But like always in the best years, there's a lot of drama down around the cutoff line to make the 10-deep podium. Top 10 earns teams a place at the Izumo Ekiden and the next year's Hakone, with 11th and lower sent down to October's Yosenkai qualifier instead.
In doing so, the 24-year-old Kenyan bettered the previous record by 19 seconds.
Hakone is always the best road racing of the year, really more the highlight of the 2024 season than the start of the 2025 season. Here's to another stellar race in its 101st edition, whatever happens.
Workenesh outran Honami Maeda last year, both going under 2:19 and Workenesh getting the win in 2:18:51. She has to be viewed as the favorite. Salpeter has run as fast as 2:17:45 before, but she hasn't run under 2:25 in the marathon or under 1:10 in the half marathon since 2022
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