Tokyo Marathon

I’ve decided that the NY Marathon is so last year and I’m now interested in running this one on Sunday Dec 9th.

Registration is now open. Anyone interested ?

http://www.honolulumarathon.org/site3.aspx

Time is a runner.
As he ages his speed increases
and with such ease the moments fly by.
Until with the finish point in sight,
he breathes a sign of relief as he passes the line,
to ponder the steps that flown underfoot

My Reuters marathon will finally come to an end after a ten year course. One that has had its hill climbs and straights. The odd obstacle in the way. Yet never did I take a taxi or the easy route. 25th May is the last day. Very soon afterwards I start my next assignment.
So between now and end of May I should try to get fit. Will I be ready for the next Tokyo marathon ? I doubt it but I can at least dream

It’s back – probably. Sunday, February 17th, 2008. Though the site mentions that the Tokyo Marathon committee has yet to actually confirm the date.
http://www.tokyo42195.org/

However, they’ve commissioned a much improved course map for next year ( even if it is the same route ) which just goes to show.. something.
So .. who is up for it this time ?

Relive it all with a .. slideshow

Registration for the New York Marathon on 4th November 2007 is now open at http://www.nycmarathon.org/home/index.php.  The Tokyo Marathon being a distant memory and the pain abated I have just signed up for the lottery.

So I trained all year in 32C no rain only to rock up in Shinjuku raining at 7:30am 5C. Standing around was a bit of a bore and I didn’t find any faces I recognised. Once the start occured, being in K section it was about 20 minutes before I crossed the line. This had me worried as the time limit of 7 hours is from the start so I had already been reduced to 6:40… The going was slow and tough. Not having wet weather gear or trained in the cld showed and the whole time I questioned why I was doing this. The only thing I could think of was that I was doing it so that I did not have to start this again. Agghh.. But by 20km near Shinagawa I had enough, only to be passed (coming the other direction) by Stephen Owen yelling “CHRISTOPH, HOWS IT GOING”. Of course I lied and said great, resolved to press on a little bit more.. Well then getting close to Akasaka I was again passed by Stephen yelling “CHRISTOPH, WANT A PILL?”. Blindly I took the pills which Stephen said were pain killers (I have my doubts!!) , was coinvieintly located near a water station and plodded on. In no time at all 30km of effort was completed and a Japanese Mechanical Engineer, working for the Yokohama City who had run 4 marathons previously came up fro a chat… He eventually accelerated (more on him later). By now it was down hill, only 10km to go, heck an hours worth of running – now if only I could run. A bit of me that had never protested to my training previously was killing me and I waddled on to 1km to the end when the Japanese Mechanical Engineer approached from behind… He didn’t kn ow how I had been faster than him (ha)… Anyway we took off our sodden gear so that, as proper Japanese we would look proper crossing the line then crossed in unison in about 6:30 on the clock with hands raised (as if out for a stroll) – by my rekkoning that makes my time somewhere between 6:10 and 6:30. I did look around alittle for everyone else but no one was around.

Hmm, now should I train for an ultra?