Juergen wittstock's Blog – December 2010 Archive (5)

Francis Kimeli Kemei, our guest from Kenia, won today's Boxing Day Run in Hong Kong, Juergen Wittstock placed 12th over-all and second in the Master's division.

Francis, who is 53 years old and the gardener of Moi University in Eldoret, had arrived in HK on Friday, and,…

Juergen and Francis on beautiful Lamma Island! Off for a run in a minute!

Daniiel (thanks for posting, see below), Masako and Juergen ran in today's race at Ota-ku. I had my new Brooks racing flats, and yes, ran an age-graded PB of  37:58, not bad considering the Garmin showed the course as 100m long, and I had run a half-marathon the week before! Splits were 3:35 (!) for the first kilometer, and 18:40 for 5k!

Masako finished under…

Today, a small group of about six Nambanners ran the Ogawamachi Washi Halfmarathon. It is a really nice race, well organized, with good support by the local community. Furthermore, the start is only 1.5k from my second home, so it is very convenient for me, and for my friends, who are always invited!

Among our small group, I was fastest in 1:25:55, followed by…

Jay Johannesen　(1517) placed second in this year's Run for the Cure at Tokyo's Imperial Palace, beating Namban Rengo's Michael Tandler (545） by a few seconds. Also in this picture is UK-James (3520). Jay's time for the 10k was 35:43, congratulations! Read more at:…