Canadian Cam Levins broke the North American record, finishing fifth overall in the men’s race.
, one of the biggest running events in the world, took place on Sunday, with 38,000 runners hitting the streets of the Japanese capital to compete in the 16th running of the prestigious race—which ran at its full capacity for the first time in four years.Kenya’s Rosemary Wanjiru claimed her first major victory with a blazing time of 2:16:28 in just her second career marathon.
Betsy Saina was the fastest U.S. woman on the day, in her first outing as an American runner since switching citizenship from Kenya. Saina clocked 2:21:40, making her the eighth-fastest female American runner of all time, good enough for fifth place in the women’s field. The time was a personal best for Saina, who ran a minute faster than her previous PR of 2:22:43, achieved in Toronto in 2019, and just gave birth 14 months ago.
In the men’s race, leaders ran a moderate pace for a World Marathon Major, clocking a chill halfway split of 62:10, but an unprecedented 33 men were running a 2:04 pace at the 20K mark. A whopping 15 Japanese runners were in the mix at this point, despite only one runner in the country’s history having broken 2:05, but this pace would slow later in the race, with all male elite finishers running a positive split. Still, Ichitaka Yamashita and Kenya Sonota finished 7th and 8th, respectively, becoming the third and fourth Japanese men to break 2:06.
While he hails from Canada, Levins was an NCAA athlete running track for Southern Utah University. He defeated Lawi Lalang and Paul Chelimo to win the NCAA 5K/10K double back in 2012. Levins is a notoriously hard trainer—the runner is said to have run over 170 miles a week in preparation for Worlds last summer—and that hard work continues to pay off as his times continue to drop.Laura Ratliff is a New York City-based writer, editor, and runner.
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