July Race Results

• Yasuo Hayakawa ran back-to-back Halfs, on the 4th and the 10th. The first one was at Korya Tama in 1:39:44 and the second was Toyosu in 1:45:56. Well, it was probably hotter for the second one.

• Chika Kanai ran in the MxK 5K race on the 22nd, in a time of 22:11, pretty good for a hot day.

• 7 Nambanners ready for a challenge went to Nozawa Onsen on the 25th for trail races. Here are the results, courtesy of Harrisson:

61.5k (with 3200m climb)

405 finishers in men’s race, 69 finishers in women’s race

Sarah Martin – 9:42:57 – 10th overall woman – 5th age group | pre race goal: “to finish the race, not being last”

Vincent Chanron – 9:57:46 – 84th overall man – 36th age group | pre race goal: “sub 12h”

Kengo Torigoe – 10:49:31- 142nd overall man – 58th age group | pre race goal: “sub 10h”

23k – 1400m climb – 151 finishers in men’s race

Harrisson Uk – 2:59:41 – 4th overall man – 1st age group | pre race goal: “no expectation”

Gena Gordeev – 5:05:45 – 101st overall man – 39th age group

14k – 500m climb – 34 finishers in women’s race

Mana Ito – 2:14:34 – 9th overall woman – 3rd age group | pre race goal: ” to finish the race”

Celine Bouny – 2:38:45 – 18th overall woman – 9th age group | pre race goal: “to take pictures and videos for instagram”

• And on the 31st, Yuta Suda ran in the Ara Plus Challenge, racing 3000m in 9:23 and 1000m in 2:48.8 – a new PB!