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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Today, I ran the UP RUN Katsushikaku Arakawa Kasenjiki Horikiribashi Marathon in Tokyo, and my time was 2:56:33. It's very flat course. The participant number for Full Marathon was 38. The total participant number was ~500.As I achieved sub-3 today, I achieved consecutive 22-week sub-3s, and achieved 28th sub-3 in these 22 weeks. The consecutive 22-week 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, and 1st place awards.
Today, I ran the Kashiwanoha Haru Ran Run Marathon in Chiba Pref., and my time was 2:53:35. It's very flat course. The participant number for Full Marathon was 93. The total participant number was ~600.
As I achieved sub-3 today, I achieved consecutive 21-week sub-3s, and achieved 27th sub-3 in these 21 weeks. The consecutive 21-week sub-3s may be the Japanese Record as far as I know. Former Record of consecutive 20-week sub-3s was achieved by Mr. K. C. in Tokyo, Japan in 1995.
I don't know the World Record on this. If you know it, please let me know.
Below pictures are finisher certificate, 3rd place award, participation award, and sights of the event.
