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Osaka Marathon Elite Field 2025 – Brett Larner – Japan Running News
NHK will be broadcasting Osaka live and commercial-free starting at 9:00 a.m. on Feb. 24 local time. JRN will be on-site in Osaka throughout race weekend.
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2025
Fred Sommer of Sommer Sports Receives 2025 Alan Jones Timer of the Year Award
Tampa, FL – January 30, 2025 – RunSignup proudly announces Fred Sommer, founder of Sommer Sports in Clermont, Florida, as the recipient of the 2025 Alan Jones Timer of the Year Award. Presented at RunSignup’s Timer Education Summit, this honor recognizes Sommer’s 42 years of commitment to innovation...
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2025
Kipchumba Sets CR, Wakabayashi Breaks Collegiate Record and Retires at Beppu-Oita Brett Larner – Japan Running News
Success in the university ekidens has a direct correlation with the level of Japanese men's marathoning going up, and with people like this coming down the pipeline, whatever Wakaybashi ultimately decides to do with his life, there's no sign at all of that slowing down.
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2025
Mutiso and Omare Break CR, Ota and Shinohara Break the Hour Barrier in Marugame – Brett Larner – Japan Running News
That kind of heat burned off all but 6 people, CR holder Alexander Mutiso, Emmanuel Maru, James Mutuku, Tomoki Ota, Kotaro Shinohara and Kento Baba, but Bedan Karoki and others including a trio of university men were only another few second behind. -
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2025
RAS AL KHAIMAH HALF MARATHON 2025 – Alex Matata wins RAK Half Marathon, Ejgayehu Taye runs world leading time
Matata is something of an outlier in Kenya, coming from the capital Nairobi instead of the western highlands’ hotbeds of excellence; and also being a relatively late starter in his early twenties.