japan running news

http://www.namban.org/index.php/reports/more/tohoku_disaster_fundraiser
JRN associate editor Mika Tokairin was one of the Mar. 19 Tohoku Disaster Fundraiser Run's co-organizers. JRN editor Brett Larner covered the longest distance among the participants, 16 laps of Tokyo's historic Kaigakan running loop in Jingu Gaien.

http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58696.html

Tokyo-based men's winner Shinji Nakadai is one of my fellow coaches at the Harriers running club.

2010 I.A.U. 100 km World Championships
Gibraltar, 11/7/10
Men
click here for complete men's results
1. Shinji Nakadai (Japan) - 6:43:44
2. Jonas Buud (Sweden) - 6:47:40
3. Michael Wardian (U.S.A.) - 6:49:18
4. Noriyuki Araki (Japan) - 6:50:00
5. Oleksandr Holovnytskyy (Ukraine) - 6:51:03

Men's Teams
1. Japan - 20:32:21
2. U.S.A. - 20:46:04
3. France - 21:05:52

Women
click here for complete women's results
1. Ellie Greenwood (GBR) - 7:29:05
2. Monica Carlin (Italy) - 7:30:50
3. Lizzy Hawker (GBR) - 7:33:26
4. Gloria Vinstedt (Sweden) - 7:37:06
5. Meghan Arbogast (U.S.A.) - 7:46:01

Women's Teams
1. GBR - 23:16:54
2. Italy - 23:47:11
3. Japan - 24:00:22

http://www.globerunner.org/blog/?p=306

An article by Pat Butcher about interesting Tokyo-based club Second Wind. One thing worth noting with regard to Mari Hirata is that the English word 'coach' is used in Japanese more in the sense that we would use 'trainer.' The word 'kantoku' denotes what we think of as the 'coach.' Manabu Kawagoe is the coach, while Hirata is one of the club's trainers. By contrast, 1991 World Championships women's marathon silver medalist Sachiko Yamashita is the coach of Team Daiichi Seimei and its star runner, 2009 World Championships women's marathon silver medalist Yoshimi Ozaki, the younger sister of Second Wind runner Akemi Ozaki.

http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=48243.html


100km degli etruschi (1)- Campionato mondiale 2008
Uploaded by alterego62
The Japanese women's team finished 3rd behind Russia and the U.S.A. with two runners in the top eight. My Harriers teammate Shinji Nakadai, the runner at 0:59 in the video above, was the 4th Japanese finisher on the men's team. おめでとうございます。The video and others at the same site were sent to me by a JRN reader. Thank you.

Another reader sent this link to photos of the World Cup including two of the Japanese men. Thanks as well.

by Brett Larner

The Harriers team overcame an accident-ridden 1st stage to score its first-ever win in the Shibuya Ekiden on Jan. 20. Threatened snowy weather did not materialize, making for ideal conditions on the 12 km, 4 stage course. 1st stage Harriers runner Eiji Kobayashi ran the first 10 m of the race without realizing that his tasuki had come off while taking off his warmup uniform. Kobayashi doubled back to the warmup area to retrieve the tasuki before starting again, losing over 1 minute. Harriers' 2nd, 3rd and 4th stage runners clocked stage best time performances to help the team move up through the field, with anchor Jason Lawrence of New Zealand taking the lead immediately after beginning his run. Harriers won in a total time of 37:43 including loss time from the 1st stage accident. 2-time defending champion Namban Rengo was 2nd, with the Tokyo Fire Department AC 3rd.

UPDATE: On the strength of its win at the Shibuya Ekiden, Harriers was selected by Shibuya government …