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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/general/article/chevron-houston-marathon-morocco-s-zouhair-talbi-18606028.php Japan's Kenta Uchida  (SID Group) was 11th in Houston in 2:14:43 after having run 2:14:13 for 6th in 2023 and 2:11:19 for 4th in 2022.

As of right now the two fastest women's marathon times this year are the 2:19:12 American NR by Keira D'Amato  at the Jan. 16 Chevron Houston Marathon and the 2:20:52 by Japan's Mizuki Matsuda  at the Jan. 30 Osaka International Women's Marathon . Dr. Helmut Winter , in charge of the pace projection system used in Houston, wrote to JRN this week to point out that both women had almost identical splits at 30 km, D'Amato clocking 1:39:14 and Matsuda 1:39:15. Both women ran with male pacers, and both set new course records. How else did their runs compare? Both started with almost identical splits, D'Amato in 16:25 for the first 5 km and Matsuda in 16:28. In D'Amato's case she more or less held that through 15 km with an average split of 16:25 before slowing on a section of the course that included its toughest hill. From 15 km to 30 km she clocked 50:00, averaging 16:40 per 5 km. But despite slowing she was never off her target of breaking Deena Kastor ...

Making his international debut with support from JRN, Kenta Uchida (SID Group) took 4th in the Chevron Houston Marathon in a tight pack race to the end. The debuting Frank Lara  (U.S.A.) did most of the work throughout the race, leading the front group through halfway in 1:05:30 before things slowed to mid-2:12 territory. When another first-timer, Luke Caldwell (Great Britain) caught up just after 25 km and went right by into the lead the pace picked up, but at 40 km it was still a group of 6 all right together. James Ngandu (Kenya), yet another runner doing his first marathon, had the strongest kick, finishing in 2:11:03 to run almost even splits. 2nd placer Abdi Abdo (Bahrain) was 8 seconds behind by the end, but just 9 seconds separated him from 5th. Elisha Barno (Kenya) edged Uchida for 3rd by 3 seconds 2:11:16 to 2:11:19, with 2020 winner Kelkile Gezahegn (Ethiopia) another second behind Uchida. Both Lara and Caldwell cleared 2:12 in 6th and 7th. "For his first time rac...

https://www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com/defending-champions-return-to-mark-50th-anniversary-chevron-houston-marathon/ Kenta Uchida (SID Group) will be making his international debut at the Chevron Houston Marathon with support from JRN after running a 2:08:12 PB at last year's record-breaking Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon .