With temperatures reported as high as 35˚C and sunny conditions, a total of 3,858 people were reported to have run Sunday’s Lake Saroma 100 km and 50 km Ultramarathon. The conditions were bad enough that 3 runners were taken to the hospital with heatstroke and world champion Haruki Okayama had to drop out mid-race, but that didn’t stop Hong Kong’s Kok Wai Tse from running strong over the 2nd half
Source: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com