November 2007 Blog Posts (13)

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Here are the times and race reports that were provided for last Friday's Ohtawara marathon, half-marathon, and 10k. My apologies for omissions and errors. Nambanners enjoyed superb performances despite the strong winds, recording 5 PBs and capturing 3 award medals:





Yoshida-san 2:50:08

My goal time was 2:50. I did not expect to break my PB of 2:49, and my result was slightly more than a minute slower than my… Continue

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It becomes clearer and clearer that my throat-problems are Tokyo related. It's minus 5 here at night, and even around lunchtime, when I run, only about plus 5, so I do my uphill repeats wearing a relatively heavy long-sleeve. Still, today there was hardly any cough when I finished!

Looking forward to the 10k race in Yeoido at the Han River on Dec. 1.!

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

Gerard: 4:58

Gordon: 5:02

Ed: 5:05

Fab:

Rie:

Mutsumi: 6:09

Mary: 6:22

I won the 5k at Worldcup Stadium today, in a ridiculously slow 18:45. I had wanted to run 10k, but my friend Jae had only a number for the 5... never mind, it was a good practice, and, as I started from the back, still a reasonable result, and good to win.

Team-mate Chris Doll finished the full marathon in 2:50:40, placing sixth over-all.

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下のリンク下4分マイルしました。3分59びよういつもみんなの前にだけ。…

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Changed this to a blog post. I am in Korea now, feeling better, so it must have something to do with Tokyo...

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Today's race was a bit better than Takashimadaira, as a car held me up for a few seconds, so I would have gotten under 37. But I clearly couldn't get the pace up. And it seems the limiting factor are not my legs, as they are not tired. I will have my breathing checked, as I always cough after hard runs. But 12th was not bad, eventhough the race was small - too bad there were no age-groups. And yeah, the race itself was great, well organized, super -friendly people - they even gave us a map with… Continue

Today　some Namban Rengo runners made the trek to Odawara for the 10km race.

Mutsumi, Juergen, Daniel and myself.

It was a successful day with Daniel, Mutsumi and myself making road 10km pbs. Juergen running solidy as well and surviving a little run in with a local kuruma.

It was a well run event, a scenic out and back course with a river running down one side of the track and Mt Fuji visible to the naked eye on the other side of the track.

The weather was crisp…

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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

October was a good month, with weeks averaging 60k, and a lot of speed! The 10k at Takashimadaira leave room for improvement....

1. 11k incl 3x2000 @ izumi, 7:18, 7:13, 7:01

2. 11k

3. 14k incl 2x3x1000, fr 6:30 3:25 3:24 3:21 // 3:22 3:25 3:18

4. 7k

5. 11k incl 10x400 @ 79.8 fr 2min

6. 10min weights

7. 5k

8. 28k incl 3x1600 6:02 5:57 5:55

9. 10min weights

10. mile: 5:25 5x800 2:44.6 fr. 5min

11. 15min weights

12. 11k 10x400 av. 91.6 fr.…

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