A "Fool" Print

Tokyo Marathon 2013, an IAAF Gold label Road Race, was held on 24 Feb 2013. Incidentally, this was also the first year that the marathon was hailed as the World Marathon Majors event as part of the elite-level marathon series. The theme for this year run was “The Day We Unite”.

Fortunately, we managed to get the Airasia Promo air tickets for SGD $448 which landed us at Haneda Airport, Tokyo. Thanks to Kenneth, we had a good deal on the accommodation and stayed at Tokyo Buc Hotel which located at Tokyo Bay.  This year, the race point collection point was held at Tokyo Big Sight, where the nearest subway station is at Kokusai Tenjijo station.

When I reached the Exhibition Hall, I was impressed by the setup of the hall. We were greeted by the friendly Japanese volunteers and the race pack collection process was very efficient and fast.

Finally, we all got our bibs. Time for shopping!!

The volunteers were very friendly and helpful

Then after, we proceeded to the race expo to hunt for souvenirs and get our race event t-shirt. The race expo was the biggest marathon expo that I had ever seen. There were a lot of sponsor booths selling and promoting their gears ranging from shoes, sports apparels, watches, nutrition bars, sport drinks and supplements etc. In addition, there were other international booths promoting other marathon races around the work.

Once stepped into the expo, we were greeted by a huge map of the marathon route

It was pretty amazing to walk through the expo as we jostled through the crowd busily taking photos, queuing up for freebie stuffs and gear shopping. In the end, we stayed at the expo for nearly 4 hours and gotten some Asics souvenir t-shirts and running gloves.