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January 02, 2007

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dadsweb said…

Hi. I really enjoy reading your blog and find it a really informative guide to the world of running in Japan. I was looking thhrough your list of races in Japan for an interesting race to do and thought the Sendai Half Marathon looked good. However when I checked the website it says you have to be a registered Rikuren athlete. I'm wondering how one becomes registered. I've had a look at the Rikuren website, but can't find any information there about it. Thanks in advance for any info you can give.

October 26, 2008 at 10:08 AM

Brett Larner said…

Hello, please email me at the address located in my profile. Include something about Sendai in the subject line.

Brett

October 30, 2008 at 2:16 PM

Janka said…

Hi, I will spend some time in Japan and I was lucky enough to get signed up for Osaka marathon. Could you suggest some other competetion (to help my preparation) between 20 and 30 km at the second part of September or very early October. If possible, not too far from Yokohama...

Thank you very much in advance :-)

July 16, 2015 at 2:38 AM

Brett Larner said…

Please contact me via the email address in my profile.

July 17, 2015 at 5:34 AM

Unknown said…

Hi Brett, can't seem to find your email address in your profile. Would like to know if there is any running events in Tokyo or nearby Tokyo. Thank you.

Mervyn

September 14, 2015 at 11:54 AM

Brett Larner said…

An email address at which you can contact me is listed at the end of my profile description. You can also try blarner (at) gol.com

September 14, 2015 at 1:31 PM

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