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Takigahara SDF Base Wins Mt. Fuji Ekiden for eighth Yr

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Two traditional midsummer ekidens occurred through the Paris Olympics, the 77th Towada Hachimantai Ekiden in Akita and the forty ninth Mount Fuji Ekiden in Shizuoka. We did not have time to cowl them then, however higher late than by no means.

The Mount Fuji Ekiden was held Aug. 4 in Gotemba, Shizuoka beginning at Gotemba Area, climbing 3258 m to the height of Mt. Fuji, then making the return journey for a complete distance of 48.19 km in 11 phases. Every runner on the 6-member groups dealt with one uphill leg and one downhill leg besides the sixth runner, whose stage included the ultimate climb to the height after which the beginning of the descent after getting the tasuki stamped by a monk ready on the prime.

For the eighth 12 months in a row the Takigahara SDF Base staff received the general title, working 3:51:35 to win simply 24 seconds off final 12 months’s mark. Particular person stage winners from Takigahara included 2-time Hasetsune Cup winner Yuya Kawasaki on the uphill 4th leg, vertical king Toru Miyahara on the fifth leg, and Hiroya Moriguchi on the summit leg. Final 12 months’s runner-up Moriyama thirty fifth Infantry Regiment was over 2 minutes quicker than final 12 months however was nonetheless a distant 2nd in 3:57:22. 4th in a photograph end with third final 12 months, the 1st Airborne Brigade had one other last-second heartbreak this time, third by 2 seconds behind Moriyama in 3:57:24.

With stage wins by Ryunosuke Omi and Hiroki Kai, the Heisei Sangakukai staff was the highest non-military staff at seventh total in 4:03:22, beating the Toyota Sportsman Membership by 44 seconds.

forty ninth Mount Fuji Ekiden

Gotemba, Shizuoka, 4 Aug. 2024

11 phases, 48.19 km, 3258 m ascent, 3199 m descent, 100 groups, 6 runners per staff

Prime Particular person Stage Outcomes

First Stage (6.54 km, 243 m achieve)

Yuya Asaka (2nd Infantry Regiment) – 20:44 (3:10/km)

Second Stage (4.64 km, 345 m achieve)

Kosuke Edamura (Shimizu Operating Membership) – 18:24 (3:58/km)

Third Stage (4.54 km, 371 m achieve)

Satoshi Nakamitsu (Nerima 1st Infanty Regiment) – 19:41 (4:20/km)

Fourth Stage (2.84 km, 664 m achieve)

Ryunosuke Omi (Heisei Sangakukai) – 26:07 (9:12/km)

Fifth Stage (4.24 km, 1017 m achieve)

Toru Miyahara (Takigahara SDF Base) – 44:17 (10:27/km)

Sixth Stage (4.92 km, 618 m achieve to summit, 618 m loss)

Hiroya Moriguchi (Takigahara SDF Base) – 42:30 (8:38/km)

Seventh Stage (3.66 km, 1017 m loss)

Suguru Wakushima (Fuji Sky) – 8:05 (2:13/km)

Eighth Stage (2.59 km, 664 m loss)

Seiya Okimoto (Hachioji Fuji Operating Membership) – 6:31 (2:31/km)

Ninth Stage (4.44 km, 371 m loss)

Tatsuhiko Takahashi (2nd Infantry Regiment) – 11:34 (2:36/km)

Tenth Stage (4.64 km, 345 m loss)

Hayato Furukawa (Nerima 1st Infantry Regiment) – 11:34 (2:30/km)

Eleventh Stage (4.88 km, 184 m loss)

Shogo Yokoi (Akagi Climbers) – 15:27 (3:10/km)

Prime Workforce Outcomes

1. Takigahara SDF Base – 3:51:35

2. Moriyama thirty fifth Infantry Regiment – 3:57:22

3. 1st Airborne Brigade – 3:57:24

4. Rumoi SDF Base – 3:59:44

5. Nerima 1st Infantry Regiment – 4:01:04

6. 2nd Infantry Regiment – 4:01:34

7. Heisei Sangakukai – 4:03:22

8. Toyota Sportsman Membership – 4:04:06

9. Engaru SDF Base – 4:07:59

10. Sapporo 18th Infantry Regiment – 4:09:44

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translated and edited by Brett Larner

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