Two Sundays ago, 5th December, the 75th Fukuoka marathon was staged. After winning the 1971 PanAm Games Marathon in the pedestrian time of two hours, twenty-two minutes and forty seconds (2: 22: 40), Shorter, a 10,000 metres and cross country runner, won the 1971 Fukuoka marathon in 2: 12:51. In March of this year, the Japan Running News broke the story that this year’s Fukuoka marathon would be the last. For posterity, the winner of the last Fukuoka Marathon was Kenyan Michael Githae in a time of 2:07:51. Marathon fans with the Fukuoka Marathon on their bucket list of events to attend will now have to suffice with a visit to the Fukuoka Marathon Monument where one can view imprints of the soles of the winners’ feet.

Source: Ethiopian News December 15, 2021 06:19 UTC