Yuki Kawauchi - Tokyo 2011

[@TheFODRunner]

Such a legend, a true marathon runner with grit and determination....and a 9-5 job!! An inspiration

[@today-nl]

Hello from year 2021, I watch this video every now and then for years. There are always tears in my eyes.

[@YHirschmeier]

I want to cry after a 10 min tempo interval. This guy runs like a beast

[@nbrowne1]

And now, 7 years later (and about 80 marathons later) 2018 Boston Marathon Champion!

[@tritramtencent75]

What's that saying again? If at first if you don't succeed, try and try again? :-)

[@littledarkone1995]

Beat me to it lol

[@user-bj4ox1xs3p]

Yes. I'm so glad

[@wabijou]

倒れこむほど走った川内選手。感動しました。 ありがとうございました。

[@scp025]

what a boss....the dude leaned across the tape like he was finishing a 400 meter dash...in a marathon. That's a true runner. Just read about him in Running Times and decided to look up this video. Here's a quote from him out of the magazine (translated to English I'm assuming): "This was my sixth marathon, and the fifth time I've ended up in the medical area. Every time I run, it's with the mindset that if I die at this race, it's OK." ...BOSS.

[@Olly07]

And look at him now. Winner

[@庵-d2v]

10years later, he run Biwako Mainichi Marathon with 2'07ﾞ24, his personal best

[@today-nl]

My hero!

[@Running_in_the_deep]

respect❤

[@narend6572]

Yuki seems to have has a simple strategy .... If anyone overtakes him by 100 m, he overtakes them by 1000 m.

[@seposner]

The guy is pure badass. Notice how he didn't even run the tangents. This guy will eventually run 2:06:xx if it all comes together for him.

[@eh1114]

he also has a full time job at a high school.. he trains in his off time@@" just learned that on wikipedia. what a boss

[@marknorris1381]

Mind over pain.

[@野人-c2k]

やっぱり川内は化け物だ！

[@PIFFETEAU]

great runner

[@allgoo1964]

Rocky Balboa of marathon.

[@thetakeyukihiro]

Japan Association of Athletics Federations(JAAF) lead Kawauchi into a trap. In Tokyo 2012, JAAF didn't only cover him not to be able to take the water supply bottle 2 times, but also direcred one pacemaker of the first group to take his water supply bottle. As a result, he was defeated in marathon member of the London Olympics. I want to tell world all of you, JAAF is very incompentent organization. JAAF didn't want to take Kawauchi, not to belong to the business group to London.

[@stalin1909]

thetakeyukihiro justice has been served in boston my friend .

[@gfx2006]

This is INTENSE!!

[@ReturnOfJackDawson]

good job!

[@runlikeakalashnikov]

wow this guy broke those two men..!! i didnt know my Asian friends could run..!! very impressive:)

[@antyzinhu]

japones voador o cara é mito

[@KennyPang]

Drop the hammer! impressive

[@crimsonaltruist]

@himankerable I doubt Yuki cares about shoes at all. He's not high tech, he just goes and gets it done.

[@bigbobey1680]

Keep speaking the truth my friend

[@himankerable]

can anyone tell what shoes does he wear?

[@FCule]

Run Forest run!

[@TodoGardel]

please translate that into English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, or any other Indo-European language. I can't understend japanese, sorry

[@ItsMeBetweenLines]

@scp025 Same reason I find myself here. Inspiring. :)

[@schijnsel]

川内は実業団に所属している選手だったなら、初マラソンンで8分台というのだから、日本陸上界に大型新人として歓迎されているんだろうが、実業団が支配している日本陸上界にあってはいわば素人ランナーが国内屈指の大会で優勝したというのだから実業団の面目丸つぶれというわけで日本陸上界は手放しでは喜べない、むしろ胡散臭がっている。

[@israellopez2241]

Si Kawauchi pertenece a una asociación comercial, si es un jugador perteneciente a una asociación comercial, ya que es un auto de ocho minutos en la primera maratón, parece que es bienvenido como un gran recién llegado a la comunidad atlética japonesa, pero el atletismo de Japón En el mundo, se dice que el corredor aficionado ganó la competencia más interna del mundo, por lo que la faz del grupo industrial es totalmente redonda y el mundo terrestre japonés no está contento con dejarlo ir, sino que es apestoso.

[@INITIALDtoufu]

マラソンマンって漫画があるんだが それを思い出した

[@benjet9728]

I wouldn't call him the citizen runner since he ran professionally for years,just without sponsorship

[@S-Flight]

いや、特休でええやろ

[@god29042008]

Se pasó este corredor.

[@09hwki]

dude IS the Japanese Filippides