Each operating their debuts, Kamulu and Shiho Tachizako ran steadily round 2:28-flat tempo surrounded by a gaggle of newbie males, staying collectively till simply earlier than 30 km when Tachizako began to fade. Kamulu struggled with the new circumstances late within the race and will solely watch the clock as sub-2:30 slipped away, wanting very drained as she crossed the end line in 2:31:04. Tachizako pale to 2:33:47 for 2nd, however even that was adequate to simply beat the remainder of the sphere, with final yr’s 2nd-placer Ayano Ikeuchi third in 2:35:26 in her third marathon thus far this yr.
Nakamura had mentioned pre-race that he did not care about time and was solely targeted on getting within the win, and that was precisely how he ran, ignoring the early motion and staying close to the entrance of the principle pack till he made his preliminary transfer at 30 km. That removed the pretenders, with solely 2:08~2:10 males Takeshi Soma, Atsumi Ashiwa and Masaru Aoki, and a pair of:18 newbie Ryuichi Yoshioka getting again on board. Soma countered with an assault after 34 km, however Nakamura rapidly reeled him again in and made his actual transfer with 5 km to go.
Yoshioka was the one one to attempt to observe, nevertheless it was all Nakamura the remainder of the way in which, scoring his first win since his Olympic trials victory in 2019 with a 2:15:36 for 1st. Yoshioka was elated within the dwelling stretch with a 2:16:28 for 2nd, a 2-minute PB and the one runner male or feminine within the prime 10 to PB. Nakamura’s hardest competitors nonetheless standing when he dropped his large transfer, Ashiwa out kicked Soma and Aoki for third in 2:16:40.
Hokkaido Marathon
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 25 Aug. 2024
Girls
1. Pauline Kamulu Kaveke (Kenya/Route Inn Accommodations) – 2:31:04 – debut
2. Shiho Tachizako (Tenmaya) – 2:33:47 – debut
3. Ayano Ikeuchi (Denso) – 2:35:26
4. Yuko Kikuchi (Shimamura) – 2:36:50
5. Yuri Mitsune (18 Ginko) – 2:37:08
6. Asuka Yamamoto (Common Leisure) – 2:39:14
7. Nanami Aoki (Iwatani Sangyo) – 2:40:07
8. Tomomi Sawahata (Sawahatters) – 2:40:15
9. Ayami Hirano (Noritz) – 2:41:40 – debut
10. Kana Masuda (fashionable) – 2:48:14
Males
1. Shogo Nakamura (Fujitsu) – 2:15:36
2. Ryuichi Yoshioka (Honda Tochigi) – 2:16:28 – PB
3. Atsumi Ashiwa (Honda) – 2:16:40
4. Takeshi Soma (Otsuka Seiyaku) – 2:16:43
5. Masaru Aoki (Kao) – 2:16:46
6. Takumi Komatsu (NTT Nishi Nihon) – 2:18:09
7. Toshiya Sato (Toyota) – 2:18:42 – debut
8. Hiromasa Kurahashi (Sanyo Tokushu Seiko) – 2:19:03
9. Benjamin Ngandu (Kenya/Yonezawa B of E) – 2:19:36
10. Takuya Kumashiro (Sanyo Tokushu Seiko) – 2:19:46
11. Kazuto Kawabata (SGH) – 2:20:17
12. Yuma Morii (Kyoto T&F Assoc.) – 2:21:18
13. Naoya Sato (Miraspo) – 2:21:37
14. Takayuki Matsuura (Fukuoka T&F Assoc.) – 2:22:09
15. Kensuke Yamaguchi (Toyota Kyushu) – 2:23:16
16. Yueqing Zhen (China) – 2:23:16
17. Chaoqing Zhen (China) – 2:23:16
18. Hyuma Abe (Workforce Nitro) – 2:23:54
19. Yuki Suzuki (Kao) – 2:24:17
20. Daichi Atsuura (ND Software program) – 2:25:50
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26. Daisuke Hosomori (YKK) – 2:28:11
34. Ren Umezaki (Toyo Univ.) – 2:32:21
40. Shogo Kanezane (Chugoku Denryoku) – 2:34:03
56. Yuki Nakamura (Sumitomo Denko) – 2:38:32
70. Kiyoto Hirabayashi (Koku Gakuin Univ.) – 2:41:19
196. Daichi Kamino (MABP) – 2:53:55
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DNF – Derese Workneh (Ethiopia/Hiramatsu Byoin)
