January 2011 Blog Posts (10)

Yesterday, I spent a few exciting hours in freezing cold Osaka, cheering for the participants of the Osaka Ladies Marathon. I was at the 17k/28k mark, near Osaka castle, so I could see everybody twice. As I wanted to cheer for the slower runners as well, I did not go to Nagai Stadium to see the finish of the winners.…

06:35PM, Saturday, January 15, Palermo Park, Buenos Aires city, Argentina.

I use to run early morning but today I decided to change my daily routine.

A typical summer day in Buenos Aires (30 Centigrade Degree and heavy humidity). A lot of people in the park.

7minutes/km is my speed for today. Suddenly I feel that, behind me, somebody is…

Today's Shibuya Ekiden saw many podium-finishes, but no first place by the Namban teams. Our ladies were beaten on the last leg by a former pro, giving the win to the Chudai Ladies (BTW, that's our Ecomarron's team!), so, sad for Namban, but congrats to the winners!

In the veterans, well, age counts, and our teams average age - 48, was a bit high to go for first place,…

2011年1月15日に陸上競技ヴィクトリア（豪州）メルボルンのドンカスターの郊外トラックで１５００メートルに参加しました。大会前一週間ぐらいずっと雨でしたが大会の日やっと晴れました。けっこう暑かったが湿度は減りました。イベントは夜大会になって、レースのスタートは午後５時４０分。レースのスタートからテンポはけっこう速かったのでもし選手が最後までキープするとしたら速いタイムが沢山ありそうでした。でもやっぱり三週になって選手達半分ぐらい疲れました。私は５００メートルが残った時にペースアップして最後までキップをしました。２００メートルが残った時に３位にたって、４人選手最後の２００メートル頑張って、結果は私４位でした。タイムは４分１４秒。お疲れ様でした。明日Youtubeで報告とレース撮影アップロードします。皆さん国でもいつでもマラソン頑張って下さい。ジェリー。

Chan Ka Ho of the Hong Kong National team beat runningintokyo.com member Thomas Kiprotich to finish in 1:10:11! Thomas was four seconds behind, a great performance given the windy conditions and hilly course. Hope he can work on his kick, so he wins the next time out!

This race concluded our…

Yesterday I was invited to run the Mizuno Half in Tai Mei Tuk, my last race on this trip to Hong Kong. It is a very challenging, hilly course, and it was windy. I started out fast, and was able to finish on target, in 1:17:55! I won the age-group by about five minutes!

It was my pleasure to be on the podium with Keith Chan of…

2011年1…

Too bad, I'm winning only cows in Hong Kong! How can I take them back to Kenya?…

今日ジェリーは新年の最初の陸上競技グループと一緒にスピード練習をしました。メンユーは…

Today's hilly 10k on Cheung Chau island saw a Kenian sweep in both age-groups. runningintokyo's Francis Kemei easily won the senior division, but could not keep up with Thomas, a 24-year-old Kenian resident of Hong Kong who happens to be from Francis' hometown of Eldoret!

I was happy…