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Joey Villar - The Philippine Star
March 3, 2025 | 12:00am
ASICS brand ambassadors Richard Salano, Migs Bustos and Arlan Arbois respresented the country in the Tokyo Marathon in Japan Sunday.
TOKYO — Filipino runner Arlan Arbois Jr. always has a knack for turning something out of nothing.
With little preparation having to juggle national team duties and his responsibility as a newly enlisted Army personnel, the 24-year-old 2023 Phnom Penh Southeast Asian Games silver medalist came through with his best effort to date in the Tokyo Marathon on a windy, cold Sunday morning here.
With an iron will, the proud son of San Rafael, Davao City, who is an ASICS ambassador, clocked two hours, 24 minutes and 23 seconds in this 42.195-kilometer race that started in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and ended between the Imperial Palace and the Tokyo train station.
He surpassed his previous best time of 2:26.38 in December in a race back home.
Forget about finishing 125th out over 38,000 in this annual race considered as one of the seven “majors” of the sport, what mattered was Arbois accomplishing what he had set out for.
“I didn’t expect it because I had little preparation because I was just recently accepted in the Army,” said Arbois, running in ASICS’ newly released Meta Speed Edge.
“But every time I race, I always try to improve on my time. And I’m happy I did here,” he added.
Meanwhile, Richard Salano had a strong start but then struggled in the chilly weather in the end and finished at 174th in 2:28.40.
