March 6, 2013

FEBRUARY 2013

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD FEBRUARY • Looking farther back to January, the Osaka Women’s Marathon was on the 27th. Namban Rengo was represented by two strong runners, Aki Hoshino who […]
February 2, 2013

JANUARY 2013

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JANUARY • Tadhg Meany started the year off right with a 10K on New Year’s Day in Carmel, California. He ran 39:07 for 10th place and […]
January 9, 2013

Runnet Corporate Ekiden

On December 16th, 2012 a group of six Nambanners participated in the Runnet Corporate Ekiden Three Hour Time Relay. The weather was very crisp and clear, so Chika, Thomas, Jelena, […]
January 2, 2013

DECEMBER 2012

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD DECEMBER • December 2nd saw the 74th running of the Okutama Ekiden, and Namban Rengo’s 24th year of participation. This year we had 3 men’s teams […]
December 3, 2012

NOVEMBER 2012

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD NOVEMBER Marathon season is here! Lots of races this past month, here are the results I heard about. • Nov. 3rd saw Kimm Seunghoi in Taiwan […]
November 13, 2012

Taiwan Half Ironman

On November 3rd, the Namban horde invaded, ravaged, and conquered the innocent southern shores of Formosa, capturing several podium finishes and devouring 10s of thousands of calories at the famous […]
November 6, 2012

OCTOBER 2012

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD October • Looking back to the last Sunday in Sept., David Rubenstein made his tri comback in the Yokohama Triathlon, finishing in a slow (for him) […]
October 2, 2012

SEPTEMBER 2012

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD SEPTEMBER • Bernd Plagge was in Brockenlauf, Germany on the 1st for a 26.2km race up and down a mountain. He won his age group and […]
September 30, 2012

Tamagawa Trail Run

On Sept. 16th, Michael Tandler, Raymond Wong and Satohi Numasawa traveled two and a half hours from Tokyo to participate in the Tamagawa Trail Run (20K). 678 of the 900 […]