Namban Rengo teams dominated the January 18 Shibuya Ekiden capturing first place all of the adult divisions.  Not only did Namban dominate the podium, we managed to stay out of […]

This year’s Okutama marked the 70th edition. Perfect conditions greeted the Namban Rengo horde in the mountains west of Tokyo. The weather was cool and crisp, but the sun made […]

The 21th [sic] Ohtawara Marathon was held on 23rd November, 2008. Conditions were near perfect — dry, cool, calm — when the gun signaled the start of the marathon at […]

The last ever Tokyo International Women’s Marathon was run on Sunday November the 16th, 2008. TIWM was the very first women’s only marathon in the world and it has produced […]

Sunday October 26, 2008. About 20 Nambanners participated in the Edogawa 10k today. There was quite a number of PBs, first-time races, and podium finishes. There was intermittent rain during […]

Namban Rengo members Joachim Dirks and Kiyo Yoshida successfully complete the 100k Kubikino Ultra Marathon course. Joachim finished in a impressive 9:09 in his Ultra debut. Yoshida-san finished in 10:45, […]

With her third placing in the 22nd Mount Kinabulu International Climbathon on August 24th, Namban’s own Yuri Kanbara just keeps racking up the impressive achievements. Yuri finished the 21 km […]

Six Nambanners scaled Mount Fuji in last Friday’s 61st annual Fuji Tozan Climbing Race, one of Japan’s most popular and most difficult endurance events.  The Summit Race is 21 km […]

After two years of relative respite from the heat, it was business as usual at a hot Obuse, Nagano Prefecture. The increasingly popular Half Marathon took place on Sunday July […]