Experience the unique sensation of a race that cannot be experienced in practice! At the Tamagawa Half Marathon, in order to create an atmosphere that makes it easy for runners to participate in the race, we offer “low prices,” “the industry’s No. 1 measurement,” “abundant pace runners,” “MC, We will …
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Experience the unique sensation of a race that cannot be experienced in practice!
At the Tamagawa Half Marathon, in order to create an atmosphere that makes it easy for runners to participate in the race, we offer “low prices,” “the industry’s No. 1 measurement,” “abundant pace runners,” “MC, We will do our best to operate as much as possible, such as “guest support”. Whether you are a runner participating in a race for the first time or a runner preparing for a full marathon, please fully enjoy the unique atmosphere of the “race” that you cannot experience in practice. We will continue to focus on “measures against new coronavirus infectious diseases” and promise to consistently operate with sincerity.
Limited to the first 800 people.
Course features
The course is flat. The road surface is asphalt for about 1km downstream from the front of Suwa Ikoi no Hiroba. The section further downstream is a gravel road. Because it is a loop course, it is a course unique to the riverbed where you will not always pass by runners and feel lonely.
[Caution]
Children may jump out of the adjacent soccer field or baseball field. The course is not exclusive, so please give consideration to each other and avoid accidents.
Commendation
Medals and commendation certificates will be presented to the 1st to 3rd place winners in each division.
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Nice little practice run
Similar to the monthly Tamagawa Half Marathon sponsored by Kawasaki City, this was corporate sponsored. It consisted of 4+ back and forth "loops" along the Tamagawa River on the Kanagawa … MORE
Similar to the monthly Tamagawa Half Marathon sponsored by Kawasaki City, this was corporate sponsored. It consisted of 4+ back and forth “loops” along the Tamagawa River on the Kanagawa side. The course is as flat as a pancake and makes for a nice, relatively easy early season run. Not much to say about the scenery, even though it is along the major river between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures, but at least you are mostly out of the concrete and can see a little green. The asphalt of parts of the course have been recently paved—marked “marathon” —but other parts still nicely maintained gravel.
There were drink stations with sport drinks or water about every 1.5 kilometers as I recall. They also had pacers for this race.
No swag, but chip timed so you can get the gun time as well as net time. Online certificates of your participation and finish time are available for download. This is not a race for collecting stuff, but for folks in the area who just like to run, seriously or for fun. I’d recommend it as as sort of practice race or time trial to see how your training is going. Overall, an enjoyable run.
This was not nearly as crowded (563 runners) as other half marathons in the Tokyo area, but was very well organized. The extreme Covid-19 precautions of many earlier large races were gone for this race.