EDP54: Tokyo Marathon / Hobart Track Classic / USA Indoors / Doping news

What a week for the Easy Double community.

We kick things off with a huge run of announcements — London Calling is live (how did it feel from your side?), our brilliant chat with Jess Stenson is out in the world, and we’re not stopping there… another interview drops this week 👀

We’re also teaming up with The Running Centre for a shop run on Wednesday 11th March in collaboration with PUMA — Deviate Nitro 4 & Deviate Nitro Elite 3 try-ons, giveaways, Easy Double caps, and a couple of entries to HBF Run For A Reason up for grabs. Big month ahead.

We dive into:

• Tokyo Marathon 2026 – 30 men sub-2:10, Takele goes back-to-back, Italian NR lowered to 2:04:26, DNF drama (including our mate RanToJapan), Li-Ning’s growing presence, and Ethiopia dominating the women’s race
• Kosgei’s first major win since 2022 and her ridiculous CV
• Glasgow & USA Indoors
• Hobart Track Classic – huge WA performances, Jaylah Hancock-Cameron taking it on from the front, Cal Davies’ third national title
• USATF Half Marathon Championships chaos – led off course by the lead vehicle 😬

Plus World Indoors qualification implications and the Road to Poland shaping up nicely.

• Welteji retrospective ban — what does it mean for Georgia Griffith?
• Li-Ning signing big athletes

Makou, Ellis Cross’ marathon build, and what we’re keeping in reserve…

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