Ekiden Relay Event – Expression of Interest

7 June 2022 - By Ben O'leary

The Ekiden Relay event is an annual race held by Ipswich Jaffa. Originating as a popular race format in Japan, it involves each team of 6 people taking on legs of different lengths which add up to a marathon. One runner will tackle 7.2km, three will complete a 5km leg and two will take on 10km legs.

Ekiden this year will be held on the 7th August at Woodbridge School, just past Ipswich.

To give you an idea, the legs will be run around a 2.5km loop, mostly on grass. There will be food and drink on sale, and the day should be good fun with those team members not currently running being able to support and cheer on their teammates/club-mates throughout the race.

We’ve been asked to reserve team spaces, and so we need to gauge demand. If you’re interested in this event, please fill out the form below.

For full details you can check out their fancy website here – https://www.ipswichekiden.co.uk/, but the important stuff is all above.

As always, give us a shout with any questions.

Your Team Captains,

Ben and Liz

• Rupert Bulgin – Men’s Open
• Karen Flowers – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Liz Prior – Ladies Open
• Joshua Maleary – Men’s Open
• Lisa Leader – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Nat Lilley – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Daniel Griffiths – Men’s Open
• Jodee Mayer – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Celine Elson – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Annalise Etherington – Ladies Open
• Rachel Sharp – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Samuel Hajder – Men’s Vets (40+)
• James Attenborough – Men’s Vets (40+)
• Sian Tate – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Irina Ashdown – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Andrew Read – Over 60 (any gender)
• Craig vernon – Over 60 (any gender)
• Colin Short – Over 70 (any gender)
• Graham Eyre – Over 70 (any gender)
• Ian Cuthbert – Men’s Open
• Graham Eyre – Over 70 (any gender)
• Glen Waller – Men’s Vets (40+)
• Ian Lucas – Over 60 (any gender)
• Terry Alabaster – Over 60 (any gender)
• Seyed Ghazi-Nouri – Over 60 (any gender)
• Joe McEwan – Over 70 (any gender)
• Mark Austin – Over 60 (any gender)
• Geoffrey Reddin – Over 60 (any gender)
• Clive Smith – Men’s Open
• Mick Conroy – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• Andy White – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• Paul English – Men’s Open
• Claudia Baba – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Owen Dare – Over 60 (any gender)