You already know what they are saying: a go well with and tie pairs ridiculously effectively with trainers.
On Thursday on the 2026 Marathon des Sables, the 250-km race throughout the Moroccan Sahara, Japanese runner Masahiro Michinaka was noticed in full enterprise apparel–black go well with jacket, gown pants and burgundy tie. Plus, in fact, his shiny orange trainers.
Regularly known as the hardest footrace on this planet, the Marathon des Sables is each relentlessly unforgiving and iconic. Over the span of seven days and 6 phases, members are principally unsupported, carrying all their provides on their backs. The race offers solely water and tents for sleeping at night time. With sandstorms and 40 C warmth, it’s a brutal check of grit and endurance. This 12 months marks the fortieth version of the race; it started on April 3 and can conclude on April 13.
Michinaka wore his go well with for Stage 4, the 100-km stage, extensively thought-about essentially the most tough phase of the race.
In accordance with his UTMB profile, the Marathon des Sables marks Michinaka’s second UTMB-scale occasion. Racing within the M20-34 division, he accomplished final 12 months’s Okumusashi Lengthy Path 35K in Japan, which options 2,338m of climbing, stopping the clock in 8:56:34.
Normalizing enterprise apparel on race day
Michinaka isn’t the primary runner to sport a go well with and tie on race day. Atypical outfits are frequent in marathons, usually in pursuit of Guinness World Data. The mark for the quickest marathon in a go well with retains dropping, and now stands at 2:38:21, set final 12 months by New Zealand’s Jason Hunt.