The Yokohama Women's Marathon was a marathon held in

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, Japan, and hosted by

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, the

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. It is one of the major Japanese women's marathon races which is used to decide selection for the Olympics, along with the Nagoya Marathon and Osaka International Ladies Marathon. The competition replaced the

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which was held in

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from 1979 until 2008. Following the creation of the annual

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in 2007, which featured its own annual women's marathon, the sponsors decided to move the women's marathon to Yokohama in 2009. First held on November 15, 2009, it is scheduled for November every year. The second edition was postponed to February 2011 due to APEC Japan 2010 being held that November and the third edition returned to the usual November timing. In 2012 Lydia Cheromei ran a course record time of 2:23:07 hours.Nakamura, Ken (2012-11-18)
Cheromei breaks course record in Yokohama
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-14.

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->Industrial Trade Center-> Yokohama Customs->Kanagawa Prefectural office-> Chinatown->Yamashita Park->Industrial Trade Center->

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-> Yamanote Park->Industrial Trade Center->Yamashita Park (Finish)

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