Sapporo International Half Marathon
Date: Jul 4th Sun
See details on the following link for your registration.
You need to be qualified to sign up for this race.
Women: 37m in 10km, 1h28m in 20km, 1h32m in Half Marathon, 3h10 in Marathon
Men: 33m in 10km, 1h14m in 20km, 1h18m in Half Marathon, 2h40m in Marathon.
You need to become a member of Rikuren registered running club.
http://www.stv.ne.jp/sports/marathon/outline/index.html

The 4th Nikko Suginamiki Marathon
Date: Aug 1st Sunday
Categories: 10km, 5km, 3km
Fee: 2,000yen for all categories
Venue: Nikko-shi Tochigi-ken
10km and 5km’s registrations are alredy closed.
http://runnet.jp/runtes/raceDetail/entry/b14232.html

The 29th Yamanichi YBS Fuji Yoshida Himatsuri Road Race
Date: Aug 22nd Sunday.
Category: half, 10km, 5km
Venue: Fuji Yoshida-shi, Yamanashi-ken
Fee: 3,500yen for half, 3,000yen for 10km and 5km,
  1,500yen for middle school age and under
Deadline: Jul 9th
http://runnet.jp/runtes/raceDetail/entry/b14010.html

10th Mt. Fuji Cross country
Date: Aug 22nd Sunday.
Category: 10km, 5km, 3km and 2km for only primary school students 3rd to 5th glades
Venue: Fuji-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Fee: 3,500yen for adults, 1,800yen for high school students, 1,500yen for junior high school students, 1,200yen for primary school students
Deadline: Jul 9th
http://runnet.jp/runtes/raceDetail/summary/b14916.html

2010 Hokkaido Marathon
Date: Aug 29th Sun
Registration has been closed already
http://www.hokkaido-marathon.com/overview/

12th hours Kita-Tanzawa Adventure race.

Date: July 5th Sun
Distance: 44.24km
Time limit : 12hours at the finish, 4h30m at 18.59km, 6hours at 29.42km
Course: http://www.justmystage.com/home/kitatanzawa/12hpa.html
1st wave of starting time: 6:30am (People who finished fast at the previous tome)
2nd wave of starting time: 7:00am

Venue: Aone Midori no kyukamura center (You can stay overnight)
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=ja&geocode;=&q=青根緑の休暇村&sll=35.711841,139.585223&sspn=0.006934,0.013239&brcurrent=3,0x60191223c9c4915f:0x378ea32ce1d13788,0&ie=UTF8&hq;=青根緑の休暇村センター&hnear;=青根緑の休暇村センター&ll=35.554714,139.136095&spn=0.027792,0.052958&z=14&iwloc=A

Deadline: Jun 4th Fri
http://runnet.jp/runtes/raceDetail/entryAfterLogin.php?raceId=13561

You can take a shuttle bus to get from JR Fujino-station to the venue, you need to make a reservation when you register on RUNNET, fixed number should be 1,800people.
往復バス申込 = round trip bus
片道バス申込 = one way trip bus

Car parking lots available.

Hi S-san,
Congrats again on your recent PB. Great effort.

What do you think of this Saiko race?
Have you done it before? Is it worth entering?
Thanks
Jon

Saiko Road Race
Date: Jun 20th Sun
Categories: 20.5km, 10.7km, 4km, 3km(Family)
Fee: 3,000yen 2,000yen for junior high school and elementary school students. 4,000yen for family
Deadline: Apr 16th Fri
http://runnet.jp/runtes/raceDetail/summary/b13000.html

I might do it. Terry usually organizes it.
It’s a nice race.
Pretty hot though

Thanks.
Heat no problem…we have been training in 35 degrees plus!!!