Read Max King's journal entries posted daily from Japan

Max,

after your great cross country season, I was wondering if you were going to stay in the steeple or run the 10k. Sure looked like you could run 28 after watching cross. Good luck in Japan.

Nice read!

Day four is posted

Day 2 is my favorite.

is max going to wear the usa singlet or is he going to pin the bib directly to his chest?

Day five is posted.

I heard he visited an accupunturist while in Japan and requested daggers instead of the usual needles.

word is max won the annual japanese dining hall classic 5k by a wide margin.

keep it up!

Day six is posted (the day before the race).

"It’s a good race to take some risks here and there and see what we can do. I realize no one is really expecting much from the long course team since we’re so young but I’m hoping we can pull off a good race and not race like a bunch of amateurs. We’ll see. Our story has yet to be told."

Good luck kid, I hope you kick some ass!

1 114 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 35:40

2 121 Sihine Sileshi ETH 35:43 0:03

3 215 Mathathi Martin Irungu KEN 35:44 0:04

4 90 Tadesse Zersenay ERI 35:47 0:07

5 210 Kigen Mike Kipruto KEN 35:54 0:14

6 214 Macharinyang Hosea Mwok KEN 36:02 0:22

7 86 Kifle Yonas ERI 36:05 0:25

8 84 Abdallah Ali ERI 36:18 0:38

9 89 Mesfen Tesfayohannes ERI 36:18 0:38

10 204 Arusei Simon Koros KEN 36:18 0:38

11 241 Goumri Abderrahim MAR 36:20 0:40

12 209 Kibowen John KEN 36:21 0:41

13 117 Gebremariam Gebre-egziabher ETH 36:24 0:44

14 276 Abdullah Ahmad Hassan QAT 36:25 0:45

15 230 Amyn Mohammed MAR 36:28 0:48

16 238 El Amri Khalid MAR 36:31 0:51

17 99 de la Ossa Juan Carlos ESP 36:35 0:55

18 282 Salem Gamal Belal QAT 36:40 1:00

19 87 Kiflemariam Samson ERI 36:41 1:01

20 237 Dghoughi Aïssa MAR 36:42 1:02

21 321 Busienei Wilson Kipkemei UGA 36:42 1:02

22 323 Kiprop Boniface UGA 36:45 1:05

23 326 Kipsiro Moses UGA 36:52 1:12

24 132 Zoubaa Khalid FRA 36:54 1:14

25 268 Silva Fernando POR 36:57 1:17

26 120 Nigusse Ketema ETH 36:58 1:18

27 264 Henriques Eduardo POR 37:04 1:24

28 251 Suárez Alejandro MEX 37:05 1:25

29 98 Castillejo Carles ESP 37:06 1:26

30 252 Vega Teodoro MEX 37:06 1:26

31 118 Mamo Eshetu Gezhagne ETH 37:07 1:27

32 285 Shami Mubarak Hassan QAT 37:09 1:29

33 166 De Nard Gabriele ITA 37:17 1:37

34 234 Beloua Brahim MAR 37:18 1:38

35 196 Tokumoto Kazuyoshi JPN 37:20 1:40

36 324 Kiprop Isaac UGA 37:21 1:41

37 10 Moussaoui Samir ALG 37:22 1:42

38 11 Naïli Ahmed ALG 37:24 1:44

39 192 Sato Tomoyuki JPN 37:26 1:46

40 302 Disi Dieudonné RWA 37:27 1:47

41 249 Galván David MEX 37:28 1:48

42 164 Buttazzo Gianmarco ITA 37:28 1:48

43 339 Hall Ryan USA 37:29 1:49

44 318 Aliwa Moses UGA 37:35 1:55

45 19 Dent Martin AUS 37:36 1:56

46 327 Kosgei Samuel UGA 37:37 1:57

47 266 Ribas Ricardo POR 37:40 2:00

48 191 Ohmori Terukazu JPN 37:40 2:00

49 194 Takezawa Kensuke JPN 37:43 2:03

50 232 Baday Ahmed MAR 37:43 2:03

51 337 Gildea Patrick USA 37:45 2:05

52 286 Shebto Moustafa Ahmed QAT 37:48 2:08

53 261 Braz Alfredo POR 37:50 2:10

54 18 Cartwright Brett AUS 37:52 2:12

55 343 Leslie Brandon USA 37:58 2:18

56 162 Mulvey Vincent IRL 37:58 2:18

57 341 King Max USA 38:03 2:23

58 221 Tuitoek Simion Kiprop KEN 38:04 2:24

59 3 Belhout Saïd ALG 38:06 2:26

60 171 Gualdi Giovanni ITA 38:09 2:29

61 69 Han Gang CHN 38:11 2:31

62 277 Kemboi Nicholas QAT 38:14 2:34

63 185 Imai Masato JPN 38:15 2:35

64 269 Silva Manuel POR 38:17 2:37

65 109 Serrano Ricardo ESP 38:17 2:37

66 8 Maazouz Abdelhakim ALG 38:17 2:37

