Result of Japanese Record of straight 25 weekly sub-3s

The result of straight 25-week sub-3 in a row is below table. In this 25 weeks, I achieved 31 sub-3s. And I ran 46 Full-Marathons and 3 Ultra-Marathons.
In the 10th week, I ran Ueno-Hakone >110km x 2 days Ultra-Marathon, and I won 6th place in the first day, 1st place in the second day, and 3rd place for the total.
In the 18th week, I did straight 2 days sub-3s in a row.
Finally I could not recover the damages by the Sakura Michi (250km), and I failed 26th week challenge. However, I'm very satisfied with my achievement of Japanese record renewing from previous 20 weeks to 25 weeks, and with my completion of Sakura Michi which is very honored top-level Ultra-Marathon race in Japan.

Japanese Record of straight 25 weekly sub-3s

Today I ran Kokyo Otasuke marathon around the Kokyo in Tokyo. My time was 3:27:58. As I could not achieve sub-3 today, straight weekly sub-3 in a row is ended. It's 25 straight weekly sub-3 in a row, and is Japanese record as the former record was 20 straight weeks.

It's very tough marathon today because I ran full Marathon by sub-3 10 days ago by exerting all my powers, and ran Sakura Michi (250 km) 1 week ago by exerting all my powers more. I felt that most of my leg muscles are going to be cramping up during today's race. Just 1 week after 250 km race was too short to me to get recovered.

Sakura Miti (Cherry Road) International Nature Run (250 km)

Last weekend, I ran the Sakura Miti (Cherry Road) International Nature Run from Nagoya Castle in Aichi Pref. to Kenrokuen In Ishikawa Pref. through Gifu and Toyama Pref. The distance was 250 km, and my time was 32 hours and 1 minutes. It's very very tough course with tremendous up-downs. The highest temperature during race was 30 deg.C in daytime, and the lowest temperature was ~5 deg.C in nighttime. It was very tough race.  The participant number  was 133, and 20 out of 133 were from abroad, such as Taiwan, Korea, France, Australia, Canada, Hungary, and Estonia. 82 out of 133 completed the race, so the finish rate was 61%.

Sakura Miti (Cherry Road) is a nickname of the road from Nagoya city in Aichi Pref. to Kanazawa city in Ishikawa Pref. This nickname originates that Mr. Sato planted ~2,000 cherry trees along this road to connect the road between Pacific ocean and the Sea of Japan with cherry trees by crossing the Japan main Island, and volunteers keep planting >2,000 cherry trees additionally along the road after he passed away. Including the surrounding areas of the road, they says that there are ~20,000 cherry trees.

Below picture is a finisher certificate which made of Japanese cypress. All of letters and figures, even my name and my time, are carved. Its thickness is 2 cm.

Below pictures are finish in the Kenrokuen in Kanazawa City in Ishikawa Pref. There is a cherry tree which Mr. Sato planted as 1,500th.

 Below pictures are participant T-shirts, towel, and flush budges for safety during night-time running.

 

Japanese Record of straight 25 weekly sub-3s

Yesterday I ran full-marathon in Challenge 2020 1204th day. My time was 2:59:47. Pictures and articles are posted by organizer in below link.

https://www.facebook.com/c2020marathon/posts/2016425412008840
(In Japanese only. Sorry...)

As I achieved sub-3 yesterday, I achieved 25 straight weekly sub-3 in a row as I mentioned previously.

Status of Japanese Record of straight 24 weekly sub-3s

The status of straight 24-week sub-3 in a row is below table. In this 24 weeks, I achieved 30 sub-3s. And I ran 45 Full-Marathons and 2 Ultra-Marathons.

Japanese Record of straight 24 weekly sub-3s

Today, I ran the Kasumigaura Marathon in Ibaraki Pref., and my time was 2:52:47. It's basically flat course with some up-down, and the course of later half is along the Kasumigaura Lake. The participant number for Full Marathon was 14506. The total participant number was ~25,000.
As I achieved sub-3 today, I achieved straight 24 weekly sub-3s, and achieved 30th sub-3 in these 24 weeks. I'm  keep breaking the Japanese Record of straight weekly sub-3 as far as I know.
I don't know the World Record on this. If you know it, please let me know.

Below pictures are finisher certificate and participation award.

Japanese Record of straight 23 weekly sub-3s

Today, I ran the Oyama Omoikawa Sakura Marathon in Tochigi Pref., and my time was 2:54:38. It's basically flat course along the River, but there are some up-downs to go up to the top of bank and to go down. The participant number for Full Marathon was ~1500. The total participant number was ~2500.
As I achieved sub-3 today, I achieved straight 23 weekly sub-3s, and achieved 29th sub-3 in these 23 weeks. The straight 23 weekly sub-3s may be the Japanese Record as far as I know.
I don't know the World Record on this. If you know it, please let me know.

Below pictures are finisher certificate, participation award, 7th place awards, and scenery of Omoikawa Sakura (a kind of cherry tree which originate in Oyama city.