🧖🏻♂️ Kaga Spa Trail Endurance 100 by UTMB receives a storm of critical acclaim
Synthesizes testimonies on Kaga Spa by UTMB’s operational flaws, highlighting congestion, supply shortages, and DNF-handling confusion, and calls for improvements.
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🦢 It's been 8 years since I last ran a local trail race in Taiwan. I ran Explore Your Backyard, a local trail race in Taiwan, again.
It's been a while, this is Tsutsumi from GO ASIA TRAIL, and on April 11, 2025, I participated in the Explore Your Backyard, a local trail running race held in Tucheng District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. I actually ran this race eight years ago in April 2017.
📰 Contributed to a special feature on Asia Trail in RUN + TRAIL Vol. 64
RUN + TRAIL Vol. 64", a magazine specializing in trail running, will be on sale today (December 27, 2023), and features an article titled "Discover the Fascinating Asian Races! I also contributed two pages to this feature article.
📶 Mobile Communications in Overseas Expeditions. The story of switching to Rakuten Mobile because quality docomo was completely finished.
However, since ahamo appeared in March 2021, several Japanese services have introduced plans that allow overseas data roaming as is for a monthly fee. However, since ahamo was introduced just as the Corona Disaster was happening,
🇰🇷 SEOUL 100K 2023 Participation Report. The event management was terrible. but the scenery of the course and the hospitality of the staff helped.
I participated in the SEOUL 100K trail running race held in Seoul, Korea on October 21-22, 2023. This was my first race in Korea since TransJeju in 2018. And it was also my first visit to Seoul myself.
🚅 The High Potential of the Hiroshima Bay Trail Run
Analysis of the Strengths of the Urban-Style Event for the Hiroshima Wangan Trail: Focusing on Access and Accommodation Advantages
🗻 Akiyoshidai Karst Trail Run 2023 Extreme Course Again
Following last year's race, I ran the Akiyoshidai Karst Trail Run again this year. Last year's race was my first time visiting and running in Akiyoshidai, and I wanted to go back again this year because of the spectacular view unique to the karst plateau and the great view from "Ryugo Peak" at the end of the race.
👟 Multi-purpose Barefoot Trail Running Shoes for Walking and Trekking / Merrell Trail Glove 7
In this day and age when thick-soled, carbon shoes are the mainstream, I prefer barefoot shoes that go against the current trend. This is partly because thick-soled, soft-cushioned shoes do not suit my feet, but I have been running in barefoot shoes for more than 10 years. This includes the period from January 2020 to January 2023,