ Komazawa University back where it all started.