EPISODE · May 15, 2026 · 3 MIN
Marathon Week: Shizo Kanakuri Finished A Marathon He’d Started 54 Years Earlier
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
This week we're replaying some short episodes about long races. In this one from March 2024, Japanese athlete Shizo Kanakuri begins a marathon in 1912... and finishes in 1967. Plus: a college student emails the professor with a question and gets a reply quite a long time after the course was over. Better late than never for Japan’s first, “slowest” Olympian (Japan Times)Hannah Jung For all the people that think they are bad at responding to emails (Hannah Jung on Twitter via Bored Panda)Don’t wait to back our show on Patreon – tomorrow you’ll get an exclusive supporters-only bonus episode
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This week we're replaying some short episodes about long races. In this one from March 2024, Japanese athlete Shizo Kanakuri begins a marathon in 1912... and finishes in 1967. Plus: a college student emails the professor with a question and gets a reply quite a long time after the course was over. Better late than never for Japan’s first, “slowest” Olympian (Japan Times)Hannah Jung For all the people that think they are bad at responding to emails (Hannah Jung on Twitter via Bored Panda)Don’t wait to back our show on Patreon – tomorrow you’ll get an exclusive supporters-only bonus episode
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