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Spain’s Vicente Garcia Beneito, 36, won the Gobi March 2012, earning his second-straight 4 Deserts victory in a time of 23:12:33. Garcia Beneito, winner of the Atacama Crossing 2012, never once relinquished his lead during the week-long, 250-km race.

In the highly competitive women’s competition, German Anne-Marie Flammersfeld, 31, won her…

Today's Kamogawaecomarathon was blessed by good weather and happy people! Thanks to everybody!

きょうの第二回の鴨川エコマラソンは天気と元気に恵まれて、楽しいイベントでした！皆さんに、ありがとうございました！

Pictures will be uploaded within a few days.

写真は今週中にアップします、楽しみにしてください！…

7th Malaysia International Ekiden Run 2012 will be held on 27th May 2012, Distance:15km (5 runners per team, 3km for each runner)…

Racing in the Footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia (8 May 2012, Hong Kong) — A cast of 150 competitors from 38 countries will be gathering in Jordan’s legendary Wadi Rum this weekend for the highly anticipated RacingThePlanet: Jordan 2012, also known as the “roving race.” The race begins on 13 May at the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a rock formation made famous by…

Held in a very pleasant park surrounding a reservoir. Great nature and my dog Prince was free to run around and greet everyone. I was not expecting such a nice day, and great to see so many Nanban people running (Elsie/Adrian) organizing (Bernd, Juegen (Race Director), Greg, Masako, Chiba etc….).

The course was 2 loops around the resevoir. Mostly flat and no u turns, so fast. Delighted to run 2 minutes and 20 seconds faster than my last 10k at the vegetable marathon 1 month ago. My…

リンク:　ビデオ:　　男子 -  女子 - エコライブ - more...…

Hello Namban runners - hope you are all enjoying the haru in Japan.

Good luck to all those participating in the many great running events available at this time in Japan.

I am finishing my Japanese Degree at Monash University in Melbourne Australia at the moment.

Part of the current module involves a research project on a current theme in Japan.

I thought it a great opportunity to research the "Marathon Boom"

If…

Ran the 31st Annual Sakura Full Marathon in a PB of 4:30 (:29 net?).  It was my second FULL. The other was the Osaka last year (4:42). I had a sciatic injury and was planning to cancel but I miraculously felt better since a few days before the event.

My Chiro gave me the go ahead but to just run maybe half then retire. I planned on running 30k slowly then retiring since the 30K point was relatively near the finish area and I could retrieve my gear. However, after 30k the marathon gods…

2 in very good ones in fact . One in Seoul and the other- a chiropractor who graduated from Maquarie University in Australia- Busan

Dr Kim is one of Koreas top ultra distance runners and has been serving the Korean running community for years. He's based near Konkuk University in Seoul and his phone number is 02 -455-7500. His clinic hours are Monday to Friday 9 am-7 pm.

Dr Steven You is Busan's only English speaking Chiropractor. He studied at Macqurie University in Sydney,…

Tsutomu ISHIDA

２０１２年東京マラソン反省レポート

ジェラルド　ロブ　…

 26日に行なわれた東京マラソンでAKB４８の秋元　才加（さやか）さんの

伴走の一人として参加しました。

秋元さんは今回は2回目。昨年は6時間50分で走り、今回はチャリティーランナー

として参加。秋元さんの母親はフィリピン人であることから、フィリピンの医療に

役立てたいということ、とお母さんへ恩返しをしたいという思いで5時間台を目指し

ました。

１７ｋ過ぎから左ひざが痛み出し、歩いたりする場面もありましたが、沿道の応援

励まされて走り続けることがでしました。ラストスパートは伴走ランナーを引き離す

ほどの勢いで、昨年よりタイムを大幅更新。

5時間39分30秒（ロスタイム約6分）で笑顔でゴールしました。

私自身、とても良い経験ができました。秋元さんの後半の頑張りはすごかったです。

ラスト４ｋからの様子…

As I have decided to watch the race on TV, I may as well write about how the top-runners are doing. In the early stages, a group of eight runners with Haile Gebresselassi and Japanese runner Masakazu Fujiwara followed the 2:58/k pacemakers, which actually slowed down to 3:02 soon. They reached 10k in 29:54, about the same time the last runners crossed the start…

Good luck to all of you who are running in this year's Tokyo marathon. Think of all the hard work that you've done to get you in the best shape that you've ever been; in order to run the race of your life. Seize the moment , but really enjoy the occasion. And have a well deserved Yebisu beer or two afterwards.

May the force be with you!

Owain

Because the Takao is too crowded and too "frozen & slippery", I ran the Ohme Kyuryou (青梅丘陵) yesterday. Good view and not too crowded.   Please take a look at the photos under "Photos".  Photosの写真を見て下さい。

Today a group of runners ran the annual Shibuya Ekiden in Yoyogi Park. I ran on the Namban Rengo Masters team, having moved up from a position as a substitute, and not feeling very comfortable about it. However, thanks to my teammate's efforts, we finished in 2nd, beaten only by the Shibuya triathletes, and ahead of our nemesis, the…

Frank Horwill MBE passed away at age 84 on 1 January.  He was one of the UK's finest coaches and was the inspiration behind some of the nasty sessions we do (so now you know who to blame...).

Read more.

A great time was had by all at Takao this year, with Yoshi Ishikawa winning his age-group, Masako just out of the money in fourth after being passed by two other women on the downhill, and Christophe finishing in a remarkable 2h01 on the longer 18k course. Working on the video now, and more pics to be uploaded shortly!…