May 4, 2018
Mara Yamauchi finished in 6th place in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Women’s Marathon and won the 2008 Osaka Ladies’ Marathon. After retiring from running in 2013, she qualified as a […]
January 30, 2018
Unlike last year, for this year’s Namban Rengo Run & BBQ (Nov. 6), we got the beautiful weather we deserve. A strong wind was in our faces on the return […]
January 30, 2018
On Saturday May 6, the world awoke to the news of Eliud Kipchoge narrowly missing an audacious attempt to break the 2 hour marathon barrier on the infamous Monza F1 […]
January 30, 2018
January 29th marked the 15th running of the Shinjuku City Half Marathon (plus 10km and family/children’s events). The convenience and novelty of running in the center of the city and […]
October 4, 2017
After last year’s surprising fifth place showing at the charity Yell Run at Mega Web in the Odaiba district, Namban Rengo was back this year for more – in force. […]
June 10, 2017
It immediately hit me at around the 15-km mark; a sudden realization of the whole experience I was on. It was just after 07:00 am; we had been running for […]
May 31, 2017
Okukuji Trail Race 奥久慈トレイルレース 2017 May 28th in Ibaraki prefecture. 59km 3900m of total elevation gain. Very good weather conditions, that is no rain and not too hot. Result: 27th/595 […]
May 12, 2017
On Saturday May 6, the world awoke to the news of Eliud Kipchoge narrowly missing an audacious attempt to break the 2 hour marathon barrier on the infamous Monza F1 […]
February 18, 2017
Finished #25 out of 388 entrants in 1:27:38, my best time by 1’47”! <Adding more following Padraig’s advice> It’s a flat, straight, sandy (dirt) course, not hard on the feet, […]