東京でのマラソン・陸上・駅伝・・・・・体を鍛えて、環境を守ってエコマラソン

Shinjuku Half 2009

On Sunday, I ran the Shinjuku Half marathon. This is my fifth time to do the race and I thought I new the course well, but this year they changed the course a little bit and I couldn't find ANY kilometer signs during the 21 km. Weird. Wasn't there one in every 5 kilometers? It may be because the event organizer was transferred from the Tokyo Metropolitan government to Shinjuku Ward this year. But, this actually worked better for me. Not knowing exactly how fast I was going, I ran in a pace I felt comfortable with. As a result, I set my PB, 1 hour and 41, improving my time by 6 minutes from a year ago.

The course had a bit of ups and downs, just the way I like it! The weather turned out to be good, as well.

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Comment by Jon Holmes on February 1, 2009 at 12:00pm: Well done on PB. You are close to the 100 minute barrier. Good luck.

Comment by Sumie Kawakami on January 31, 2009 at 9:56am: Thanks! It's all because of Namban!!!

Comment by Sumie Kawakami on January 31, 2009 at 9:00am: Hope weather will improve on Sunday! Have a good race!!!

Comment by juergen wittstock on January 31, 2009 at 12:21am: I think our professional photographer wasn't there! But there will be a few good ones on Sunday!