November 30, 2011
The Run for the Cure, a charity race benefitting efforts to eradicate breast cancer, was held at the Imperial Palace loop on November 26th. There were 5K and 10K races […]
November 16, 2011
Warm and sunny weather, 10K and half marathon races, hamburgers and hot dogs, beer and wine, and 90 of the nicest people in the world — Namban Rengo members, families […]
November 9, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD OCTOBER Racing season in full swing — lots of results! • Alex Fluery, now back in Denmark, ran the Budapest Marathon on the 2nd. His time […]
November 6, 2011
Namban looped Tokyo’s famous Yamanote train line on foot for the 6th time this year. 29 set off from Harajuku station on a perfect autumn morning, and 8 made it […]
October 31, 2011
A small Namban contingent made the trip to Nagano pref. for this popular Half Marathon. Conditions were generally good, if a little warm at the start. The course, after a […]
October 7, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD SEPTEMBER • The 4th saw Jay Johannessen and Omar Minami in Singapore for the Safra Bridge Run (half marathon). Jay ran 1:24 (3rd in Masters) and […]
September 27, 2011
The Watarase Half Marathon is a nice medium-size race held far out in the Saitama countryside. After a 2-hour trip, you arrive in the “town” of Yagyu, which consists of […]
September 10, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD AUGUST Not much racing happened in August. We had good turnouts to workouts, however, with more than 40 runners each week and 50 on the 10th. […]
August 30, 2011
Namban made their second trip of this summer to Kamakura for an end-of-season swim session and trail run. Led as usual by the human GPS, Jay, they wound their way […]