September 4, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD August • On August 5th, on Cape Ann, Mass., Christian Sommer took first place in the YuKanRun half marathon with a time of 1:15:58. • Also […]
August 1, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JULY • Mika Kume, Jay Johanessen and Kimm Seunghoi traveled to Germany for the Frankfurt Ironman on July 8th. This is a big event with 2,500 […]
July 4, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JUNE • On June 2 Yoshitaka Ishikawa ran the Salomon Nishi-Tanzawa Adventure Trial Race (45km). He and a partner were 1st in the team category in […]
June 4, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MAY • May 5th was the annual TELL Charity Runathon, and I would like to thank all the 23 Namban members who came out to support […]
May 7, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD APRIL • On the 8th, Bob Poulson and Steve Briggs traveled up to Hitachi, 90 minutes north of Ueno, for the Hitachi Sakura Roadrace. 5K, 10K […]
April 7, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MARCH • Starting our monthly review in the US, on the 4th, Brent Millican ran a PB of 3:12:41 in the Napa Valley Marathon. • Another […]
March 4, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD FEBRUARY • First, apologies for forgetting to mention the Shibuy Ekiden in January. Held on Jan. 15th in Yoyogi Park, it featured four Namban Rengo teams, […]
February 1, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JANUARY • The Tanigawa Mari Half Marathon (Mari is a still-popular former top marathoner) was held along the Arakawa River on the 8th. 7 Nambanners battled […]
January 15, 2012
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD DECEMBER • The first Sunday in December is always the Okutama Ekiden, a 6-men/3-women road relay that takes place in the Okutama hills 90 minutes west […]