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

• Sam Hajder – Men’s Vets (40+)
• Will Radley – Men’s Open
• Ian Lucas – Over 60 (any gender)
• Sarah Naughton – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Annalise Tye – Ladies Open
• James Attenborough – Men’s Vets (40+)
• Lisa Leader – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Glen waller – Men’s Vets (40+)
• Terry Alabaster – Over 60 (any gender)
• Shane Ketteridge – Men’s Open
• Kerry Townsend – Over 60 (any gender)
• Daniel Griffiths – Men’s Open
• Colin Short (no EA licence) – Over 70 (any gender)
• Lysia Jiggins – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Owen Dare – Over 60 (any gender)
• Andrew Read – Over 60 (any gender)
• Angela Read – Over 60 (any gender)
• Claire Collins – Ladies Open
• David Jobling – Over 60 (any gender)
• Ian Cuthbert – Men’s Open
• Fiona Collins – Ladies Open
• Max Leech – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Mark Austin – Over 60 (any gender)
• Claudia Baba – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Rachel Sharp – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Steven Alder – Men’s Open
• Céline – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Simon Scott – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• Graham Eyre – Over 70 (any gender)
• Karen Flowers – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Rachel Sharp – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Ross Silverton – Over 70 (any gender)
• Jenny Layley – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Anthony Smith – Over 60 (any gender)
• Maggie Mason – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Martin Weaire – Over 60 (any gender)
• Clive Smith – Men’s Open
• Liz Stuckey – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Liz Stuckey – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Rachel O’Leary – Ladies Open
• Beth Shippey – Ladies Open
• Ben O’leary – Men’s Open
• Alex Stuckey – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• Glen waller – Men’s Vets (40+)
• Sian Tate – Ladies Vets (35+)
• Anita Grainger – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Luke Tanner – Men’s Open
• Heydon Mizon – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• David Grainger – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• David Grainger – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• Nat Lilley – Ladies Super Vets (45+)
• Mick Conroy – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• Simon Scott – Men’s Super Vets (50+)
• Chris Pugh – Men’s Open
• Geoffrey Reddin – Over 60 (any gender)