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By David Monti & Taylor Dutch, @d9monti, @taylordutch (c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (10-Dec) — Both the men’s and women’s course records came tumbling down at the 45th Honolulu Marathon here this morning when Lawrence Cherono and Brigid Kosgei broke the finish line tape in Kapiolani Park in 2:08:27 and 2:22:15, respectively.  Improbably, the Kenyan duo demolished the previous race records by…

HONOLULU (11-Dec) — Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono smashed the course record here at the 44th Honolulu Marathon by running 2:09:39, the fourth fastest marathon in the United States this year. Dueling with 2014 champion Wilson Chebet, Cherono managed to scoot away in the final miles to claim victory in Kapiolani Park adjacent to Waikiki Beach. In the women’s race, Brigid Kosgei completed a Kenyan sweep of…

By Rich Sands, @thatrichsands.bsky.social (c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (08-Dec) – Olympic steeplechaser Yemane Haileselassie notched his first marathon win while Cynthia Limo defended her title at the 52nd running of the Honolulu Marathon on a warm and humid Sunday morning. Both earned $25,000 in prize money for their victories in a race that featured 18,844 starters, a significant increase from…

By Rich Sands, By Rich Sands, @thatrichsands.bsky.social (c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (07-Dec) — For the first time in the history of the Kalakaua Merrie Mile, athletes in the women’s division came out on top in the race’s distinctive battle of the sexes format. Nikki Hiltz led a sweep of the first three places, holding off a fast-closing Hobbs Kessler, the…

By Rich Sands, @thatrichsands.bsky.social (c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved – Used with permission. HONOLULU (04-Dec) — Already one of the most prestigious road mile races in the United States, the Kalakaua Merrie Mile is now the most lucrative. Race organizers announced Tuesday that the winner of the December 7 event will receive $7,500, the highest first-place prize for any American road mile….

By Rich Sands, @thatrichsands.bsky.social (c) 2024 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved – Used with permission. HONOLULU (05-Dec) – When Amanuel Mesel and Yemane Haileselassie were teammates at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, they had no idea the unexpected journeys they would both go on, and how their lives would intersect years later. Today the two Eritrean runners are living in the United States, training…

Sunday’s Honolulu Marathon will feature both of the race’s 2023 champions, Cynthia Limo and Paul Lonyangata of Kenya.  In last year’s race Limo, the 2016 World Athletics Half-Marathon Championships silver medalist, won by a wide margin in her marathon debut.  Her time of 2:33:01 was solid for Honolulu’s hilly course, intermittent rain, warm temperatures, and high humidity.  She ran solo from 35 km to the…