Marathon Weekend Roundup

The Kyoto Marathon noticed the quickest instances of the weekend, with native boy Yuma Morii beating Yudai Fukuda 2:16:19 to 2:16:50 to win. Fuka Hirokawa received the ladies’s race by over 3 minutes in 2:45:09, however Third-placer Miyu Fukada had a a lot sooner internet time, 2:41:09 versus her gun time of two:50:16. It is not clear why she began thus far again.

The Kumamoto Citadel Marathon had an incredible race up entrance between final 12 months’s winner and CR holder Hiroaki Furukawa and Hyuga Abe. Abe missed Furukawa’s CR by 12 seconds however beat Furukawa by 14, going 2:16:26 to 2:16:40. Michiru Kato received out over the ageless Mai Fujisawa within the girls’s race, profitable in 2:45:32 to Fujisawa’s 2:47:11.

Kyoto Marathon

Kyoto, 16 Feb. 2025

Males

1. Yuma Morii – 2:16:19

2. Yudai Fukuda – 2:16:50

3. Tatsuya Itagaki – 2:18:56

Kumamoto Citadel Marathon

Kumamoto, 16 Feb. 2025

Males

1. Hyuma Abe – 2:16:26

2. Hiroaki Furukawa – 2:16:40

3. Yuhi Takami – 2:19:45

4. Taiga Nishihara – 2:19:56

Ladies

1. Michiru Kato – 2:45:32

2. Mai Fujisawa – 2:47:11

3. Reina Okumura – 2:48:28

4. Seika Iwamura – 2:49:27

Kitakyushu Marathon

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 16 Feb. 2025

Males

1. Hisanori Kitajima – 2:17:25

2. Takashi Hashimoto – 2:18:08 (internet 2:14:21)

3. Yuichi Hirotani – 2:24:20

Ladies

1. Riko Ozawa – 2:47:16

2. Chika Tawara – 2:48:02

3. Yuka Tomitaka – 2:56:25

Kochi Ryoma Marathon

Kochi, 16 Feb. 2025

Males

1. Jumpei Yamaguchi – 2:20:10

2. Takemaru Yamasaki – 2:20:33

3. Shinya Ohashi – 2:20:42

Ladies

1. Mai Fukushima – 2:55:58

2. Kaho Morino – 2:57:30

3. Satomi Okabayashi – 3:00:04

Okinawa Marathon

Okinawa, 16 Feb. 2025

Males

1. Daijiro Seto – 2:29:36

2. Shogo Sasaki – 2:30:56

3. Tomohide Nishikawa – 2:34:05

Ladies

1. Eri Suzuki – 2:53:51

2. Natsuki Yokoo – 2:55:53

3. Mari Yonekura – 3:01:14