Nobby wrote:
Sorry we couldn't provide "exciting" coverage as Zatopek and I usually do with other Japanese marathons. Maybe for Nagoya Women's marathon next month...
... or for this coming Sunday's Yokohama Women's Ekiden. I'll race the Inuyama Half that day; hope the weather is better than it was for Tokyo!!
Where are my videos Nobby???
Nobby, can you pick up a pair of Japanese-style ASICS flats for me in men's US Size 9 while you're there?
I will pay with a money order if you provide an address.
If not, whatever. Just thought I'd ask.
Arrigato.
need data wrote:
Nobby, can you pick up a pair of Japanese-style ASICS flats for me in men's US Size 9 while you're there?
I will pay with a money order if you provide an address.
If not, whatever. Just thought I'd ask.
Arrigato.
Nobby isn't here in Japan now, and I'm not sure when he plans to come out...
Any results from a Jenny Truscott, also an Aussie running her 2nd marathon?
oh, nevermind...thanks
Interesting to see this is the first 'mass participation' marathon (in Tokyo?, Japan?). What exactly does that mean? Did citizen/recreational runners need to leave the country to run a marathon before? I know the Honelulu Marathon is popular with the Japanese.
At the NYC Marathon, The Tokyo Marathon was there with available slots for this race -- a marathon vacation. Any thoughts on this as a destination marathon?
Thanks.
LI Runner wrote:
Interesting to see this is the first 'mass participation' marathon (in Tokyo?, Japan?). What exactly does that mean? Did citizen/recreational runners need to leave the country to run a marathon before? I know the Honelulu Marathon is popular with the Japanese.
At the NYC Marathon, The Tokyo Marathon was there with available slots for this race -- a marathon vacation. Any thoughts on this as a destination marathon?
Thanks.
I think what they mean is that this is the first marathon where the common folk could actually run together with the elite in such a large number. They're usually pretty strict here with marathons for elite runners (like Fukuoka, Beppu-Oita and the old Tokyo Marathon) and for recreational runners (Ibigawa and Kakegawa are two in my area that attract a few thousand non-elite runners)... although they've lowered the standards for getting into Fukuoka to around what the old Boston standards were.
As for whether Tokyo would serve as a "vacation" marathon... if you've never been to Japan, it might be cool to come out, but bring LOTS (x5) of M-O-N-E-Y!
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