Rebuilt field of elite runners seek 1st Honolulu Marathon victory
HONOLULU — The elites are back.
The 51st Honolulu Marathon takes place Sunday morning with 10 professional runners — six men and four women — leading the pack from Ala Moana Boulevard, out to Hawaii Kai and back to Kapiolani Park.
It has taken a few years for the event to recover from its 2020 cancellation at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is just about fully back, David Monti, the Honolulu Marathon’s race media consultant, told Spectrum News.
“It’s the first year since 2019 that the race has had a proper elite athlete program,” Monti said this week.
