Probably  Australia's top distance runner  back in the 70s. Olympic 10k finalist, and I think he also competed in the 80 Olympic marathon. Also very outspoken....fierce advocate for Australia's participation in the Moscow games whilst other Western countries boycotted them because of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, even though I believe that he recieved death threats. Also coached Steve Moneghetti, and his system of coaching is widely used by the Australian distance fraternity. 

Was he in Hong kong during your time there?

He now coaches Craig Mottram who was the best non African middle distance runner about 5 years ago and was the 2nd non African to break 13 minutes for 5000metres.

The kenyans called him The Big Mazungo (The big white man) and if you look at him on the internet you'll see why: 185 cm, 70kg , very lean and STRONG; the ideal middle distance runner's build.

And younger runners beware! Don't let that smile decieve you;its the face of an assassin armed with a pair of Brooks T6 race flats.  

10Km was good fun. PB for the season. Warmed down with another 10km. Good work on the 30km. Hot Spring after sounds awesome!

Yes. I live in Cornwall, which is on the border with Quebec and the state of New York.

Veeeeery chilly right now. Should get back to normal by the end of the week,say a

 -5 to -10. Good running temperatures.

I tried the interval session today. Harder than I expected and the wind at the 200m turn did not help.

 I can clearly see my weakness. I did get confused and did 3x300m rather than 2. I will do this session for a few weeks to get it under control and see my improvement.

200m time: 0:32 / 0:33 / 0:33 / 0:34

300m time: 0:49 / 0:54 / 0:56

400m time 0:74 / 0:77

I have done the bike leg as well as run leg as part of a team in triathlon but never done the swim leg. I mainly use the bike for cross training as running is my preferred event but I dont have any good running profile photos.

Thank you very much for the reply!

I may join you all at Oda field on March 9 to do an interval workout.

thanks for your message! Just finished Tokyo marathon for the second time on Sunday. Though struggled with injuries and couldn't replicate or improve on my 4:12 time....

Consequently I'm hungry to get back out and break the 4 hour barrier.

Any recommendations for full marathons in May or June would be greatly appreciated!

I'm down in Mie-ken.

I can highly recommend both the Shima half-marathon (April 17) http://runnet.jp/runtes/raceDetail/top/m24896.html  and the Kamoshika half-marathon (mid October) to anyone wanting to do some races elsewhere in Japan.

Ise (home to Ise shrine) is possibly to host a full marathon in November this year and that should be a great course too!

Cheers

thanks, juergen. great discussions on running.

how is your new pesion  at JeJu?

I wish i could have stayed and we could run and eat soome good food post run with a beer.

that's a great island and i want to go back in June and run a marathon.

The ascension of col de la bonette is a pedestrian race. It's happen every years in july, the last sunday (this year it's the 24). It's a road race : 28 km / 2800m of elevation.

Stéphane

The start is a the same time for everybody, but there are age groupe (men and women) :

19-23 : Espoirs

23-39 : Senior

40-49 : Veteran 1

50-59 : Veteran 2

60-69 : Veteran 3

70-79 : Veteran 4

Thanks Jurgen, the Jeju race looks fantastic, its on my list. I was sorry to read that you had a navigational mishap, race winner next year?

It was great to meet you in Kyoto. I've done a report of the road race at http://rushirushworth.blogspot.com/ Im gearing up for the London Marathon now. The race is this Sunday, the weather's looking good.  In a bit...

Hey Juergen,

Yesterday was no problem. We got there when everyone was feeling drunk and generous.

See you Sunday.

Thanks Juergen.  This is Jeff who trained with you and Namban in late 2009 to early 2010.  I'm all set up here in Southern California, but I decided to join your site so I can keep in touch and update you and my friends in Tokyo with my running and racing.

I've been really busy with my new job, but I am starting to train hard and to race again.  I will try to post some of my races in the future.

I hope you are well!

Jeff

Do you guys train together?  I have a group in Delaware that gets together once a week for speed workouts.  Do you have something similar in Tokyo?

Also, I'm interested in running a race or two while I'm out there (May 16 to June 2nd), do you know of any races happening then?  If so, what and how would I go about signing up?

Thanks,  Mike

PS.  I'll try to get a running picture of me up.

Sorry I missed you yesterday.  I went down to Tamagara and ran along the river for a few hours.  I think about 32km or so.  At any rate, looking at your site, I noticed a few of you wearing a Namban Rengo singlet.

They look pretty neat and I was wondering if it would be possible to purchase one?  I wear either a Medium or large.  Let me know, I'll bring money with me on Weds. in case they are available.  If not, life goes on.  I still plan to be there on Weds. at 6:45.  See you then.  Mike

Thanks for accepting me on this website Juergen. I came across your site yesterday and was really interested as i'm an avid runner and am studying Japanese at school currently. I hope to find lots of helpful tips on training and the like and chat with like-minded runners. I'm currently injured at the moment though with cuboid syndrome so, unfortunately, i'm off my feet for at least another week.

Cheers, 

Jonny.

Juergen, does that mean you can assist us to sign up for the race? If so, there would be three of us signing up for the half marathron. Please find our information as appended:

1. CHAN, Miu Ha - Female - 29OCT1971

2. CHAN, Tak Tin - Male - 02DEC1978

3. CHOW, Pik Yuk - Female - 13JUN1954

Moreover, we will have our own accomodation and thanks for your offer.  Finally, will there be any kind of confirmation on our race registration? How could we pick up the race pack?

Thanks a million for your assistance and look forward to running with you guys!