Read this somewhere but cant find the link (if indeed it was online) .. anyway, apparently a few new rules for the 2008 Tokyo Marathon :
On the last point there will be no leniency : offenders will be disqualified immediately.
( I’m afraid you can’t wear this, Joe )
Ancient news but worth a recap .. a foreigner-friendly roundup of the 2007 run
Not directly running-related but someone who helped me ( and many others ) get off the couch, Sheldon Brown, sadly died last night.
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris
He was a unique and funny man who shared his knowledge freely. Sad news.
Paul
Two weeks to go and the field has narrowed to just Joe. Time for a look back at February last year ..
And good luck Joe !
February 2007 :
Relive it all with a .. slideshow
Exiting a Japanese Safari Park in a wheelchair with a broken foot, I was hoping for a better story to tell than “I fell over”. However, there was no lion. No elephants stampeded. Penguins failed to menace. I just fell down a path. Foot broke cleanly :
That bit on the left should be in one piece, like a wholesome chicken drumstick. The cleaved bit at the drumstick end is the problem. Expected to take a month to heal, though I have to get it checked weekly to make sure it doesnt actually try to navigate its way out. I hope it sticks around. I was quite attached to it.
Happy Christmas everyone ( if you celebrate it ). Especially to those at work keeping everything including hospitals working for the rest of us.
As for the Marathon… I think Murtaugh said it best. I’m too old for this shit.
10 weeks to go, and time for a roundup of the stars of ‘07 and the contenders for ‘08.
Reza: Still in for 2008. Currently training hard in Phuket
Joe : Still in for 2008. Ran the 20Km up Mt Takao “for fun” recently…
Ed : Moved to the US of A. Unlikely to be in Japan for 2008
Paul : Injured knee, out of the running for ‘08
Christoph : Accidentally got accepted for the NY marathon. Emigrated to Singapore. Not in for Tokyo 2008.
So all hopes are on Reza and Joe !
Paul
Another week and another survey, this time concluding that a ‘majority’ of the population of the UK ( yes, including kids ) will be obese in 40 years. Given the previous survey where us hardy British felt we could garden or housework our way to a healthy life, it is perhaps not suprising.
Conclusion of this particular review was that “..human biology is simply out of step with modern life in the 21st century, with its labour-saving devices, motorised transport, sedentary work and cheap high energy foods”
My options :
Survey detail in today’s papers
