Lake Saroma Ultramarathon
The Saroma Lake -100 - km ultramarathon (Japaneseサロマ湖100kmウルトラ マラソン, Saroma -ko -100 - km - urutora - marason ) is an ultra-marathon along the Japanese Saroma Lake which has been held since 1986. He is known by the world records in the 100 - km road race that has been made here. The time limit is 13 hours. The competition also includes a 50 - km run.
Route
The point - to-point course begins in Yubetsu at the west end of Saroma Lake, the largest inland lake in Hokkaido, and initially leads to an inflection point on the Spit, which separates it from the sea Ochotskischem. Then it's on the south shore of the lake about Saroma to the east end of the lake, where there's another turning point distance on the Spit followed before the target at the sports center of Tokoro is achieved in Kitami. The route is paved throughout and with about 150 meters of altitude to be overcome relatively flat.
The 50- km race starts in Saroma and flows 20 km on the eastern shore in the main route.
History
1994 and 2005 of the 100 -km of the IAU World Cup was held at this event. In 1994, while Kazimierz Bak third in the current German 100 - km - record and fetched with the German team gold, 2005, the German men won bronze, while the DLV women came to fourth place.
Statistics
Track records
- Men: 6:13:33 h, Takahiro Sunada (JPN ), 1998 (current world record)
- Women: 6:33:11 h, Tomoe Abe (JPN ), 2000 (current world record)
Fastest Runner 2010
- Men: Erick Wainaina (KEN ), 6:39:52
- Women: Emi Matsushita (JPN ) 7:49:31
Finisher 2010
Runner finishes