Former Honolulu Marathon champions Lawrence Cherono and Brigid Kosgei win big at the 2019 Boston Marathon and London Marathon, part of the World Marathon Majors. Cherono and Kosgei, both from Kenya won the 2016 & 2017 Honolulu Marathon and also smashed the course records in the process. Lawrence Cherono’s time of 2:08:27 at the 2017 Honolulu Marathon was, in fact, the fastest marathon run on…

By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (11-Dec) — Long after Kenyans Paul Lonyangata and Cynthia Limo had won yesterday’s Honolulu Marathon, returned to the hotel to shower, gone to the awards ceremony, had dinner, and gone to bed, Andrew Sloane was still on the course, trying to finish his first marathon. The 36 year-old digital content creator from…

By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (10-Dec) – Kenyans Paul Lonyangata and Cynthia Limo patiently waited before making decisive moves to earn convincing wins at today’s Honolulu Marathon in challenging conditions. High humidity and long stretches of strong winds, combined with the course’s notorious hills, led to slow finish times in the 51st running of this race, the…

By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (09-Dec) -– Yared Nuguse capped a breakthrough year with a thrilling win in the Kalakaua Merrie Mile here, the first road race of his career. After setting an ambitious early pace, he prevailed in a unique mixed-sex pursuit format that saw the professional women start 30 seconds ahead of the men over…

By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (07-Dec) – On January 1, Yared Nuguse posted a training photo on Instagram with the caption “2023 is the year of growth, plan accordingly.” Twelve months later, those plans went even better than the 24-year-old American middle-distance runner could have hoped for. In his first full year as a professional, training with…

By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (05-Dec) — The last big marathon in the United States for 2023, the Honolulu Marathon, returns on Sunday with a robust elite field, race organizers said today. Ten elite athletes from four different nations will compete for the $25,000 first prize for men and women and special one-of-a-kind solid gold medals worth…

Personal Best: 2:25:10, Hamburg, April 28 2024 2nd 2016 World Half Marathon Championships Second appearance at the Honolulu Marathon

Personal Best: 2:06:10, Paris, April 9 2017 Honolulu Marathon Results: 1st, 2023, 2:15:41 1st 2017 & 2018 Paris Marathon