Many Nambanners participated in the Kanagawa Half and 10km on Feb. 2nd under beautiful sunny skies and 10c temperatures.
Gary Wilberforce came in second (by 4 seconds!) in the Men’s open 10km category with a time of 31:37 and also got his PB!
Ryudo Tsukizaki blasted the half in 1:21:31.
Mike Trees ran 1:15:55 (1:15:47 net) for 84th in Rikuren and that would have been enough to win the men’s 50s category!
Emmanuel Obser continued his PB streak with 1:21:33, PB by over 2min, #21 in 40-50 AG.
Takeshi Koide also renewed his PB to 1:21:05.
Renaud Isman took 4th place in Men’s 50 with a time of 1:23 (1:22:01 net) for a new PB.
Yuichi Kanamori took 1:28:16 for 261 in the rikuren race.
Arnaud de Herrypon came in 6th in the 10K Men’s 50s category with a time of 38:29.
Kim Dumont took 4th Open Women’s with 1:34:46 (1:33:43 net).
Rie Onodera did the half in 1:35:21 for 6th in her age group.
Yasuo Hayakawa did 1:40:02 for his third best PB.
Yuri Kanbara did 1:43:53 for 61st in the rikuren women’s race.
Mika Kume nailed 1:47:43 and 76th rikuren registered women’s.
Dan Hewins did the race as a training run in 1:54:04.
Glenn Rubin completed the half in 1:56:03 (injured)
Many thanks to Kazuo Chiba, Mokea Nakamura, Rieko Trees and Iyo Koda for supporting!
Afterwards, almost all the racers and supporters enjoyed some celebratory beverages at the nearby Full Monty. It was a fantastic day out!
Thanks to Glenn Rubin for this report.
