The Tokyo Marathon Project
It’s now 17 years since I took up running, and 15 years since I completed my first Tokyo Marathon.
Little did I know then how it would come to change my life.
Below you’ll find a selection of posts highlighting the technology I’ve used, and the adventures I’ve had as I’ve shared the experience first hand of running Japan’s biggest race.
Joseph's 16th annual live-streamed TOKYO MARATHON will take place on Sunday March 2nd 2025.
In 2025, for the first time ever, he will not stream the entire race - just the last section, from around 12.30pm JST.
Why?! He's curious what it's like to run a full marathon without live streaming. But! You can still tune in for the last few kilometers live on Facebook
Saturday March 1st around 20:30-21:00 PST
Sunday March 2nd 05:30-06:00 GMT/UTC
Core Body Training
This morning I met up with Tom, friend and trainer with whom I ran the Tokyo Marathon. It's the first time in months that we've done a Sunday-morning run, but perfect timing for the start of a 5 month training program leading up to next February's Marathon (which I...
![[TV] Fuji TV: Tokyo Marathon 2010](https://josephta.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/feature_image_fuji2010.jpg)
[TV] Fuji TV: Tokyo Marathon 2010
Fuji TV document my first attempt to run the Tokyo marathon whilst live streaming video from a modified baseball hat
Video: Professor App Presents three groundbreaking iPhone Apps
Professor Appleton demonstrates three groundbreaking iOS apps for an app competition held in central Tokyo
Tokyo Marathon 2010 report
The Tokyo Marathon 2010 project was a huge success, with over 13,000 people tuning in to watch the live video streams, over 1,000 tweets per hour from viewers, and widespread media coverage. This was only possible due to our many supporters - thank you to all of you...
Tokyo Marathon 2010: What are we doing?
Joseph Tame ('TameGoesWild') will run the full Tokyo Marathon equipped with three iPhone 3GS's. One of them will be providing a live video feed from a custom mount on top of his head. The second will provide a live uplink of his exact GPS location. The third will...
Tokyo Marathon 2010: Supporters
This project is only made possible thanks to the generous help of the following people. Steve Nagata - Technologist with all the gadgets that have made this possible. Steve is running Broadcast HQ and is an anchor in the studio Follow Steve on Twitter Christine -...
Press Coverage: Tokyo Quarter Marathon 2009
This is where it all began – with a post on the apple blog TUAW, which brought in about 1,000 live viewers on the day of the race.
