Thought you might be interested to know that the first parkrun in Japan was held on April 6.
It was held along the Tamagawa river, a little ways south of central Tokyo.
It was well attended - 343 people - and was a success, except that the first 20 runners got mis-directed and only ran 3k. 343 was quite good, since it wasn't promoted much to the Japanese running community - mostly on Facebook to English speakers.
My club had 30 people there.
It's too far from my house for me to go often (and I don't like running in the morning), but anyway, it's nice that parkrun made it to Japan.
Oh, and Paul Sinton-Hewitt, the founder of parkrun, was on hand for the first event, so that was cool.
My hamstring has healed - no pain at all for the past 3 weeks. I have a Half on Sunday, which I'll be able to run, but not at a quick pace. Too bad, as I had hoped to be in good shape for it, but happy that I'll at least be out there.
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Good luck for the half Bob. I've never tackled a Parkrun before. Come to think of it, I've never run a competitive 5K. Reckon I should. BTW, that 15.58 of yours is HUGE. Nice one mate.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark. Yes, the parkruns are good events - if there's one near enough to you to make it convenient for an early morning start. And yes, you should race some 5Ks!
ReplyDeleteI'm lucky to have one 10 minutes away and a few others within a 30 minute drive. I see your course record is still holding up well.
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