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TOKYO (JPN): As Race Results Weekly informs, the 2010 Tokyo Marathon closed their entry process with between 280,000 and 300,000 runners requesting entry, a record for any road race in the world. “We will close the entry today,â€œ said the eventâ€˜s communications director Tad Hayano. “The number of entry will be between 280,000-300,000. Tokyo has been growing so quickly as you know.â€œ The race, which will be held next February 28, recorded 29,108 finishers last year and only allowed 30,000 entrants. That means that a staggering 90% of applicants will be rejected. The 2010 Tokyo Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label road race.
Larry Eder’s comment: So, 30,000 will be able to run Tokyo? Why make 240,000=270,000 other people unhappy, why not develop a series of local marathons in other areas of Japan so that these would be marathoners can find races to run? Or direct them to smaller races, again, to keep them training for another shot at Tokyo?
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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