Ran the fourth 10k this year, managed to win my age-group again, even though this one is near Frankfurt and quite competitive. Placed 11th over-all among about 240 runners in 39:41.
Pic shows my clubmates Helmut (70, second in M70) and Elvira (62).…
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Added by juergen wittstock on August 9, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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Just in case you didn't notice, the pre-registration for the 2010 Tokyo Marathon has opened. Here is the site:
http://www.tokyo42195.org/
This year they have made it clear that if you can read and write Japanese, you can use the Japanese website for an entry fee of 10,000 yen. If you choose the English/International site, it will be 12,000 yen. The application period end on the 31st.
Cheers,
P
Added by Pat Glynn on August 6, 2009 at 10:42am —
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Another age group-victory, extremely small race, but always fun to win! Was fastest over 40 in 40;27 on a hilly course.
Added by juergen wittstock on August 2, 2009 at 8:42pm —
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Today I ran another 10k, this time south of Frankfurt, and considerably bigger than the one last week. I placed 15th out of 338 in a time of 38:41, third in age-group. Seems I'm getting faster!…
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Added by juergen wittstock on July 26, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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Today I ran this hilly, but very pleasant 10k in the rural hinterland of Frankfurt. It was a rainy day, and I was lucky not to get too wet on my motorbike on the way to the race. Start was about 40h after my plane touched down at Frankfurt airport, considered a reasonable amount of time for recovery from jet-lag among heavily-travelled Nambaners. Brought my (Asics) Sortie Magic - they looked so cool compared to what the competitors were wearing - and…
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Added by juergen wittstock on July 20, 2009 at 1:30am —
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Completed the TWAC 10 K Evening Race ( 荃灣田徑會 主席紀念盃 10公里 黃昏賽 ) in a slow time of 53 mins in the hot temperature of 33 C tonight.
However the time was already 2 mins faster than my time in the same race last…
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Added by Blurmax on July 14, 2009 at 12:53am —
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Taking the overnight bus N969 and riding through the dark city to Tin Shui Wai.
Completed the Yuen Long District Youth Festival 8 Km Race [ 元朗區 青年節 長跑賽 ] in a slow time of 43 mins+ in the warm and humid morning today. Nice to meet so many runners…
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Added by Blurmax on June 15, 2009 at 5:09pm —
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Yesterday, I ran a 5km cross- country race in Nagano with my husband. It was not such a big race .
There were 800 runners .Everybody got a back -pack, a towel, and some snacks and had tonjiru ( pork
soup) after the race for free. The oｒganizsers were very friendly.But it was really a tough course.Becuse
at first we had to run up hill like " a gelende" and the down hill .I felt like skiikng.After that were in the fo
rest which had small ups and downs.I didn't enjoy it. Beause…
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Added by Eco.Marron on June 8, 2009 at 10:50pm —
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東京マラソン
レポート
９ＡＧＲ１１０６ジェルド ロブ
最近日本でマラソンがブームになってきました。それで東京マラソンは本当に人気になりました。ますます国際で国でも東京マラソンは有名です。
私は２００８年と２００９年に東京マラソンをでました。それで今まで東京マラソン体験よく分かります。東京マラソンの情報に述べて、色々があります。長さ４２．１９５キロです。東京マラソンのスタート場所は新宿の都庁前にあります。ゴールは有明な東京ビッグサイトにあります。コースでスタートからゴールまであちらこちらに通過します
特に「水道橋、皇居、日比谷公園、品川、銀座、浅草、両国、築地、豊洲と有明」です。コースから東京の色々景色が見えます。東京は面白い都市、コースに走っている人達には珍しい体験が出来ます。なぜなら、普通の日に東京マラソンのコース、全部あまり走りません、交通が多くて有名な道路に走る事は無理です。場面は祭りのように感じる、応援している人達が大勢だし日本のテレビが撮影しているししかもバンドと踊っている芸能人が聞こえて見えます。東…
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Added by Gerard Robb on June 5, 2009 at 4:09pm —
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Nine runners participated in yesterdays inaugural Saiko 10k. Dark clouds were looming, but we braved the weather and actually managed to have fun. Stayed dry during the time-trial, but got our first shower even before we reached the hotsprings!
