Kobayashi Breaks Hofu Yomiuri Marathon CR in 2:24:59

Yuya Yoshida successful Fukuoka in CR time was an ideal story, and this is one other one. Kana Kobayashi did not run monitor or ekidens in junior excessive, highschool, or at Waseda College and simply ran for enjoyable, however after a 2:36:54 debut ultimately yr’s Osaka Worldwide Ladies’s Marathon and a 2:29:44 PB there this yr she bought a proposal from the Otsuka Seiyaku company workforce. After a very good championship ekiden season she ran at present’s Hofu Yomiuri Marathon, and with a 5-minute PB she received in a CR 2:24:59.

The lads’s race went by way of midway on CR tempo, with final yr’s Third-placer Ryoma Takeuchi, Riki Nakanishi, Shoma Yamamoto and the debuting Shinta Miyazawa, coached by Olympian Arata Fujiwara, all collectively. Takeuchi was the primary to drop, and simply previous 33 km Nakanishi pulled away to cruise on to win in 2:09:07. Yamamoto was 2nd in 2:09:59, with Miyazawa clocking 2:11:55 in his first day trip and Takeuchi 4th in 2:12:34. Final yr’s winner Yuki Kawauchi was by no means an element, thirty eighth general in 2:33:01, two minutes shy of his season greatest from April’s Paris Marathon.

fifty fifth Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Hofu, Yamaguchi, 1 Dec. 2024

Ladies

1. Kana Kobayashi (Otsuka Seiyaku) – 2:24:59 – CR, PB

2. Natsumi Matsushita (Tenmaya) – 2:28:16

3. Mao Uesugi (Tokyo Metro) – 2:32:48

4. Ayano Ikeuchi (Denso) – 2:37:52

5. Meari Obuchi (United) – 2:40:16

6. Ayumi Morita (Tokyo Metro) – 2:42:01

7. Mio Koyanagi (Osaka Nagai AC) – 2:48:40

8. Noriko Uchida (Oita T&F Assoc.) – 2:49:31

9. Sayaka Yasukawa (Awake) – 2:51:30

10. Miyuki Usui (unattached) – 2:52:18

Males

1. Riki Nakanishi (Toenec) – 2:09:07

2. Shoma Yamamoto (NTT Nishi Nihon) – 2:09:59

3. Shinta Miyazawa (Suzuki) – 2:11:55 – debut

4. Ryoma Takeuchi (ND Software program) – 2:12:34

5. Tomoki Yasuda (Suzuki) – 2:14:07

6. Takeshi Nishida (Toyota) – 2:14:52

7. Hiromasa Kumahashi (Sanyo Tokushu Seiko) – 2:14:55

8. Takuma Takemura (SG Holdings) – 2:15:23

9. Kota Sugiho (Suzuki) – 2:16:35

10. Maki Yamada (Asahi Kasei) – 2:16:41 – debut

11. Reo Kuniyuki (Otsuka Seiyaku) – 2:18:39

12. Daisuke Momozawa (Lycaons) – 2:18:44

13. Nao Kazami (Aisan Kogyo) – 2:18:56

14. Shota Saito (JFE Metal) – 2:19:22

15. Junpei Kato (Kumamoto T&F Assoc.) – 2:19:31 – PB

16. Yuki Nakamura (Sumitomo Denko) – 2:19:38

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38. Yuki Kawauchi (ANDS) – 2:33:01

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DNF – Joel Mwaura (Kenya/Kurosaki Harima)