Thomas Sawada's Blog – October 2011 Archive (2)

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…

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…