【猛暑対策】ピーエスエス皇居健康ランニング令和8年10月18日大会 2026

The PSS Imperial Palace Health Running event is a modest, affordable run held in central Tokyo. It utilizes the Imperial Palace loop, with the reception area located near the clock tower within Sakuradamon. The event takes place in October, offering 5 km, 10 km, 20 km, and 20 km relay categories. Individual race entry fees are 1,000 yen. The organizer views this event as both a competition and a practice session, particularly for runners aiming to gauge their fitness before tackling longer marathon distances. The event's structure is notably informal: participants can arrive late, register on the day of the event, change their race distance on the same day, and even run improvised distances like 15 km. Timing is conducted manually with a stopwatch and printer, and all participants are eligible for an award. The 5 km and 10 km races have a two-hour time limit, while the 20 km and relay events allow two hours and forty minutes. Cutoff times are set to ensure participants reach later laps by mid-morning. Participant feedback highlights its low cost, ease of entry, utility for pacing practice, and benefit for those seeking structured long-distance training around the Palace rather than running laps solo.