JYOETSU MYOKO EXPRESS TRAIL 2026
Also known as: JMEXP · Joetsu Myoko 14K
The short category starts and finishes at Kamabuta Ruins Park in front of JR Joetsumyoko Station. It heads from the station into the nearby hill trails and returns via the Asahiyama aid station. It is open to junior high school students and older.
The course tops out at 383 m (low point 24 m). The main climb comes right from the start: 359 m around 0–7 km. About 60% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade), so there is a lot of running. In 2025, 99% of starters finished. The median finish was about 2 h.
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Predict in detail from my Strava trainingOverview
- Date
- Sat, 24 Oct 2026
- Start
- 11:00
- Location
- Niigata, Japan
- Distance
- 14 km
- Elevation gain
- 500 m
- Time limit
- 5h
- ITRA
- 10K
- Official website
- okushinano100.com/jyoetsu/raceinfo
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 km | Aid 1A1 朝日山 | 8 km | — |
| F | 14 km | FinishFINISH（釜蓋遺跡公園・上越妙高駅前） | 6 km | 16:005h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start.
Registration
- Registration
- Sun, 31 May 2026 – Tue, 6 Oct 2026
- Entry
- First come, first served
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2025 results
149 starters, 148 finishers (99.3% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 1h 22m
- Top 10%
- 1h 44m
- Top 25%
- 1h 55m
- Median
- 2h 10m
- Top 75%
- 2h 29m
- Top 90%
- 2h 52m
- Last finisher
- 3h 23m
"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.
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