August 4, 2016
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JULY Jenene Marks, now living in Australia, ran the Sydney Harbour 10K on the 10th, finishing 3rd in her AG and 20th woman overall in 40:47. […]
July 7, 2016
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JUNE Lots of races this month, and we start with the Nishitanzawa Adventure Run on the 4th. Tim Williams and Paul Redbourne ran in the Pairs […]
June 25, 2016
This road race is an offbeat challenge, and one of the few races where I carry my phone to take photographs because the scenery is so beautiful. Mt. Norikura of […]
June 9, 2016
A laid back low key event, you can enter via Runnet, but I managed to get us in a month before the event. There is a marathon(ish) length run and […]
June 6, 2016
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MAY Chika Kanai entered her first Ultramarathon, the 70km Hagi Oukan Maranic (marathon/picnic, although 70k does not sound like a picnic to me!) on the 4th. […]
May 27, 2016
Start time 5:00am This was my second 100km ultra marathon after running Hida Takayama (Gifu prefecture) 100km in June 2015. I experienced so much from that event, but was also […]
May 11, 2016
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD APRIL We begin with the Paracup Charity Half and 10K on the 10th. It was warm at 22C, but cloudy. We had a good sized group […]
April 5, 2016
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MARCH Many big races in March, starting with the Shizuoka Marathon on the 6th. Nambanners who traveled down for the race were Eric Lebrasseur 3:03:59, Alan […]
March 21, 2016
The Tamako Ekiden (March 20) is a relay race around Lake (reservoir) Tama, about 25 minutes west of Shinjuku. The distance is an exact 7.242km, the course is rolling the […]