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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 uploaded shortly!…

11月6日　京都の鴨川で第1回　鴨川エコマラソンが

開催されました。今回はボランティアスタッフとして

参加しました。

鴨川エコマラソン　チャリティーラン　ビデオリンク

http://runningintokyo.com/video/kamogawa-ecomarathon-2011

(クリックできない場合、リンクをコピーして検索してください)

当日、ラジオの生放送をしました。ポッドキャストにアップされましたの…

A lot of fun for a small race! Thanks to all the volunteers and runners for taking part in this event. It was a good practice for all of us, and we are confident to have an even bigger Kamogawa Marathon in spring!

Here are the results for the Kamogawa Eco 5k:

今日の5kの結果：

Nr. - time

Men

1 - 38 - 16:45/蔭地和成

2 - 57 - 17:50/堀野正雄

3 -…

On November 13th 2011 I will be climbing all the way up the Eureka Tower to level 88. The purpose of this event is not only to test my fitness levels but also to raise money for the events charity partners Whitelion and Interplast Australia & New Zealand whom both work tirelessly to 'rebuild young lives'. In order to be involved in this event I need your help as I have to raise a minimum pledge to participate but more over I would like to raise money for these charities that do such…

Ran the First Annual Osaka International Marathon with fellow runners Adrian, Chika and Laszio  in 4:42:47. Not bad for my first “Full” Marathon I guess! The conditions were rather good. Cloudy with sporadic light rain and an average temperature of about 20 degrees celsius. The course was pretty flat for the most part except at the beginning and at 39K where there was…

Today, a bigger group of runners ran the Turtle half-marathon cum 10k at Arakawa River near Kita-Senju. This is a very big race, about 16000 runners, 12000 in the half, 4000 in the 10k.

As some of us went there by themselves, I could not get everybody's results, so forgive me if I start  with my own race, the 10k. My target was a 4min/k pace, so Takashi Nobukiyo, our…

Yesterday, we had a beautiful day at Lake Saiko, with a course record for the men in 32:45 set by Onuma-san! Invitational runner Gerard Robb placed 4th in 34:46.

In the women's division, our flying Finn Saara Pekkarinen flew away from her competitors in 37:15, of course, this is also a course record, receiving a pair of Brooks shoes, an invitation to the Tengu Trails…

彩湖エコマラソンに参加された方からの感想です！

私は走歴3年目で、いままで幾つかの国内レースの経験がありますが、エコマラソン

はとても印象的だったので自分の感想を共有します。

①とにかく"楽しい"雰囲気

FUN Runレースなので、競い合うだけではなく、"みんなで楽しもう"という主催者側

の気持ちがとても感じられました。外国人アーティストの生演奏もあり、野外フェスの

ようでした。スタッフや参加者には外国人も多く、アナウンスが二ヶ国語というのも珍

しかったです。…

10月9日（日）　第3回　彩湖エコマラソン大会結果

ご参加のみなさん　ありがとうございました　！

１０ｋ　男女　　1～３１０　男子　４００～４９０　女子　上位のみ       5k  男女　ファンラン（計測なし）

１位　大沼　生　　　　　１位　Sarra　Eveliina　　　　　男子　１位　佐藤　智大

２位　山本　幸延      　２位　腰原　可与　　　　　　　女子　１位　柴田　千春

３位　加藤　巧也　　　　３位　岡安　千鶴　　　　　　　　　…

Ran the 20th Nagareyama (Chiba) 10K Road Race today in another personal best 47:20 net. A very hilly course, every point seemed like either an up or a down, and many twists and turns. So crowded that the pace was very slow at many points and couldn't pass...maybe that was for my own good! A couple of people passed out on the way , I think the hills got…

Utsukushigahara Trail Run:

Shigeho Minematsu, well-known Kyoto-based artist and designer, and a star-organizer of the Kamogawa Eco 5k on Nov. 6., has lost a lot of weight during the preparation for the race! It is still possible to apply, come along an join Shigeho's diet plan!

On this picture, he is holding on of the…

Well, Christoph asked me to write a bit more about my training, so I decided to make it a blog-post. September was not a particularly interesting month - but I will try to amend my usually cryptic blog-style so everybody understands - hopefully. Would be nice if others did the same, so we could have some discussion about training here on the site.

3. 5k

4. 43k including darmstadt full - 3:51:56 - I ran this full marathon in Germany because I had made the pledge to run a 10k, a…

Yesterday, I ran the Ome-Nippara 36.8k trail run. I finished in 7:12, not bad for an old man, but too long for team-mate Yoshi to wait for me! He had come in in fourth position in 4:48! Great effort on a course where the downhills partly had ropes because they were to step to descend without them! Well, it definitely was not my kind of course, as I prefer gentle…

Last Sunday I went to Yuzawa for the annual "Cosmos" Half-Marathon. I took the Joetsu Shinkansen at 6:30h and arrived shortly after 8:00h in Yuzawa. Start time was 9:50h - enough time to get ready.

The weather was ok - while it was not particular cold it was much cooler than in August.

The course is nice but the first 6 km it goes uphill; then 5 km down and the last 2-3 you go up again.

I wanted to finish under 1:30h but I ended up with just under 1:32h. Still, no reason…

Tension is building, I'm sure Yoshi is ready to roll, but yours truly still battling summer heat and hardly got over the German jet-lag.

Next Saturday, we will run 36.8k in the mountains near Okutama, from Ome to Nippara. Over all elevation is 1471m, the highest point 1651m.

If you should be somewhere out there, come along to support us, or if you have been mad enough to apply, see you at the…

In June a few moms from my sons youchien decided to join a 10k race this coming November. They asked me if I'd like to join but I said "No way! I have never run before!" Then I started going to the gym just to get into better shape. Between my son's school schedule and my teaching schedule I wasn't getting that much time at the gym. I live right across from the river so I decied to give running a try. My first couple of runs were almost enough to make me give up (too hot) but I kept going at…

Yesterday, I ran the Darmstadt Marathon in Darmstadt south of Frankfurt. I came off a business trip and not much preparation, felt over-all tired, and had to settle for a sub-par 3:51:56. The course was also hillier than expected, and weather was pretty hot.

In spite of these conditions, my friends Andreas Gerrits (left) and Benedikt - Haile - Heil obviously…