Hasetsune Cup


The Hasetsune Cup, also referred to as The Japan Mountain Endurance Race , or Hasegawa Tsuneo Cup, is an annual ultramarathon sporting event held since 1992 in the mountain area in Tokyo, Japan to commemorate a Japanese alpinist, Tsuneo Hasegawa .



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 in 2013, and ladies' course record is 8:54:07 achieved by Norimi Sakurai in 2008.

Results

2013

2,127 finishers out of 2,579 starters.

Men
  1. Toru Higashi 7:19:13 Course Record
  2. Tetsuya Osugi 7:29:05
  3. Satoshi Okuyama 7:36:21
Ladies
  1. Yumiko Oishi 9:26:55
  2. Mitsuko Sato 9:40:7
  3. Amy Sproston, 9:44:47

2012

1,984 finishers out of 2,344 starters.

Men
  1. Dakota Jones, 7:22:07
  2. Toshihito Kondo, 7:40:18
  3. Kei Kikushima, 7:53:48
Ladies
  1. Mitsuko Sato, 9:25:49
  2. Ryoko Eda, 9:32:30
  3. Yukari Nishida, 9:56:57

2011

1,725 finishers out of 2,158 starters.

Men
  1. Tsuyoshi Soma, 7:37:18
Ladies
  1. Yumiko Oishi, 9:49:03

2010

1,622 finishers out of 2,232 starters.

Men
  1. Ludwig Pommelet, 8:03:02
Ladies
  1. Yasuko Nomura, 9:45:24

2009

1,727 finishers out of 2,070 starters.

Men
  1. Yutaka Goto, 7:31:48
Ladies
  1. Midori Hoshino, 10:10:22