Five Nambaners were the core group of the volunteers organising the first Kamogawa Marathon (10k).
Compared to the Tengu Trails in Takao which I started four years ago, much more money went to the NPO which was supposed to benefit from the race, a great success.
Thanks a lot to Chika, Hitomi, Mutsumi and Gerard!
Some results:
Over-all-winner: 33:32
40's: 35:35
50's: 36:31
60's: 42:15
Women:…
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Added by juergen wittstock on May 2, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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この度は、第一回鴨川マラソンにご参加いただきまことにありがとうございました。
今回開催されました鴨川マラソンには、520名のrunnetによる申込者、39名の当日申し込みがありました。
このような大会を事故なく無事開催できましたのは、当日または前日までのすべての参加者と協力者の皆様のおかげです。大会運営に当たっては、第一回目の大会ということもあり、不慣れな部分・至らない点があり、ご迷惑をおかけしましたことを心よりお詫び申し上げます。
今後ともご指導ご鞭撻のほどよろしくお願い申し上げます。
大会結果が、出揃いましたのでご報告させていただきます。なお、以下の点、ご了承ください。
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Added by juergen wittstock on May 2, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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Added by juergen wittstock on April 20, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Not much to say but that I ran really well! 38:25 on this hilly course, and a podium finish! Congrats to Gerard and Ed! Next year, we will have podium finishers in all divisions!
Added by juergen wittstock on April 14, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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On April 24 (Thursday), there will be a godo (means jointly organized) time
trial at Oda field. It is organized by several running clubs such as Atomi
Club. It's a good opportunity to compete with runners from other clubs, and
you might even find your training partner!
When: Thursday evening, April 24
Where: Oda field
Distance: 5000m
There will be 3 groups according to your time and each group start
separately. Please run in the group of your…
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Added by namban on April 10, 2008 at 10:00am —
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A dozen Nambanners participated in Sunday's Ome-Takamizu trail run. It was a gorgeous day for running on the scenic but brutally hilly course. After the run most of the group enjoyed a splendid Hanami pizza party thanks to Teruyuki. Also much thanks to Keren for organizing Namban's participation, and Asuka for her logistics support.
Below are individual times and comments. Full results can be found…
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Added by namban on April 10, 2008 at 9:30am —
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This was my last race in Korea, and it was the most
confusing one! I went to Gyeongju to day before, and,
thanks to Namban's Steve Lacey, managed to hook up with
Owain Lewees, a Brit who lives in the southern part of
Korea and had just managed a sub 2:40 at the Dong-A
Marathon in Seoul. We arranged to meet at the reception.
On race day (Sat. 5.4.), I went to the shuttle bus stop
early (6:30), sure to have enough time…
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Added by juergen wittstock on April 7, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Today I ran another 10k race in Korea, in the city of Chonan, about hour from Seoul. The actual trip from my guest-house to the venue took about two hours, so I had to get up at 5:30, to get there for a 10am start. It was raining, moderately, but enough to get you shoes wet even before the start. I did not know the course, but I was quite confident with two sub 38 under my belt this year. However, I gave up my hope to improve on the 37:27 I had run…
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Added by juergen wittstock on March 23, 2008 at 8:38pm —
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Yesterday I went to support Leng Leng and several members of the Seoul Flyers at the Dong-A Marathon in Seoul. I met Arnaud at the start, there were too many people, so we failed to see Leng Leng on the course. I was able to yell some support for some of the Seoul Flyers (see picture above). Mark (3rd from left was best, getting close to his PB in 2:40:20). Leng Leng PB'd in 3:24.
The race was won by Sammy Korir (Kenya) in…
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Added by juergen wittstock on March 17, 2008 at 3:39pm —
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Kimchi and Tofu after the race
Today I ran the 10k in Misari in the greater Seoul area. My friend Bokjin Park picked me up from the nearest station at 8am. The picture below shows me in front of his shoe-stall. FAAB (Free As A Bird) is a shoe for ultrarunners, BJ is the chairman of one of the Korean ultramarathon associations.
As the race started at 10:10, I had enough time to warm up, so I ran about 6k, best way to stay warm in…
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Added by juergen wittstock on March 9, 2008 at 9:00pm —
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On Sunday I ran the 10k at Ujigawa in Kyoto. Runnet said it was quite flat, so I was surprised to see it started up on a hill and went 2k straight down to Uji City (the place of the famous Bjoudo-iin, the temple on the 10Yen coins). I gave up on trying to run a good time before the race already, as I had driven all night from Friday to Saturday morning 6am, so I felt without pressure at the start. It was cold and snowing! I went through the first 5k in 18min., due to the downhill. I was very…
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Added by juergen wittstock on February 26, 2008 at 8:30pm —
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3 Nanbanrengo runners competed in Kyoto on Sunday February 23rd 2008.