67 182 Date Hideaki JPN 38:17 2:37

68 174 Scaini Stefano ITA 38:18 2:38

69 130 Theuri James Kibocha FRA 38:18 2:38

70 165 Cesari Fabio ITA 38:19 2:39

71 119 Negera Abebe Dinkesa ETH 38:19 2:39

72 305 Simukeka Jean Baptiste RWA 38:22 2:42

73 37 da Silva Sérgio BRA 38:22 2:42

74 340 Hartmann Jason USA 38:23 2:43

75 304 Safari Rachid RWA 38:25 2:45

76 57 McKenzie Ryan CAN 38:29 2:49

77 149 Thompson Gavin GBR 38:31 2:51

78 290 Dlomo Norman RSA 38:34 2:54

79 291 Gwebu Jeffrey RSA 38:34 2:54

80 134 Bannister Dominic GBR 38:35 2:55

81 40 Gomes Benedito Donizeti BRA 38:40 3:00

82 66 Monje Jonathan CHI 38:41 3:01

83 150 Tickner Frank GBR 38:42 3:02

84 31 Moloko Gabalebe BOT 38:44 3:04

85 301 Bivahagumye Valens RWA 38:45 3:05

86 303 Rukundo Sylvain RWA 38:49 3:09

87 32 Mosalagae Kaelo BOT 38:49 3:09

88 64 Echeverria Roberto CHI 38:51 3:11

89 4 Benkrama Nabil ALG 38:54 3:14

90 72 Ma Jifu CHN 38:54 3:14

91 161 Mehrabi Omid IRI 38:59 3:19

92 61 Osaduik Steve CAN 39:01 3:21

93 155 Arévalo Alfredo GUA 39:10 3:30

94 73 Su Wei CHN 39:11 3:31

95 56 Mauricio Cristiano CAN 39:12 3:32

96 33 Selagaboy Boiphemelo BOT 39:19 3:39

97 227 Shin Younggun KOR 39:19 3:39

98 76 Guarin Javier COL 39:25 3:45

99 62 Scull Jeffery CAN 39:25 3:45

100 250 Jimenez Cesar Javier MEX 39:27 3:47

101 30 Bashingili Ndabili BOT 39:31 3:51

102 42 Rodrigues Claudir BRA 39:31 3:51

103 68 Chen Mingfu CHN 39:32 3:52

104 156 García José Amado GUA 39:35 3:55

105 225 Lee Duhaeng KOR 39:35 3:55

106 202 Mamashayev Takhir KAZ 39:48 4:08

107 71 Li Zhuhong CHN 39:53 4:13

108 67 Yañez Enzo CHI 40:08 4:28

109 70 Li Youcai CHN 40:08 4:28

110 81 El Saman Abdel EGY 40:14 4:34

111 223 Bae Sungmin KOR 40:14 4:34

112 20 Dessaix-Chin Russell AUS 40:17 4:37

113 157 Hernández Víctor GUA 40:18 4:38

114 307 Bandara Ajit SRI 40:24 4:44

115 82 Elgayar Mohamed Rabia EGY 40:31 4:51

116 143 Humphries Thomas GBR 40:33 4:53

117 353 Nasyrov Ruslan UZB 40:41 5:01

118 65 Lobos Sergio CHI 40:45 5:05

119 181 Tomlin Michael JAM 40:51 5:11

120 306 Labiche Antoine Simon SEY 40:56 5:16

121 24 Ruschena David AUS 41:05 5:25

122 79 Abdelrahman Yasser Moustafa EGY 41:07 5:27

123 15 Cangengele Carlos ANG 41:15 5:35

124 158 Johan Jauhari INA 41:16 5:36

125 60 Nielsen James CAN 41:31 5:51

126 80 Bakry Ahmed EGY 41:32 5:52

127 356 Akki Irappa Dundappa IND 43:01 7:21

128 317 Irmatov Nozimjon TJK 43:34 7:54

129 78 Ramírez Jesús DOM 43:59 8:19

130 178 Edward Phillip JAM 44:20 8:40

131 75 N'Dri Konan Severin CIV 44:28 8:48

132 177 Campbell Kevin JAM 45:18 9:38

179 Stewart Hurley JAM DNF

224 Huh Jangkyu KOR DNF

39 Eloy José BRA DNF

336 Gabrielson Matt USA DNF

146 Noad Ben GBR DNF

262 Conceição Delfim POR DNF

168 Di Pardo Luciano ITA DNF

12 Ould Bouchiba Merzak ALG DNF

180 Talbert Wainard JAM DNS

284 Shaheen Saif Saaeed QAT DNS

21 Mottram Craig AUS DNS

247 Barrios Juan Luis MEX DNS

So Max did you finally tap the pink hair girl????

Actually I thought that the hottest gals were the Peruvians.

Good job Max, even though it didn't turn out the way you wanted.

you can also read junior team member Andrew Bumbalough's journal entries at

http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/tnrunning/vpost?id=995859

I think Max ran as well as possible giving the conditions and the situation. He ran pretty aggressively in the first half of the race, and it was nice to see the USA team making their best effort.

The last journal entry is posted

Journal Day 7 April 2 (Race day, post race Party, ending thoughts)