By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (21-Nov) — Back in the 1990’s some of the world’s best middle distance runners made year-end trips to Honolulu to run the Waikiki Mile, a road mile sponsored by Nike which was held in conjunction with the Honolulu Marathon. In its final year in 1997, Canadian Graham Hood (3:55:66) and American Regina Jacobs...
A top-class field of elite women are ready to toe the line at the 2023 Kalakaua Merrie Mile in Honolulu on Saturday, December 9. Ten women representing three nations --including five Olympians-- will not only race each other but also a field of elite men who will chase them after the women get a 30-second head start.
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...
