The , also referred to as The Japan Mountain Endurance Race (日本山岳耐久レース), or Hasegawa Tsuneo Cup (長谷川恒男カップ), is an annual ultramarathon sporting event held since 1992 in the mountain area in Tokyo, Japan to commemorate a Japanese alpinist, Tsuneo Hasegawa (長谷川恒男).(22 Aug 2012) "RUN+TRAIL vol.2 トレイルランレースをはじめよう ハセツネ/UTMF完走法 (SAN-EI MOOK)" San-ei Shobo Publishing (三栄書房).
The distance of the race is , the cumulative altitude gain is 4,582m, and the time limit is 24 hours. Men's course record is 7:19:13 achieved by Toru Higashi (東 徹) in 2013, and ladies' course record is 8:54:07 achieved by Norimi Sakurai (櫻井教実) in 2008.
Results
2013 2,127 finishers out of 2,579 starters (2,852 entries). Men Toru Higashi (東 徹) 7:19:13 Course Record Tetsuya Osugi (大杉 哲也) 7:29:05 Satoshi Okuyama (奥山 聡) 7:36:21
Ladies Yumiko Oishi (大石 由美子) 9:26:55 Mitsuko Sato (佐藤 光子) 9:40:7 Amy Sproston, 9:44:47
2012 1,984 finishers out of 2,344 starters (2,574 entries). Men Dakota Jones, 7:22:07 Toshihito Kondo (近藤 敬仁), 7:40:18 Kei Kikushima (菊嶋 啓), 7:53:48
Ladies Mitsuko Sato (佐藤 光子), 9:25:49 Ryoko Eda (江田 良子), 9:32:30 Yukari Nishida (西田 由香), 9:56:57
2011 1,725 finishers out of 2,158 starters (2,488 entries). Men Tsuyoshi Soma (相馬 剛), 7:37:18 Ladies Yumiko Oishi (大石 由美子), 9:49:03
2010 1,622 finishers out of 2,232 starters (2,504 entries). Men Ludwig Pommelet, 8:03:02 Ladies Yasuko Nomura (野村 泰子), 9:45:24
2009 1,727 finishers out of 2,070 starters (2,256 entries). Men Yutaka Goto (後藤 豊), 7:31:48 Ladies Midori Hoshino (星野 緑), 10:10:22
References
External links Hasetsune Cup Official Website Experience at Hasetsune Cup by Dakota Jones