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
Introducing the iRun – the World’s Most Advanced Mobile Social Media Studio
The project goes live, here, on Sunday 27th Feb 8am JST (Saturday 26th Feb 11pm GMT / Saturday 26th Feb 6pm EST) Follow me @tamegoeswild for project updates. Following on from the success of last year's Tokyo Marathon broadcast project, this year I'm upping the ante,...
The Art of Running: The 45km (28 mile) Hello Kitty
A rash promise made during a public presentation resulted in my having to tackle a symbol of Japanese cuteness
The Art of Running: The 15km Twitter Bird
I’ve been back out this morning to create the third in my series of GPS-trail art, a 15km Twitter Bird
The Art of Running: Meguro Elephant
In a bid to distract myself from the psychological barriers I encounter when running over 12km, I’ve started a new project – The Art of Running
The Art of Running: The 21km Imperial Duck
The second run in my Art of Running series took place this morning in central Tokyo
Press Coverage: J-Select Magazine
I was recently featured in the Tokyo-based bilingual magazine J-Select. I like the use of the photo!
Running the Tamagawa Ekiden
Yesterday I ran the final 5km leg of an Ekiden (relay race). Myself and My friends were just two teams amongst hundreds that ran the 23km course along the Tama river. The weather was perfect for running - blue skies, but not too hot. Looking at my stats on runkeeper,...
Tokyo Marathon 2011 – Live streaming gear development
Now that my place in next year's Tokyo Marathon has been confirmed, it's time to start planning the specialist headgear I shall use to ensure that the many people who haven't been selected to run are able to do so virtually, courtesy of a number of cameras and sensors...
Tokyo Marathon 2011 – Lottery results!
As I posted on my microblog yesterday, I’ve just heard the results of the lottery for the 2011 Tokyo Marathon…
Press Coverage: Tokyo Marathon 2010
Media coverage of my run of the Tokyo Marathon 2010 live streaming run began just a couple of hours after I’d finished the run
