Beginning this week I'll be contributing to the Runnerville Weekly series of podcasts. I will mostly be talking about different aspects of Japanese distance running, unsurprisingly.
This was maybe the most entertaining marathon in years. After rocking the 2nd leg at last year's Hakone Ekiden Hibiki Yoshida (Sunbelx) ran an incredible 1:01:01 CR for the 21.9 km New Year Ekiden 2nd leg last month, equivalent to a 58:47 half marathon. That predicted a 2:03:27 marathon if he ever ran one, and when Yoshida announced he was debuting at this year's Osaka Marathon he wasted no time in saying it'd be a shot at the 2:04:55 NR. Things went out fast enough with a 14:50 split through 5 km, 2:05:11 pace, but Yoshida just couldn't hold back and took off at 8 km. He clearly DGAF about what was probably going to happen as his projected finish kept getting faster, 2:04:41, 2:04:15, 2:03:51, 2:03:40, edging closer and closer to what his New Year time predicted, but not helped along by the fact that he missed 4 out of his first 5 drink bottles. People laughed, and then cheered him on. 30 km was the first time he slowed, his finish projection dropping to 2:03:53, an...
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Good luck!
Ryano
I'd like to let you guys know that the Borneo International Marathon will be held on October 12th 2008 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
It is the first marathon to be held in Sabah in over 20 years and is currently the only marathon to be organized in Borneo for this year.
For more info please visit www.borneomarathon.com or email me at info@borneomarathon.com
Cheers and have a great week ahead
Best,
Shan Sandhu
Event Coordinator