Men’s Marathon Tokyo World Championships

Today was the men’s turn to run the World Championships marathon course in Tokyo, and the men got similarly sinister condotions. The pack set out cautiously, with a giant pack sticking together for about 35k of this race. But by 40k, things had splintered apart (although there was still a sizable pack going after the podium through the last aid station). @_clayton_young_ fought hard for 9th overall and top American @reedfisch ran a disciplined race, finishing as second American and 28th overall. I haven’t done the math, but from what I saw on the course, it felt like he clawed his way up a lot of spots in the back half of the race. @cjalbertson started off strong and was in the second American spot for much of the race when I was him. But by 40k, it looks like the heat on this very humid day may have bested him. But it was honest effort on the day.