June 3, 2017
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MAY On the May 4th holiday, Stuart Brady took part in the Kasukabe Half Marathon, finishing in a respectable 1:33:33, despite it being a very warm […]
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 […]
May 8, 2017
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD APRIL No April Fool’s Day runs, but on the 2nd, Eric Lebrasseur did the Hasetsune 30K trail run in 1:23:32. And Stefano Coradeschi ran the Rome […]
April 3, 2017
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MARCH At the Shizuoka Marathon on the 5th the trash talk was flying and the runners were flying for, well, 3/4 of the race. Except for […]
March 5, 2017
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD FEBRUARY T.S. Eliot said “April is the cruellest month”, but February is the coldest month. That didn’t bother the many Nambanners who raced this month. Beginning […]
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, […]
February 17, 2017
Hello Nanbanners, On Saturday, 11th February, I completed the Shinrinkoen half-marathon, in Saitama, in a time of 1:33:56. This was the third race of my first competitive running season – […]
February 5, 2017
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JANUARY This year, as in the past 28 years, the first Sunday of December saw several Namban Rengo teams participating in the Okutama Ekiden out in […]