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2020 EVENT/ELIGIBILITY

Capacity 500 people
Department ・General devisions male and female
(more than high school students under 49)
・ devisions over 50 years old male and female
Entry fee 12,000 yen (Application on the day is not allowed)
* Includes participation award,Non-life insurance, and Completion certificate.
Series Asia Trail Master
Altitude 2,500m
Unpaved rate 80%
Aid number 6 places
Completion rate General devisions male : 85.7%
devisions over 50 years old male : 65.5%
General devisions female : 61.4%
devisions over 50 years old female : 64.3%
(2019)

15km

Capacity 500 people
Department ・General devisions male and female
(more than middle school students under 49)
・ devisions over 50 years old male and female
Entry fee more than middle school student 5,000 yen
(Application on the day; +1,000yen)
* Includes participation award,Non-life insurance, and Completion certificate.
Altitude 800m
Aid number 2 places
Completion rate General devisions male : 100%
devisions over 50 years old male : 100%
General devisions female : 98.2%
devisions over 50 years old female : 100%
(2019)

2.5km

Capacity 200 people
Department ・Elementary school students and below devisions male and female (priority)
・General devisions male and female (over middle school students)
Entry fee elementary students and below 1,000 yen (Application on the day; +1,000yen)
middle school students and above 3,000 yen (Application on the day; +1,000yen)
* Includes participation award,Non-life insurance, and Completion certificate.

Introduction to 2020 ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL Director

YUTA MATSUYAMA/Competition Director

YUTA MATSUYAMA/Competition Director

Everyone know "TOKIMINGO" Yuta!
He, continuous participant for Echigo country trail volunteer such an important role! Thank you!
He will warm this competiton up as a trail runner.

He tell us his thought playing in one place after another on the world.
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< Tabi to Trail run to sore to kore -Journeys, trailrun, "that" and "it"- >

Inner fact top athlete. In Nicaragua(Central America ) where he had worked as a member of JACA, he found the attraction of trail running. To find more enjoyment, he has taken part in many trail races be held in not only Japan but all over the world. A trail traveler who values ​​"enjoy oneself" and is fully committed to this sport regardless of nationality, gender, age, ranking, and competition history.

Race results
・ Ultra Trail Chiangmai 104km 2019 Thailand Overall winner
・ The Beast Trail 50km2017 Republic of China (Taiwan) Overallwinner
・ Formosa Trail 104Km 2018 Republic of China (Taiwan) overall 2nd winnter
・ TMBT (The Most Beautiful Thing) 100km2017 Malaysia Borneo 3rd overallwinner
・ Korea 50k (80km) 2019 Republic of Korea 3rd overall winner
・ Echigo Country Trail 53Km 2017 5th overall winner in Niigata

In addition, he has been deal with his own job and taken part in many races from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Spain, Turkey and other countries around the world.

KUNIHIKO KUBOTA / Course Director

KUNIHIKO KUBOTA / Course Director

I am Kubota lives in Ojiya-city!
I often practice at Ojiya area in this Echigo country trail course. Although, the course was rough due to typhoon in 2019 competition, we will make the course in order to everyone able to run happily in 2020 competition.
I am looking forward to many people entry.

What's ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL?

ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL means...

Oguni town, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture is the stage of ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL
Starting and finishing Oguni Forest Park, east is Oguni Pass, Shiroyama, and Ojiya City's Tokimizu / Hakusan athletic park. To the west is the highest peak of Mt. Hachikokusanin Oguni town.
These are the old mountain roads that connect the settlements that our ancestors used to walk in daily life.THE ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL is a trail running tournament that connects the magnificent muntain fields with a total length of 53 km and the settlements.
Courses are 53km, 15km and 2.5km. You can enjoy a wide range from professional runners to beginners and families.

To everyone become as leading role!

First, everyone who participate as a runnner in ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL say like "The cheering is awesome, anyway." "I was able to run again thanks for everyone's cheers"
It's be a proudful parts of this tournament that a lot of runner become repeaters. For hardworking runners in Ogunitown, residence cheers very heartfully and hospitality. Repeaters one after another! "Everyone is the leading philosophy" that supports the popular trail run event " " Na!Nagaoka" Please take a look.

2019 ECHIGO COUNTRY TRAIL MOVIE/PHOTO

Highlights of 2019

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