The Chugoku Denryoku men’s corporate team has announced that team member Naoki Okamoto, 40, will retire in January. Born in May, 1984, Okamoto went to Tohaku J.H.S. and Yura Ikuei H.S. before enrolling at Meiji University. His 2nd year at Meiji he helped it make it through the Hakone Ekiden qualifying race for the first time in 14 years and ran Hakone at the end of that
To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 16th December). Ultra runner Emma Stuart was not only first woman at the Winter Downs 200, her time of 50 hrs 52 mins was a new women’s record. Stuart finished just 32 minutes behind […]
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By: Greg KochThis morning, I laced up my shoes and ventured out onto the ice for a run with a longtime acquaintance, John Meyer. I determined that our friendship traces back to a Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn event in 2010. At the time, I was working full-time with my family at The Cookie Jar, and my mom sent my sister Becky and me to learn about social media marketing—something still brand new and groundbreaking at the time. I’m also certain my Mom was thrilled to get u […]
The 32nd National Junior High School Ekiden took place Sunday at Kibogaoka Bunka Koen in Shiga. In the girls’ race, Okayama’s Kyoyama J.H.S. scored back-to-back titles with a 41:18 for the 5-leg, 12.0 km course. After a slow start from lead runner Wakana Minami, the Kyoyama girls moved up steadily, third runner Mei Iwasaki taking the lead with a stage win and fourth runner Chisato Shimoda setting
At the Yodogawa Kanpei Half Marathon in Hirakata, Osaka on Dec. 15, Kaede Hagitani, 24, took over 10 minutes off the women’s course record to win in 1:10:37. Hagitani ran the 5000 m at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and is targeting the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Men’s winner Koki Hosokawa, 31, broke his own CR with a 1:08:03 to win for the 2nd year in a row.In 5˚ temperatures the race set off along the
