{"id":167175,"date":"2024-11-25T11:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T02:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=167175&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-11-25T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T02:24:50","slug":"fukuoka-international-marathon-2024","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/fukuoka-international-marathon-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka International Marathon 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka International Marathon, with a 78-year history of hosting numerous memorable races, will also serve as a qualifier for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo. Top athletes such as Kenya Sonota and Yusuke Nishiyama will compete for a spot on the Japanese national team. The 42.195 km course runs from Heiwadai Athletic Stadium to Ohori Park, through a loop in the southwestern part of Fukuoka City, and back to Kashii. Known for its minimal elevation changes, the course is considered ideal for achieving fast times. A total of 475 elite male runners, including 21 invited athletes, will take on the challenge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_167162\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167162\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka International Marathon 2024, \u798f\u5ca1\u56fd\u969b\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_fukuoka-international-marathon_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-167162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u798f\u5ca1\u56fd\u969b\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3\u5b9f\u884c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 12\/1 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Starts: 12:10<br \/>\n\u2022 Course: Heiwadai Track and Field Stadium (Group A) \/ Ohori Park (Group B) >> South-west Fukuoka >> Kashii >> Heiwadai Track and Field Stadium (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-international-marathon.jp\/?event=2195\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">course map<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-international-marathon.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.fukuoka-international-marathon.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka International Marathon, with a 78-year history of hosting numerous memorable races, will also serve as a qualifier for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167175","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","event-type-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/167175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}