Given all the breakthrough runs over 10000 m in Japan the last few weeks, enough to take Japan to 30 men sub-28 for the distance this year, it seems a bit odd to have the 10000 m National Championships happening this Sunday in Tokyo's National Stadium. But relative to the timing of ekiden season, the rest of the National Championships in the late spring, and next summer's Paris Olympics, it ..read more

At Thursday's Edion Distance Challenge in Osaka's Nagai Stadium, 2023 World Cross Country Championships mixed relay gold medalist Mirriam Cherop (Shin Nihon Jusetsu Group) won the most competitive race of the day, taking over 30 seconds off her 5000 m PB with a 15:06.46. Cherop ran in a trio with the top two from last month's Queen's Ekiden international stage, CR-breaker Agnes Mwikali (Kyocera ..read more

Thursday's Edion Distance Challenge meet at Osaka's Nagai Stadium will be streamed live starting at 11:50 a.m. local time. The program includes 3 heats of men's 5000 m, 2 heats of women's 3000 m, 5 heats of women's 5000 m and 2 heats of women's 10000 m. Given that the 10000 m national championships are happening Sunday, the women's 5000 m fast heat is the top race of the day. Its field has 8 ..read more

This is one of the best athletics articles I’ve ever read, an unbelievably detailed look at just about every detail you’d want to know about the 10000 m. Use translation:https://www.jaaf.or.jp/jch/107/news/article/19264/?fbclid=IwAR3KvaXtEH_uFxO4Yh9ypAhHSTqoJ2IVKLCEPevJZNWiDnvOExUdq7lWCZk ..read more

 Fukuoka and Hofu were the big races of the weekend in Japan, but there was a lot of other action going on across the country. Saturday at a special one-day edition of the rebranded Nittai University Time Trials series in Yokohama, 19-year-old Sonata Nagashima (Asahi Kasei) followed up Keita Sato's 27:28.50 U20 10000 m national record last weekend with the second-fastest time ever by a ..read more

photo by Eldoreso, used with permissionJapan's last two big marathons of the year both happened Sunday at the Fukuoka International Marathon and Hofu Yomiuri Marathon. Both came down to sprint finishes between a lead pack of four, and both saw past championships back on the top spot on the podium.Fukuoka only lasted through 15 km on the target pace for Japanese favorite Kyohei Hosoya&nbsp ..read more

Sunday is a big day for road racing in Japan, with three major races, the Fukuoka International Marathon, Hofu Yomiuri Marathon and Kumamoto Kosa 10-Mile Road Race all happening. Even before them there's a big event Saturday, a one-day mini edition of the Nittai University Time Trials track meet in Yokohama with a large number of people who raced last weekend's Hachioji Long Distance meet or ..read more

After discussion with their race's chief JAAF referee, on Nov. 27 the organizers of the Ageo City Half Marathon handed down a lifetime ban from their event against 36-year-old Australian Matt Inglis Fox for running the Nov. 15 race wearing the bib number of another JAAF-registered runner.The incident came to light after Fox posted on his personal Instagram channel that he had run a PB of 1 ..read more

 The JA Irumano farmers' collective has donated 100 kg of locally-grown rice to the Waseda University ekiden team in support of the team's preparations for the 100th Hakone Ekiden on Jan. 2-3 next year. The JA Irumano, which represents an area of 13 municipalities including Kawagoe and Tokorozawa, donates local rice every year to Hakone-bound schools that have campuses within the collective's ..read more

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142710/japan-kishida-gifts-ioc-olympic-bid ..read more