2009 Inagi Green Ekiden — REPORT

The usually expected hot weather was absent today at the 5th Annual Tokyo Verdy 1969 Inagi Green Ekiden. Instead a light to moderate rain fell throughout the event. There had been so much rain earlier that the running track was waterlogged and unusable. The race started from just outside the stadium and runners were told to use the grass inside edge of the track on the finishing loop. Namban Rengo fielded two teams; a mixed open 1. Mika Tokairin, 2. Paddy O’Connor, 3. Kiyonari Yoshida, 4. Brett Larner and a mixed masters; 1. Yuka Shigihara 2. Barry Bergmann, 3. Keiko McGrath, 4. Bob Poulson