Honolulu Marathon celebrates 50th anniversary
HONOLULU — Founded by Honolulu cardiologist Jack Scaff, who passed in September at the age of 87, the venerable Honolulu Marathon celebrated its 50th running of the 26.2-mile marathon in paradise early Sunday morning.
The fourth largest marathon held in the United States behind New York, Chicago and Boston, the Honolulu Marathon has no time limit and every entrant is guaranteed a finish time — run, jog or walk.
World-class elite athletes assembled to compete in the 2022 Honolulu Marathon include Shifera Tamru and Asefa Mengstu from Ethiopia, and Barnabas Kiptum and Reuben Kerio from Kenya in the men’s division. Ethiopian athletes Abebech Afework Bekele and Asayech Ayalew Bere, Mai Ito from Japan (a first-time competitor in the Honolulu Marathon) and Lanni Marchant from Canada, who won in 2021, make up the elite women racers.
