Over fields, over mountains, over valleys, to the glorious finish gate!
Dawn broke on the second day of the race. The thick clouds that had covered the sky gradually disappeared and blue skies spread out.
At 8:40, Yamamoto came to the ninth aid station!
'Ahh! I'm tired! I'm tired! Sleepy!" Yamamoto says as if he's going to throw up. Yamamoto says as if to throw up. This is the 93-kilometer point. More than a full day had passed since the start of the race. How could he not be tired and sleepy?
This is the last aid station and the final barrier. All that remains is to push on toward the finish.
After a quick refueling, Yamamoto leaves the aid station. There are 12 kilometers to go until the finish line, and only 5 hours left until the time limit. Unless something major goes wrong, he is sure to finish the race.
After a while, Shibayama also showed up. It was two hours after Yamamoto left the last aid station.
Although they are moving steadily forward, their steps are heavy. Three hours remain until the finish time limit. If all goes well, they will be able to reach the finish line, but if they slow down, they may not make it in time. We cannot allow ourselves to be too optimistic.
Then, at 11:45, Yamamoto was seen at the finish area of Hitsujiyama Park!
Hiroshi Yamamoto finishes! He completed the ridiculously long distance of 100 kilometers in 29 hours, 45 minutes, and 42 seconds.
At that time, Shibayama was descending the last mountain of this race, about 5 km before the finish line. As expected, his pace was slowing down, but he was moving forward steadily and strongly, step by step.
We are down the last mountain. We are almost to the finish line.
An hour and a half after Yamamoto, Shibayama also reached the finish area!
Hideki Shibayama finishes! The time was 31 hours, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds, 40 minutes before the time limit! He was able to finish the race by mobilizing not only his own strength, but also all the strength he did not have.
The completion rate for this year's race was 68.711 TP10T, with approximately 30% of the competitors finishing the race in tears along the way. The weather was generally favorable throughout the race, but there was a sudden drop in temperature at night due to a light rain shower, and Yamamoto and Shibayama both commented that "the temperature difference between daytime and morning/evening was dramatic. As for the course, Yamamoto and Shibayama said, "We were fed up with the ups and downs from the middle of the course.
Yamamoto and Shibayama completed the long distance of 100 km, crossing fields, mountains, and valleys. The fact that they made it to the finish line within the time limit without any major problems or injuries is the best thing that could have happened to them, and you can tell from their expressions immediately after the finish that they were filled with a sense of accomplishment. With the great satisfaction of having achieved the most wonderful result of "finishing the race," the "Hui-Nam! Running Club♡'s challenge in the 100 km section of "FTR Chichibu & Okumusashi" came to an end with a great satisfaction of "Finish".
