Hofu Marathon

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	Course map of full marathon in 2022

Hofu Marathon
Hofu Marathon
	The Kirin Lemon Stadium Salt Arena Hofu [ja], in front of which runners start the race
Date	December
Location	Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	1970 (54 years ago)
Official site	https://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

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

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

References

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