Kenko (Half) Marathon

Kenko Marason Taikai
第27回健康マラソン大会
札幌市
Sapporo
Put on by the Sunshine Sports Club

Dist: Half Marathon, 10k, 5k, 3k
Fee: 3000 yen
Deadline: 9/23

Meet at Toyohira River riverside park by the Myunhen Bridge (ミュンヘン大橋)
Reception: 8:30 to 9:20
Course briefing: 9:30
Start: 10:00 (Half Marathon, other distance start AFTER the half marathon start)

Apply by bringing your application and application fee to the Sunshine Sports Club or by sending your fee to the following bank account.

北海道銀行中央支店　(普)0769447 サンシャインビル(株)
Hokkaido Ginko Chuo Shiten (futsu) 0769447  Sunshinebiru


You can download a PDF of the application form from their website at the link below.

Contact

Tel 011-221-3411

Fax 011.221.2718

http://sunshine-sc.com/news/2015/08/post_374.html

Santa Land Half Marathon

Ogon Doro Santa Land Half Marathon

After hearing about this a couple of times over the past year, the new running event finally has a website up and an official date. It is scheduled for October 4, which would make it the same weekend as the Betsukai Pilot Marathon.  The main distance is a half marathon and the fee is 3,500 yen.

http://santaland-marath.main.jp/index.html

Date: October 4, 2015
Apply: June 10, 2015 - September 4, 2015
Where: Hiro-cho, Daimaruyama Park

They say participants will get a present from Santa on Christmas Eve!?

The website is brand new and unfinished.  I expect there to be more information by the time the application period starts.

The website has been updated and you can now apply for the race as of June 10.
Online application is being handled by Sports Entry.
http://www.sportsentry.ne.jp/event/t/61014


Distances
Half - 7th grade and up
5k - elementary aged and up
3k - elementary aged kids through high school
3k - Costume (Dressed as Santa?)
3k -  Pair


Fee:
Half: 3,500 for adults, 2,500 for high school, 2,000 for junior high school
5km: 2,500 for adults, 1,500 for junior high school, 1,000 for elementary school
3km 1,000 for junior and high school, 800 yen for elementary school
3km  costume and pair, 1,000 yen.

If you can't apply through Sports Entry you can get an application mailed to you and apply by Yubin Furikae at a post office.

There will be medals and prizes for placers, soup after the race, and a lucky drawing.
A portion of the participation feel will be used for charity.  There will also be whole roasted half of beef, ikura don (salmon roe on rice) and other goodies.

Okoppe Chichi no Sato Half Marathon

Okoppe Chichi no Sato Half Marathon

おこっぺ牛乳(ちち)の里マラソン

What: Half Marathon, 10k, 5k, 3k

Date: 10/4 (Sunday)
Deadline: 8/31

Where: Okoppe-cho 興部町

Fee: 2,500 yen for adults

Runners get salmon soup, rice with scallops and milk after the race to help speed your recovery. Looks like  a delicious event.

Apply by Yubin Furikomi: http://www.town.okoppe.lg.jp/cms/section/education/shakai/nbm3tm0000001kq8-att/npk8cg0000001fsj.pdf

Event Page:
http://www.town.okoppe.lg.jp/cms/section/education/shakai/nbm3tm0000001kq8.html

Bekkai Pilot Marathon

Bekkai Pilot Marathon
別海パイロットマラソン

October 4th
(The first Sunday of October every year)
Bekkai-cho
北海道別海町

Full, 5k

Run down the Pilot Road lined with rolling hills and contented cows. Famous for dairy products, you get milk, ice cream and other complementary dairy products at the party the night before. You can also watch the two mascot cows take off at the start of the marathon.
There are only two distances, the full 42.195k and a 5k. At the end of the full, finishers get an extra large beach towel and a whole salmon as their reward. Not much to do in Bekkai but enjoy the views and the food.

You can get all of the details, in detail from this page.
http://betsukai-marathon.jp/


Full Starts 10:00
5k Starts 10:45
Time limit for the full is 5 hours 20 minutes.

Reception:
Oct. 4th
8:00-9:00
Bekkai Choei Rikujyo Kyogijo (The Town Track)

Last call for the full: 9:30-9:45

Time limits:
10k: 11:10(70 min)
20k: 12:20 (70 min)
30k: 13:30 (70 min)
40k: 14:50 (80 min)
Goal: 15:20
Total: 5 hours 20 minutes

Fee:
Full 5000
5k 2,000

Participation prize:Dairy products from Bekkai, certificate of completion, 5k split times for those who completed at least 20km.
Finisher's Prize: Original Extra Large Bath Towel, 1 Bekkai Salmon.
Sorry, 5k finishers don't get a salmon.  If you want the fish, you gotta finish the full!

There are also several nice prizes for the top placers in each category (mens, womens, age).
Add it to your calendar?
Click here to add it to your Google Calendar 

Or, you can download this VCS file for you calendar program here: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E184E616536E2E8!112511&authkey=!AFhP7O6nxmPBJj8&ithint=file%2cvcs

Kozan Green Race (Trail)

Kozan Green Race (Trail)

コーザングリーンレース

Trail Race

20k, 10k, 5k, 3k, 1k

Date: September 27, 2015

Deadline: 9/16

Where: Noboribetsu Nature Center "Foresto"

Fee: At 2000 yen for adults, this is one of the cheapest races out there.

The trail looks like it is all dirt and gravel road.

Kozan means "mine".

It doesn't look like they will use any online entry sites for this.  The Shikaoi Trail Run is the same. You have to send the money to them via bank transfer with your name, age, and race distance.  

It looks like fun.  

They have information on their website here:

http://npo-momonga.org/2015kgr/2015kgr.html

Tokachi-Dake Trail

Tokachi-Dake Trail in Kamifurano and Biei
十勝岳トレイル
http://tokachidake-trail.com/

What: Trail Run

When: 8/23/2015

Distance: 25k, 10k

Where: Kamifurano / Biei

Cost: 6000, 3000

Application Deadline: 7/31

Eligibility: Men and Women over the age of 18 with the confidence and ability to finish the course on their own.

Runners under the age of 18 can participate in the 10k event with the consent of a parent or guardian.

Nosappu Cape Marathon

北方領土ノサップ岬マラソン
Nosappu Cape Marathon
(Hoppo Ryodo Nossapu Misaki Marathon)

Place: Memuro, Nosappu Misaki
北海道芽室　納沙布岬
Date: August 16
Apply by 7/17

Running: half, 10k

Run from the Northern most point of Hokkaido into Memuro.

This is a race to raise awareness of the Northern Territories problem.

Past participation prizes include T-shirts, towels and baseball caps.

Various prizes given for other things in the closing ceremony. Drink and soup and some food after the race. See the ocean as you run.

I don't have time to do this justice, but I really enjoy this race.  The views of the ocean are great and the soup at the end is delicious.  We always go a day early and enjoy a crab dinner the night before the race.

https://runnet.jp/107372/entry.html