October 2011 Blog Posts (9)

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…