Fukushi's Osaka finish video

i think this video is amazing and it speaks volumes about her character.

imagine Ritz in the same position crying his heart out like a little girl.

she is my new hero.

zatopek wrote:

Where in Kyoto is the track that they train on?

Aim for the Nishikyogoku station of the Hankyu line. There's a baseball stadium, large track/soccer stadium and the practice track, which is open some days.

Jason

Some quotes in the media the last few days:

"After 30 km my eyes and legs stopped working properly. Everything in my brain went white. I can't remember anything about the last stretch." --Fukushi

"Something unpredictable happened here." --Tadayuki Nagayama, Fukushi's coach

"Fukushi is the kind of athlete who comes along once in 10 years, but the marathon is not so sweet. One month is not enough time to prepare." --Yoshio Koide, coach of Olympic medalists Takahashi and Arimori

OBVIOUS PACING BY THE COACH -- DQ!

Spooter wrote:

[quote]Kevin Hanson wrote:

I appreciate Seko's training schedules (thanks Nobby).

How would I go about acquiring these training schedules? Could I email you Nobby? Thanks!

They're on Bob Hodge's website.

Interesting debates here. Though I can't help but think (know) how drastically different some of these responses would be if this had been a man falling down three times in the final mile of a marathon. He would generally be taken entirely seriously and there would be ongoing glorification of his dedication.

I realize that running boards are dominated by men and that many of them are irritated, intimidated, or annoyed by fast women. Either that or they simply ignore the input or advice given by experienced/fast women.

Even so, to suggest that a woman (not a girl) of this caliber and talent would intentionally fall down in order to be dramatic is truly weird. I thought runners were generally smarter than that. Even boy runners.

HRE wrote:

They're on Bob Hodge's website.

Wow, amazing site, great stuff, I didn't know that existed. Thanks!

I don't see a log for Seko on there, am I missing something?

I stand by my statement. She doesn't fall apart like everyone else does she just goes slow. There is no wobble in the legs and everytime she falls "flat on her face" shes quick enough and energetic enough to get her arms out to protect hereself. She doesn't even have a mark on her after the race. It just doesn't look like shes totally bonked her face doesn't even look strained in the video.

Its from the action not the sex of the person that I have my suspicions women are just as tough as guys...just look at the girl who broke both the fibia and tibia and finished that HS race crawling.

honestopinion wrote:

I stand by my statement. She doesn't fall apart like everyone else does she just goes slow.

For a runner of that talent level, 12:00 miles or whatever she was running is certainly falling apart. I don't think it was an act at all. She was toast.

Kayoko Fukushi ran magnificently.

What an amazing runner, with such talent, and no fear of the marathon. I am personally very impressed, and looking forward to see what she does next time.

Bob Hodge used to have Japanese training on his site but I don't find any there now.

This one deserves a bump.

http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2009/01/bringing-back-classic-fukushi-in-osaka.html

No Japanese "Pain-face" for her!