On December 12, the Honolulu Marathon returned as an in-person race following a two year hiatus. Victories went to Canada’s Lanni Marchant and Kenya’s Emmanuel Saina.  Both Marchant and Saina completed mostly solo runs from Ala Moana to Kapiolani Park in 2:41:25 and 2:14:32, respectively.  Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia, who was expected to race against Marchant, was unable to start the race.

The Honolulu Marathon usually attracts 17,000 Japanese runners, but because Japanese citizens must quarantine for two weeks when returning from overseas there were fewer than 200 this year.  An estimated 9000 athletes started the marathon and companion Start to Park 10-K.

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