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 29, 2012
On July 16th a group of Nambanners braved the heat to participate in the second “vegetable marathon” (5k and 10k, no half-marathon this time) in Yumenoshima. The weather was pretty […]
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 29, 2012
This is a “fun” ekiden, rather than a “serious” ekiden, which is not to say that the 12 Nambanners taking part didn’t try to run fast. We did; it’s just […]
May 18, 2012
The Sendai International Half Marathon, not held last year due to the tsunami (Sendai is in Miyagi pref., 2 hours by bullet train north of Tokyo), returned in style this […]
May 8, 2012
Sunday April 29th was Laci Demko’s last full day in Japan, and he decided he wanted to say goodbye to his home of two years by running around the Yamanote […]
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 […]