by Brett Larner
It's almost time for the two greatest days of the year, Japan's biggest and best road race, the Jan. 2-3 Hakone Ekiden. Starting lists for each of the twenty-one teams' sixteen-man rosters at Hakone's 93rd edition are out, and below JRN gives you an early look at how the race is shaping up. Follow @JRNLive for live English-language coverage of one of the sport's truly great events.
Hakone is a road relay run over two days, ten stages of around a half marathon in length each, five from downtown Tokyo up to the mountain town of Hakone on Jan. 2 and five more running back down on Jan. 3. There is simply nothing else like it anywhere in the world, in quality, in presentation, in popularity. It's a cultural phenomenon that shows the best of what long distance running can be, even if the cost can be high.
Twenty university men's teams from around the greater Tokyo area and one select team make up the field, each with an entry roster of sixteen…
It's almost time for the two greatest days of the year, Japan's biggest and best road race, the Jan. 2-3 Hakone Ekiden. Starting lists for each of the twenty-one teams' sixteen-man rosters at Hakone's 93rd edition are out, and below JRN gives you an early look at how the race is shaping up. Follow @JRNLive for live English-language coverage of one of the sport's truly great events.
Hakone is a road relay run over two days, ten stages of around a half marathon in length each, five from downtown Tokyo up to the mountain town of Hakone on Jan. 2 and five more running back down on Jan. 3. There is simply nothing else like it anywhere in the world, in quality, in presentation, in popularity. It's a cultural phenomenon that shows the best of what long distance running can be, even if the cost can be high.
Twenty university men's teams from around the greater Tokyo area and one select team make up the field, each with an entry roster of sixteen…