GREAT RYOZEN MOUNTAIN RACE GR50 2023
A loop from Yutani Park in Maibara, Shiga, via Mukaiyama, Osugi Ryuo and Ochiai in Taga to Mt Ryozen, returning past Matsuoji and Ryuguyama. It crosses an exposed ridge above 1,000 m and passes historic sites such as the Kamaha Castle ruins.
3,210 m of climbing over 51 km (63 m per km). In 2023, 93% of starters finished. The median finish was about 9 h.
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- Date
- Sun, 22 Oct 2023
- Start
- 07:00
- Location
- Shiga, Japan
- Distance
- 51 km
- Elevation gain
- 3,210 m
- Time limit
- 11h
- ITRA
- 50K
- Official website
- www.greatryozenmtrace.com/regulations-2023
Elevation profile
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Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 km | Aid 1第1関門 落合エイドステーション | 14 km | Day 1 10:303h 30m |
| 2 | 30 km | Aid 2第2関門 梓河内エイドステーション | 16 km | Day 1 14:007h |
| 3 | 40 km | Aid 3予備関門 松尾寺 | 10 km | Day 1 15:308h 30m |
| F | 51 km | FinishFINISH 湯谷公園 | 11 km | Day 1 18:0011h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2023 results
205 starters, 191 finishers (93.2% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 5h 22m
- Top 10%
- 7h
- Top 25%
- 7h 56m
- Median
- 8h 33m
- Top 75%
- 9h 26m
- Top 90%
- 10h 8m
- Last finisher
- 10h 53m
"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).
- GREAT RYOZEN MOUNTAIN RACE GR50 (47.1 km)
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