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Our Man in Melbourne!

Posted by juergen wittstock on January 22, 2012 at 11:38am — 3 Comments

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Shibuya Ekiden 2012

Today a group of runners ran the annual Shibuya Ekiden in Yoyogi Park. I ran on the Namban Rengo Masters team, having moved up from a position as a substitute, and not feeling very comfortable about it. However, thanks to my teammate's efforts, we finished in 2nd, beaten only by the Shibuya triathletes, and ahead of our…

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Posted by juergen wittstock on January 15, 2012 at 5:58pm

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Frank Horwill

Frank Horwill MBE passed away at age 84 on 1 January.  He was one of the UK's finest coaches and was the inspiration behind some of the nasty sessions we do (so now you know who to blame...).

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Posted by juergen wittstock on January 3, 2012 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

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Tengu Trails 2011 in Takao

A great time was had by all at Takao this year, with Yoshi Ishikawa winning his age-group, Masako just out of the money in fourth after being passed by two other women on the downhill, and Christophe finishing in a remarkable 2h01 on the longer 18k course. Working on the video now, and more pics to be…

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Posted by juergen wittstock on December 18, 2011 at 4:17pm — 1 Comment

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    A week of running in Tokyo

    Monday/Tuesday: Try Wired<>Fit, you can contact us by posting a comment on the group-site or a message to: Juergen

    Wednesday: Oda-Field repeats, contacts: Juergen/Matthew/Eco Marron

    Thursday/Friday/Saturday: Try Wired<>Fit, you can contact us by posting a comment on the group-site or a message to: Juergen

    Sunday: Long Run, contact Juergen

    Saturday/Sunday: Long runs, trail runs, mountains: Paul

    In order to contact people or groups, just click on the name and write them a comment or message!

    For running with Japanese Clubs, contact: Eco Marron

    Place to stay, and run!

    This web-community has a recreational facility in Ogawamachi, about one hour from Tokyo. It is in walking distance from the station and a hot-spring, and you can run to the nearby mountains or cycle to Chichibu.

    All members are eligible to use it at discount rates!

    Please contact: Juergen/Eco Marron

    Members

    • weldon kibet korir
    • rowan mackinnon-pryde
    • Katharina Muelenz
    • Eriko Toki
    • Runfab
    • Christophe Dewulf
    • Eiko Nishida
    • lws
    • James
    • Gerard Robb
    • Greg Stevens
    • Tetsuya Kato
    • Tony boyle
    • Katsuhiko Takashige
    • Mai Okumura
    • Yokota Masahiko
    • juergen wittstock
    • Miriam Cho
    • Owain Vaughan Lewes
    • Sabine
    • thomas kiprotich
    • YOTARO KAMENO
    • jack woodyard
    • Laura Miyazaki
    • daniel kipkurgat sirma
    • daniel ekale
    • Mary Eckstein

    Outstanding Performances by our Members

    Women:

    Berkut, Nataliya: 5000m - 14:59 (national record)

    Konishi, Masako: 3000m - 8:58 (national record for university students)

    Men:

    Rono, Henry:

    3000m - 7:32 (world record)

    5000m - 13:06 (world record)

    10000m - 27:22 (world record)

    3000m steeple chase - 8:05 (world record)

     

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    Training/Races

    Running Clubs in Tokyo
    This site may field the occasional team in relays, but we do not provide membership for the Japanese Amateur Athletic Association. For foreigners, this is available through Namban Rengo, please ask Juergen for details!


    Others:

    Wired<>Fit Runningteam (on this site!)
    Yokota Striders
    Tokyo Hash House Harriers

     

    Japanese Clubs: There are many, and lots of options to run with them, contact 

    Eco Marron on this site for more info!

    Weekly Training Session
    Our main group activity is a weekly interval track session on Wednesday nights. A typical workout is 6 x 1,000m, although on the last Wednesday of the month we do a 5,000m time trial with a Japanese club. At these sessions we generally have 20-30 people, both men and women, ranging from fairly strong to rather slow runners. The training is at a nice all-weather track between Harajuku and Shibuya. A locker room with showers is available. We generally start warming up about 7:00 and start the workout at 7:35 (time trial at 7:25). After the workout we go to Shibuya for beer and food.
    Map:http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/japan/tokyo/561125361

    Monthly time-trials
    For these events, you don't need advance application, but you may confim with the organizer by phone. Usually, it's less than 1000Yen to take part and there are several distances (3/5/10k). Apllication is usually until 8am, start at 9am, but this may differ, so, please see the Japanese links below.
    shonan(1.sunday)/yokohama(3.sunday)/kawasaki(last)
    Akabane(4.Sunday)/Tamagawa(2.Sunday)

    Where are our members? Click the map!

    Locations of visitors to this page

     
     
     

    Coming up this week!

    Saturday, 5:30pm work-out at WIRED<>FIT, contact: Tetsuya or Juergen.

    Wednesday, 7pm work-out at WIRED<>FIT, contact: Juergen.

    or Masako.

    Monday, 5:30, track near Kami-Itabashi - contact: Juergen or Masahiko.

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    Training Advice

    Our member Owain Lewees:
    Owain Lewees
    Is a very experienced runner, if you need training advice, please contact him per message on this site or on:
    owain.lewes@yahoo.com

    Application for Events

    Please note that, even if you put your icon at a certain event, you will have to apply to the organizer yourself. We suggest you use:

    http://runnet.jp/


    Other races

    The below are races we found, but will not be able to run. If you decide to run, welcome to create an event in the section above and invite others to join!

    If you need help with applications, contact: Yoko/Juergen

    Links to Japanese pages.

    28: German Village Ekiden

    February;

    5. Kanagawa-Half (Isogo)

    12. Kawasaki Ekiden

    18. Miura Trail 

    26. Tokyo Marathon (entries closed)

    Groups

    Running in Korea

    If anyone is interested in competing in Korea then a good site is marathon korea
    It details heaps of events up until of next year.
    However all the events are listed in Korean; as is the homepage. So a good understanding of hangeul would be helpful.
    Otherwise contact me on this website regarding a date and a distance, and I'll do my best to help you.
    Owain
    Another member with plenty of experience in Korea is:
    Barbara
    There is also a group on this web-site for people who want to run in Korea an need info:
    Korean Corner

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