Mr. Nobuyuki Yoshioka, who made a name for himself in local athletic circles by winning the five mile race of the Far Eastern Olympic Games at Hongkew Park on May 31 last year and lowered the record from 29 min, 25} sce. to 26 min. 44 sec., is to make an attempt to run from Nagasaki to Tokio, starting in the latter half of April.
The exact date for the run is not definitely fixed. Mr. Yoshioka is a member of the local Japanese community being in the employ of Messrs. Furkawa & Ca.
Mr. Yoshioka intends to run the whole distance of 1,000 odd miles alone. He expects to complete the distance in one month, running at miles a day, and stopping over at various places along the road. The run will be made and continued in spite of adverse weather conditions.
Mr. Yoshioka who has been in training for some time past in the Hongkew Recreation Ground, where he runs about 30 miles a day, will begin his journey from Nagasaki, climb the hills of that prefecture while he is still fresh, and, for the most part, travel over the Grand National Highway. He at first contemplated running from Tokio to Nagasaki but the question of the hills made him change his plans, his advisers thinking that it would be better from for him climb the hills at the beginning while he was still fresh.
The attempt will be looked upon with interest by Shanghai residents of all nationalities who, we are sure, will extend to Mr. Yoshioka every good wish for his success,
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