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Records and Stats From Hakone 2011

by Brett Larner

Records set at this year's outstanding Hakone Ekiden along with associated stats and commentary:

Average 5000 m, 10000 m and half marathon PBs of the ten starters from each of the 1st through 5th place teams overall:

While the average 5000 m and 10000 m PBs have little relationship to the final finishing order, there is, unsurprisingly, a direct correlation with average half marathon PB. The average stage length in Hakone is 21.8 km.

Overall Course Record - 217.9 km, 10 Stages (average stage length 21.8 km)
Waseda Univ. - 10:59:50 - 3:27 under old CR
av. pace: 3:01.7 / km; equiv. 10-man half marathon av.: 1:03:53

Toyo Univ. - 11:00:12 - also under previous CR
av. pace: 3:01.8 / km; equiv. 10-man half marathon av.: 1:03:55

First time all ten men on one team have averaged under 1:04 for equivalent half marathon performance. Previous record of 11:03:17 set by Komazawa Univ. in 2000. Waseda became the first school to win and set course records at all three major university eki…
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Kashiwabara Gives Toyo University 3rd-Straight Hakone Ekiden Day One Win in CR Time (updated with video)

by Brett Larner

Kashiwabara for the win. Click to enlarge photo.

For the third-straight year Toyo University's Ryuji Kashiwabara was the deciding factor on day one of Japan's biggest race, the Hakone Ekiden. Starting the 23.4 km, nearly 900 m climbing Fifth Stage in 3rd place 2:54 behind leader Hideki Inomata of rival Waseda University, Kashiwabara ended up 27 seconds ahead, giving Toyo the win as the team broke the five-stage, 108.0 km Day One course record by over a minute to finish in 5:29:50. Kashiwabara, who was been injured most of the year, missed his own course record by less than a minute but still finished faster than any other runner ever has, winning the stage in 1:17:53. Inomata, in his first and last Hakone, brought Waseda home in 2nd in 5:30:17, likewise clearing the old course record held by Yamanashi Gakuin University for eight years. With seven men holding sub-29 minute 10000 m PBs each Toyo and Waseda were already the best two university teams Japan has ever …
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Tokai Wins National University Ekiden Kanto Region Qualifier

by Brett Larner



Tokai University took the top spot at the 2010 National University Ekiden Kanto Region Qualifier track meet June 26 at Tokyo's National Stadium. With the top six schools at last year's Nationals seeded for this year's championships on Nov. 7, other schools across the country must compete in regional qualifier meets this month to requalify. Consisting of four 10000 m heats of forty runners, each made up of two runners from twenty schools, the combined times of the eight runners from each school are used to determine the team scores at the Kanto Region Qualifier. The five fastest overall schools go on to Nationals.

Tokai came out first on a windy but rain-free evening thanks to strong showings from Heat Four sophomore aces Akinobu Murasawa and Tsubasa Hayakawa along with a Heat Three win from star frosh Daichi Motomura. Joining Tokai at Nationals will be Josai Univ., Kokushikan Univ., Teikyo Univ. and Nittai Univ. Takushoku Univ. missed out on making the cut de…
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