Six Nambanners Enjoy the Nagareyama 10K

Six Namban Rengo members took part in the Nagareyama 10K in Chiba prefecture on Oct. 11. It was raining when we arrived, but gradually lessened, and by race time (10:00) it had stopped. Of course, it was still about 100% humidity, so even though cool, conditions were not ideal. It’s a nice course with about five up/downs and lots of turns, but those serve to keep things interesting. The total number of runners was 3,581, so a pretty good-size race. Results were: Gildas Tuffin 37:23, Yuichi Kanamori 38:47, Derek Leong 39:13, Bob Poulson 39:46, Rie Onodera 41:00 and Yoshie Niitsuma 50:40. Bob was 3rd in the 60s age group out of 366 and Rie was 4th in the 40s women (250). All in all, a very nice, competitive, well organized race, with good pre- and post-race facilities.