The race was 10km.
Juergen, Mutsumi and Gerard (myself) were the runners.
Snow had fallen over night and was still falling at times throughout the race day.
The course was very fast out for the first 5km as most of the first 5km was down hill.
The second 5km had more uphill than down and the last 2km were quite steep.
Mutsumi was able to manage a pb which was excellent and Juergen ran very well…
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Added by Gerard Robb on February 26, 2008 at 6:13pm —
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昨日なんばんれんご三人で、京都で十キロマラソンでました。
レースの時ちょっと雪が降りました。さいしようの五キロは下のさかです。（だいたい）
さいごの五キロは上のさかです。（だいたい）だからさいしようはさいごより早かったです。
タイムは
むつみ十キロで四十四分十五秒六位pb
Juergenさん十キロで三十七分四十八秒四位
ジェラルド三十四分三十一秒三位pb
たのしかったです。
ジェラルド。
Added by Gerard Robb on February 25, 2008 at 5:48pm —
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Dear all,
I am organising a charity run at Kamogawa on April 27., it is for an NPO named 'midori-no-miyako' I started a few years ago.
I'm not sure how many volunteers my friends in Kyoto can secure, especially not how many of them know much about running. So, I would be happy if somebody could help. Please spread the word to friends in Kansai, and drop by if you travel West in Golden Week!
More info will be available on runnet soon, happy to have contributed a second event to…
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Added by juergen wittstock on February 20, 2008 at 5:52pm —
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Yesterday was a great running experience.
The Tokyo Marathon is a great event to be part of.
I ran with a very experienced Marathon runner in Joachim. Joachim was pacing for Paddy.
Paddy,s goal was sub 3. I am not sure if he go it because at 32km I was feeling good so I pushed on a little and that was the last I saw of Paddy and Joachim, didn,t get a chance to catch them at the finish - will see them on Wednesday at training to get the full rundown I really enjoyed running…
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Added by Gerard Robb on February 18, 2008 at 11:14pm —
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I went to support the Namban Runners at Tokyo today, had a great time, eventhough it was freezing. Jay sent a report to the flashnews section which I upload here now. Will include more as soon as people post on the list.
I had a blast today running an "unofficial half" at the 2nd Tokyo Marathon. For me it was a big "moving party" on a sun-splashed morning running sequentially with Stu, Rie, Yuka, Paddy, Gerard, Joachim, Martin, Bob,…
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Added by juergen wittstock on February 17, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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Just completed my 4th SCM half marathon ( 2008 渣打馬拉松 ) in a slow time of 1 hr 57 mins+.
However since this was my first run after I suffered from my back pain on last Sunday (after MOS 8 Km race, and I still had my Salonpas stick on my back. I still felt happy with the completion time.
The arangement was OK this year, and I had not to wait long to reclaim my luggage. The traffic jam at the 1st Km was still… Continue
Added by Blurmax on February 17, 2008 at 3:30pm —
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Numbers: 2:50:17 (gun time), 2:49:56 (own watch) hopefully sub-2:50
(net), PB by a few seconds (anyway)
In my second race against Viktor Rothlin, I lost once more. Apart from
him being a pretty fast runner I had to start from behind and as
expected he did not wait for me at all. Every time I try to hunt him
he does a new Swiss national record - maybe I should participate in
Beijing? In Zurich last year he was roughly 64 minutes ahead, last
Sunday in Tokyo it…
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Added by Christian on February 17, 2008 at 12:00am —
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In USA, first week of Feb. is a big event day, SUPER BALL SUNDAY but I enjoyed helf marathon on same day in the country ;)
My first visiting to southern CA started with nice and relatively warm weather...the area has 90% guarantee of blue sky. Huntington Beach is nice and pretty city, which is a famous city among surfers. The city is very clean, safe and well-organised city for outdoor sports.
However, I had bad luck in such city...miserably windy and rainy condition…
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Added by Chika Kanai on February 7, 2008 at 8:44am —
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As Omar mentioned before, my goal was to hunt Eric Wainaina in a group
of three with Ed and Omar. Joking aside, I wanted to break 1:20 and to
run a good preparation race for Tokyo but without going all out in
order to recover within reasonable time. During a rather fast start
the first few kilometer's felt quite nice and I just got tired after
13k or so, perfect for a fight to the finish line. At this time Ed, a
quite young-looking over-40 runner ;-), picked up the…
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Added by Christian on January 28, 2008 at 2:48pm —
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