This December 6, 2021 will be the 75th and last Fukuoka Marathon. It has always been a race for elite runners. We were privileged to be in Fukuoka in 1989, unfortunately not at the time of the marathon, but our host drove us along the course and we were able to go into the stadium where it starts and finishes while there was high school track meet going on. So we got a small bit of the atmosphere. The magazine "Canadian Running" has recently sent out a bulletin that a film on the historic Fukuoka Marathon has been released. The title is Inside the Outside: When the World Came to Fukuoka Canadian Brett Larner of "Japan Running News has produced this film as a series of interviews with previous foreign winners.
We are lucky that "Canadian Runner" has also given out a link to the entire film which you can see by opening the link at the bottom of this piece. When you open the article there is an untitled picture that any old timer will recognize as Canadian marathoner Jerome Drayton who was a two time winner of the race. It is something that you may have to watch with a couple of beers by your side to see all these previous 'foreign' winners speak on their computers to address their feelings about Fukuoka and the race. Interestingly no Japanese winners were interviewed for this film, and this last race will be for Japanese runners only. Hope you enjoy. Please note that after each runner introduces himself, there is a brief pause or freeze, but it will start up again. Some speak in their native language and there are subtitles provided. George
Canadian Runner, The Fukuoka Film
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