Results:
!. Takashi - 36:07
2. Juergen - 39:14
3. Masako - 43:30
4. Kaori - 47:01
5. Eriko - 47:37
6. Wendy - 49:01
7. Akiko - 56:02
dnf: Matthias,…
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Added by juergen wittstock on June 1, 2009 at 1:45pm —
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Ran / jogged / walked this event starting in Odawara and finishing some time later at Lake Yamanakoko.
Weather was kind, just a blustery shower around 3am Saturday.
Terrain was challenging - particularly the last hill at 95kms which was approached with a furrowed brow and the odd swear word !!!!
My team finished in 4th with an overall time of 20hrs 55 mins.
Highly recommended event, if you want a really hard challenge !!!
james
Added by James on May 26, 2009 at 3:06pm —
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Just completed the 8 Km RRAC Summer Run ( 必達 夏日長跑 2009 ] in a moderate slow time of 42 mins in the extremely sunny and hot morning today. I really could not adapt racing in such sunny and hot condition now.
I leart that 9 runners suffered…
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Added by Blurmax on May 18, 2009 at 11:43pm —
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Short summary : it was too hot to really run. I made it to the finish within the cutoff time of 8:00.
The 50K was well organized, very low key, 120 participants, more organizers, very very hot day along the Tama river.
The loop has three out-and-back "spurs". The upper stream spur is between the 1st K and 9K with a turn at 5K, then we had the horse spur, from 16K to 22K with a turn at 19K at the pony farm, and then the "rice curry" spur, from 22K to 44K with a turn at…
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Added by Daniel on May 16, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Tamami Koike ran 10th in her age group over a wet and hilly cross country course in the Victorian State Championship on Saturday.
Tuesday she ran another pb. 4 Km on the track: 17.49.
Jon ran 15.48 for 4 Km on the track on Tuesday finishing 4th.
Added by Jon Holmes on May 12, 2009 at 9:18pm —
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I ran a pretty good race, eventhough the time doesn't show it. Placed top-ten, target achieved. Just suffered a bit from the hills and heat, but that had to be expected.
Very positive to note my fast recovery, feel good today, only normal fatigue, no injuries. Also, got over the hard practice without catching a cold, many thanks to Fabrizio for the Echinacea!
The week-end trip was great, it seems everybody had a lot of fun. Pic is in front…
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Added by juergen wittstock on May 11, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Fuji Susono runner's impressions:
Gary: Very pleased with a 1:49 in the heat and hills. Thanks to Jay for
perfect organizing, great place, great company.
Chiba-san:
"10K and much beer"
DNF in 2008 and 57.15 in this year
Thank you great organizer, Jay, you could take 35-Nambanners to the
wonderful weekend experience.
To tell the truth, that hilly Fuji Susono's course wasn't so hard to run
for me.
Recently I participated in a hilly…
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Added by namban on May 10, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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Tamami Koike ran another PB. 5km in 22.48 finishing 3rd over all.
Jon Holmes was out kicked in the straight to get 2nd in 20.03
Added by Jon Holmes on May 5, 2009 at 9:12pm —
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Great weather and great prices made sure the turn-out for this race was as expected by the organizers. It's for a good cause, the Tokyo English Lifeline
(TELL), and one participant actually managed 130000Yen in donations! Traditionally, many Namban members place in this race, and the Ladies' 10k was won by Yuri Kambara in 38:54. Jason Lawrence prevailed in the Men's 5k in a course record of 15;27.
The winner…
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Added by juergen wittstock on May 2, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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I attended the Pacer 10 K 2009 ( 第三屆 十公里 復活跑 相片 ) in the sightly warm morning today, and completed it in a reasonable slow time of 50 mins+.
Despite feeling hot and exhausted, I managed to run in an average speed of 5 mins / Km.
I was happy to meet so many runners…
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Added by Blurmax on April 14, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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A good time was had, while slow times were run... Nanban Rengo broke with tradition by taking this race very easy, I saw two trophies which probably belonged to Gerard and Ed, but over-all, we ran much slower than in previous years, and all had good reasons for it, like Tokyo Marathon and Ome-Takamizu.
Times are just the way I remember them, correct me if I'm too far off:
Gerard - 36:55 Ed - 37:15 - Juergen 39:55 - Frank - 40:10 -…
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Added by juergen wittstock on April 13, 2009 at 1:11pm —
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