[2] The first edition featured top level and popular sections for the half marathon as well as a shorter 3-kilometre fun run.

[3] Some 9000 people took part in the inaugural event including elite Kenyan runners Martin Mathathi and Catherine Ndereba.

[5] In 2013 the race gained IAAF Bronze Label status and attracted six-time World Half Marathon champion Zersenay Tadese, who set a course record of 60:31 minutes to dethrone Mathathi.

The first section of the race heads south for 4 km, passing through the Yanagase shopping district, until it reaches the Golden Statue of Oda Nobunaga beside Gifu Station.

The course then crosses Tidori Bridge into the Nagara-Furutsu district and heads back west before finally ending up at the stadium.