ASO VOLCANO 114 km 2026
A one-way race from the hot-spring town of Uchinomaki in Aso, past rice paddies and grasslands, around the east side of Mt. Neko, and along the southern caldera rim to the finish at Aspecta. The route crosses pastures where grazing cattle may be met.
The course tops out at 1,225 m (low point 443 m). 5 climbs of 400 m or more keep coming; the biggest is 782 m around 95–105 km. About 40% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). The median finish was about 23 h, through one night.
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- Date
- Sat, 9 May 2026
- Start
- 07:00
- Location
- Kumamoto, Japan
- Distance
- 114 km
- Elevation gain
- 5,000 m
- Time limit
- 29h
- ITRA
- 100K
- Official website
- aso-field-run.jp/volcano/coursemap.html
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 km | Aid 1A1 阿蘇草原保全活動センター | 21 km | Day 1 12:005h |
| 2 | 36 km | Aid 2A2 国造神社 | 15 km | Day 1 15:008h |
| 3 | 51 km | Aid 3A3 坂梨公民館 | 15 km | Day 1 18:0011h |
| 4 | 68 km | Aid 4A4 旧上色見小学校 | 17 km | Day 1 22:0015h |
| 5 | 80 km | Aid 5A5 高森峠 | 12 km | Day 2 02:3019h 30m |
| 6 | 94 km | Aid 6A6 久石ファーム | 14 km | Day 2 07:0024h |
| F | 114 km | FinishFINISH アスペクタ | 20 km | Day 2 12:0029h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2026 results
419 finishers. Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 12h 22m
- Top 10%
- 17h 29m
- Top 25%
- 20h 19m
- Median
- 22h 58m
- Top 75%
- 25h 13m
- Top 90%
- 26h 51m
- Last finisher
- 28h 29m
"Top 25%" means one in four finishers had crossed the line by this time.
Years with a different course or different cutoffs are not directly comparable.
Practice courses
See the course on the Runnable map ↗
Runnable has practice courses on this race's trails, split into sections to run and sections to walk (pages in Japanese).
- Runnable practice course (106.5 km)
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