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Hofu Marathon
The Kirin Lemon Stadium Salt Arena Hofu [ja], in front of which runners start the race
DateDecember[1]
LocationHōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1970 (54 years ago) (1970)[1]
Official sitehttps://hofu-yomiuri.jp

The Hofu Marathon (also known as the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Hōfu, Japan, since 1970.[2][1] The marathon is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.[3][4]

History

The inaugural race was held on 27 December 1970.[5] It was won by Japanese runner Toshihiko Uehara with a finish time of 2:15:49.8.[5]

In 2013, Japanese runner Yuki Kawauchi became the first marathoner to complete two sub-2:10 marathons in two weeks, by running the Fukuoka Marathon on 1 December in 2:09:15 and the Hofu Marathon on 15 December in 2:09:05.[6] In 2019, Kawauchi returned to Hōfu to complete his 100th marathon there.[7][a]

Course

External image
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2022[8]

The marathon begins in front of the Kirin Lemon Stadium Salt Arena Hofu [ja] and ends on the track of the Kirin Lemon Stadium Athletics Field across the street.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Out of the 100 marathons Kawauchi had run by that time, 94 were sub-2:20 marathons.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c https://archive.today/20230423233452/https://www.arrs.run/HP_HofMa.htm
  2. ^ https://archive.today/20230423233346/https://past.hofu-yomiuri.jp/english/
  3. ^ https://archive.today/20230423233324/https://aims-worldrunning.org/races/10367.html
  4. ^ https://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results
  5. ^ a b https://archive.today/20201214010341/https://www.arrs.run/MaraList/ML_1970.htm
  6. ^ https://archive.today/20230423233531/https://runningmagazine.ca/uncategorized/yuki-kawauchi-first-to-run-sub-210-twice-in-two-weeks/
  7. ^ a b https://archive.today/20230423233605/https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/yuki-kawauchi-runs-his-100th-marathon/
  8. ^ a b https://archive.today/20230423233427/https://hofu-yomiuri.jp/course/

External links

Marathon races in Japan
World Athletics Label Road Races
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