By Jason Kaneshiro (c) 2019 Star Advertiser, all rights reserved A lack of opportunity in his hometown turned Titus Ekiru toward a path that would lead him around the globe and offer a means to provide for those back home. “We don’t have money to pay my school fee, so I start running,” Ekiru recalled of his introduction to the sport late in his teenage…

By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (05-Dec) — Back in 2016 when Honolulu Marathon Association president Jim Barahal decided to bring back a road mile to the Honolulu Marathon Weekend here, he wanted to give the elite section of the event a unique twist.  So Barahal, a medical doctor who was a distance runner at the University of…

The 2019 Honolulu Marathon is featuring the latest in real-time race tracking by providing Live Results via our partner Sportstats.

Follow the 47th Annual Honolulu Marathon LIVE with KITV’s coverage of the Male and Female Elite runners. Starting at 4:30am Hawaii Standard Time, Toni Reavis, Todd Iacovelli, and Robert Kekaula will join a team of KITV roving reporters to bring you coverage as the race unfolds.  Watch live as the team of elite runners battle to take down the new course records set last year!  Tune…

The Honolulu Marathon is committed to world-class elite competition and has assembled a strong field for the 2019 race. See the bios of the 2019 Elite men’s and women’s field below. Prize money Structure Course Records & History   Men’s Field Women’s Field

Former winners of the Honolulu Marathon, Lawrence Cherono and Brigid Kosgei win at the Chicago Marathon. Kosgei shocked the marathon community by also shattering the marathon world record set in 2003 by Paula Radcliffe.  The 25 year old Kenyan finished in an amazing 2:14:04, a full 81 seconds faster than Radcliffe’s time. No one has previously come close to beating Radcliffes’s record in the last…

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) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (09-Dec) — Two-time Olympic steeplechase finalist Donn Cabral made a successful marathon debut here today at the 46th Honolulu Marathon, finishing fourth in 2:19:16.  The 28 year-old law and business student at the University of Connecticut was satisfied with his performance and hopes to race the distance again. “It was just fun,…

By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (09-Dec) — Despite running alone for the final third of the race and battling powerful trade winds, Kenya’s Titus Ekiru still managed to threaten the course record at today’s 46th Honolulu Marathon, clocking 2:09:01. His was the second-fastest time in the history of the race, surpassed only by compatriot Lawrence Cherono’s 2:08:27…