Aoyama Gakuin University opened the 91st Hakone Ekiden with an incredible team performance, chasing down frontrunning national champion Komazawa University on the mountainous final stage of the day to set a new record of 5:23:58 for the five-stage, 107.5 km net uphill Day One course.
After an inspiring Hakone Ekiden Day One performance that saw first-year Kazuki Tamura set the Fourth Stage record and third-year Daichi Kamino deliver a soaring record on the famous uphill Fifth Stage on the way to a Day One course record win, Aoyama Gakuin University came to Day Two of
In 2004 you became head coach at Aoyama Gakuin University. How did you arrive here from your corporate running career? Hara: I was a failure as a corporate runner. I got fired within five years. I didn't race well. Someone who had been two years younger than me at
Following yesterday’s first half of the European Athletics Team Championships review, here is the second half of interesting facts that took place over the weekend of 21-22 June across Europe. N…is for Tiidrek Nurme, of Estonia, who showed his long-distance ability on home soil
The race took place amid beautiful white scenery. After 5 days of heavy snowfalls, the entire course was covered by 12cm of snow. Fast times were not possible but impressions were unforgettable for the 813 runners, a record number coming from 41 different countries. Frederic Ruberti made it a start-...
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