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42-yr-old Ser-Od Bat-Ochir of Mongolia finishes 71st of 71 finishers in Paris as the first person ever to run 6 Olympic marathons. GOATs come in different shapes. Photo by
@aqzawa
A week after running 3:04:16 at the Tokyo Marathon, the fastest-ever by a 63-yr-old woman, 60+ WR holder Mariko Yugeta crushed that with a 2:58:40 today in Nagoya. Both were tuneups for the
@bostonmarathon
following an injury over the winter.
63-yr-old Mariko Yugeta, only woman 60+ ever to go sub-3, is running
#BostonMarathon
. How good is she?
A. Her qualifying time of 2:52:13 is 1:27:47 under her age cutoff, 33.76% under. Equivalent time for open women would be 2:19:06, for open men 1:59:14.
佐藤圭汰 7:42.56室内3000m日本新記録と8:14.71室内 2マイル日本最高記録。3000m日本記録まであと2.47秒。
Keita Sato hits the indoor 3000m NR and 2-mile national best. Just missed outright 3000m NR.
#MillroseGames
駒澤大学の佐藤圭汰は3月16日開催The TENに向けてアメリカで高地トレーニング合宿中。Fresh off NR for indoor 3000m and 5000m, Komazawa University’s Keita Sato getting in good altitude training in the U.S. for Mar.16
@sound_running
The TEN. Pics by
@Benrauschkolb11
Boston is the place where dreams come true. 60+ WR holder Mariko Yugeta meets her lifelong inspiration Joan Benoit Samuelson. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.
#BostonMarathon
#BostonStrong
Asian 10000m champ Ren Tazawa and coach Hiroaki Oyagi took time to sign autographs and take a pic with Christian Sommer, only European to have run the Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai qualifying race, and his family at St. Moritz track. 田澤選手がスイスでもファンを大切にしてます。
Start of the Taipei Marathon just now. Taiwan pulls off what nobody else could, a race with 28,000 runners and international elite field inside 2020 calendar year. This is what a responsible COVID-19 policy and a responsible population gets you.
#worldleader
Climbed up to 3115m at the top of Piz Nair above St. Moritz with JPN U20 1500, 3000 and 5000m NR holder Keita Sato of Komazawa University today. Incredible views on a beautiful day. 駒澤大学の佐藤圭汰とスイスの標高3115mピッツ・ネイルの山頂まで登りました。
Yusuke Nishiyama ran a big PB of 2:06:31 for 9th and top Japanese at
#TokyoMarathon
but missed 2:05:50 he needed to get onto Paris Olympic team. “It just wasn’t enough,” he said.
Keita Sato of Komazawa University, JPN U20 NR holder for 1500m, 3000m and 5000m, leaving Haneda for 1st-ever race in Europe Sat. in Heusden. 駒澤大学の佐藤圭汰、初のヨーロッパでの試合へ出発しました。
Thanks to Sam, Dorian, Ted, Rob and everyone else at NYRR and the Ageo City Half for making it possible for Hakone Ekiden winner Komazawa University to be at this year’s United Airlines NYC Half. Building bridges, not walls.
2月11日にニューヨークで開催するミルローズゲームズ室内2マイルに向けて、駒澤大学の佐藤圭汰選手が成田空港からアメリカでの合宿へ出発しました。U20 1500m-10000m NR holder Keita Sato of Komazawa Univ. left for altitude training in U.S. today in prep for Feb's Millrose Games 2 mile.
Amateur runner
@YumaMORII
8th in
#BostonMarathon
in 2:09:59, only 2nd Japanese man ever to break 2:10 in Boston! 森井選手2:09:59で8位。ボストンマラソンでサブ2:10日本人の二人目。
ニューヨークで駒澤大学の大八木監督とOACのリツェンハイン監督はコーチング文化交流の機会がありました。2 of world’s most successful coaches so far this year, Komazawa University’s Hiroaki Oyagi and OAC’s Dathan Ritzenhein, had chance to exchange ideas in NYC this weekend.
Asian 10000m champ Ren Tazawa has been added to Japan’s team for the Budapest World Championships. He and coach Hiroaki Oyagi are already in St. Moritz for final training.
Ren Tazawa and Tomoki Ota getting near end of time in St. Moritz. Tazawa, 27:23.44, is running 10000m in Budapest, Ota, 60:08, the half in Riga. 田澤選手と太田選手のサンモリッツ合宿が最後週に入りました。
Asian 10000m champ Ren Tazawa doing a last session of 800m reps in St. Moritz before Budapest 10000m with coach Oyagi calling the splits. 田澤選手、サンモリッツで800mインターバル。
Happy 20th birthday to Komazawa University’s Keita Sato, holder of five U20 national records from 1500m to 10000m and 59:22 half marathon equivalent at Hakone 3 weeks ago. Will be taking a swing at some senior NR in the U.S. over next month and a half.
Ren Tazawa takes 10000m gold in ~29:17 but comes up short of time he needed to make Budapest World Championships quota. Just too hot and humid in Bangkok. KEN-born KAZ runner Shadrack Kimutai 2nd well back from Tazawa. JPN's Yuto Imae 3rd just under 30 minutes.
Komazawa University’s Keita Sato with OAC’s George Beamish and
@JoeKlecker
in St. Moritz for their last workout ahead of Budapest World Championships. 駒澤大学の佐藤圭汰とOACのビーミッシュ選手とクレッカー選手、サンモリッツで世界陸上前の最終ポイント練習。
U20 1500/3000/5000m NR holder Keita Sato was 1 of 3 members of Komazawa University’s 6-man Izumo Ekiden CR-breaking team to win their stage, along w/leading man Kotaro Shinohara and anchor Mebuki Suzuki.