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  • WHO WE ARE
  • NEWS, REPORTS & RESULTS
  • LIST OF RACES IN JAPAN
  • RUNNING RESOURCES
SEPTEMBER 2017
October 7, 2017
NOVEMBER 2017
December 4, 2017

OCTOBER 2017

HAIKU OF THE MONTH

Blue skies have returned.

Typhoons are finished (we hope!).

Serious racing starts.


DELAYED SEPTEMBER

I neglected to mention a great result in September: Takeshi Koide completed the UTMB (Ultra Trail Mont Blanc) 100 mile (167km) race in 44:16!!

OCTOBER RESULTS

  • The 1st of the month saw the running of the Tohoku-Miyagi Revive Marathon in Sendai. Eiichiro Kamikawa set a new PB in 2:38:04. Tomohiro Nezu and Colin Hickey also took part. Another marathon took place in Matsumoto, with four Nambanners: Yuichi Kanamori 3:14, Nick Coyle 3:38, Padraig MacColgain 3:42 and Yuri Kambara 3:47 (recovering from injury).
  • Also on the 1st, Yuki Fukushima, coming off seven fast 1.2k legs in an ekiden the day before, but somehow with fresh legs, ran 4:27 for 1500m at a meet in Komazawa Park. Sumie Kawakami ran a small Half Marathon along the Tamagawa, and had an enjoyable run, finishing in 1:52:16. And Daigo Asada was across the world in Sweden, running the TCS Lidingoloppet 30K cross-country race, making it around the course in 2:31:51.
  • There were two 30K races on Saturday the 7th, for some reason, both along rivers. Matt Holmes ran 2:40 in the Tokyo 30K along the Arakawa and Yumi Kato challenged the 30K div. of the Tama Half Marathon, placing 1st AG and 2nd overall – great!
  • A nice 10K race was held on the 8th: Nagareyama in Chiba. Namban runners were David Abbott 38:31, Bob Poulson 42:05 (1st in age group), Rie Onodera 43:30, Yoshie Niitsuma 51:00 and Simon Jelfs
  • On the 22nd, 16 people went to the Koshu Fruit Marathon, up in, yes, Koshu! where they enjoyed a nice dinner the night before and then unfortunately a very wet race.
  • The same day, Yuri Kambara ran a Half Marathon at the Karuizawa Resort Marathon, placing 4th among all women with a 1:44:16 in the rain.
  • In European news, Yuki Fukushima ran the Venice Marathon in 3:15:48 and Yukiko Shimada ran the hilly and windy Lausanne Half in 1:47:47.
  • The Yokohama Marathon was supposed to be run on the 29th but was canceled due to a typhoon, disappointing eight Nambanners.
  • However, the Teganuma Eco Half Marathon (and many other races) was run. Eric Lebrasseur was there and finished in 1:24:29. The Mito Marathon also, where Raymond Wong recorded 3:43:42. And five Nambanners went up to Kanazawa for the Kanazawa Marathon: Bob Johnston 3:21, Gareth Evens 3:22:46 (PB!), Nick Coyle 3:27, Mike and Yuka Rayner both 3:46. AND the Toyama Marathon, where Rika Homma ran a great 3:27:49.
  • 5000m time trial results

NOVEMBER MENU

    At Oda Field track near Yoyogi Park from 730pm.

  • 1 – 1000 x 6
  • 8 – 1200 x 2, 1000 x 2, 800 x 2
  • 15 – 1200, 1000 x 2, 800 x 3, 400
  • 22 – 1000 x 4, 800 x 2, 400
  • 29 – 5000m time trial

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