The pace target for the halfway mark was 2:21, but the time had drifted out at that point to 2:22.28. After the last pacemaker moved aside with just over 600 metres remaining, Ingebrigtsen was off on his solo mission and he managed to beat the clock.
Up front Day Two will be a desperate effort from Komazawa to catch back up to Aoyama Gakuin, but further back the battle to get onto the ten-podium will be intense and complex with less than a minute separating 15th-place Yamanashi Gakuin University and Day One 10th-placer Juntendo University. With...
In the men’s field, Ethiopians Workineh Tadese Mandefro and Kebede Tulu Wami lead the way with both looking to win their first Dubai Marathon titles. A personal best of 2:05:07 from the Hamburg Marathon in 2022 was a major improvement on Tadese’s marathon journey shaving more than two minutes of his...
Kurosaki Harima was as high as 3rd at one point, but ultimately finished in a team record 4th in 4:52:40, its highlight coming in a back-and-forth duel between 2:06 marathoners Kyohei Hosoya and Hiroto Inoue (Mitsubishi Juko) on the Second Stage. Mitsubishi Juko dropped to 10th when 2:05 marathoner...
Last year's 2nd, 3rd and 4th-placers Chuo University, Aoyama Gakuin University and Koku Gakuin University are positioned to be racing for 2nd again, or to pick up the pieces if Komazawa blows up. Koku Gakuin is closest to Komazawa over the half marathon with a 10-man average of 1:02:11 to Komazawa's...
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