Daniel's Blog – November 2007 Archive (2)

What a nice day for a race in mid November, even a little too hot. So much better than last year.



I was positioned at 5K and 37K, not far from Iidabashi station.



I saw the leaders running strong in 16:30 for the first 5K. Noguchi san leading a group of 6, with Shibui san and Kosgei. Just behind and running strong I saw 5 Namban ladies in black or yellow singlets. It was quite hot at noon.



After a pause at home, I came back to cheer on our runners at 37K just below… Continue

Sunday: Great day for racing, nice, crisp, no wind, great sun, flat

course, great view of Fuji san and Hakone's Caldera. I met Gerard at

Shinjuku and Juergen and Mutsumi at Shimokitazawa on Odakyu sen with a

departure at 7:01. Quite early but necessary as Odawara is far far away. We

had great view of Fuji san on the way, especially from Shin Matsuda.



From the station, the way is well indicated to the meeting point and we set up Juergen's Namban Rengo banner. We had… Continue