The 8th Teganuma Marathon Race.

Date : Sunday October 27, 2002 Weather : Fine

Location : Kashiwa City Country Park, Kashiwa City, Chiba Pref.


Details of Race :Refer to the 7th Teganuma Marathon Race.

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Physical exercises Exercises Drink party

T-shirt

Impression & Record

• I left home at 7:00 AM. The rain started at Saturday night stopped and it was fine.
• I joined with my running mates, Messers F and S, at Hibarigaoka Station, next to Higashi-kurume Station. While chattering about marathon in the train, we arrived in Ikebukuro.
• We changed the train at Nippori Station to Joban Line. We reached Kashiwa Station at 8:40 AM and walked to Kashiwa City Country Park. We also met other mates there.
• It was announced that almost 8,000 runners joined this year! So many runners! The park was full of runners.
• The running course was changed this year. Ruuners would run around the Teganuma Lake via central bridge.
• However, the runners had to line up on the narrow road as usual when starting.
• This year, runners had to line up in accordance with runner's number designated by the sponsor . The number seemed to be determined based upon runner's self-stated time.
• I reported the running time as 1 hour 50 minutes. My number was 3,000s. However, somehow, the position was almost the last part of the line. I could not see the starting line.
• The race started at 10:00 AM, which I could know by the sound of fire work.
• It was cloudy and cool when I arrived, but it became clear, fine and hot when started.
• All runners around me were forced to walk until we reached to the start line. It took 5 minutes 16 seconds to pass the start line. Too much loss time!
• After running approx. 3 km, the course narrowed again. Thus it was hard to run smoothly. It was also dangerous.
• At 5 km point, the runners had to pass the bridge to cross Teganuma Lake. However, the course was not a road but a narrow walkway!
• It took 32 minutes to pass 5 km point. The time at 10 km was 59 minutes. Very slow pace!
• There were four water supply points. However, when I arrived in the second point, the water was almost running out! Many runners were trying to rob cups as if it were the food aid station at refugee camp. I gave up to drink water. How come the water was running out so quickly?
• I passed 15 km point after 1 hour 26 minutes.
• To recover the loss time, I tried to speed up after 15 km.
• During the last 3 km, I ran as fast as possible. Finally, I could catch up with tall Mr. S and passed him.
• I continued to run faster to the goal. Fortunately, I did not feel hardness/tiredness since I had to run with slow pace in the early half stage.
• However, to my reget, the goal time was 1 hour 59 minutes (Gross), which is the worst record in recent three years (I guess).
• Anyway, after the race, we had a BIG drink party in the park with canned beer and packed Japanese sake under the sunny weather.
• More than 20 members joined the party this time. We drank and talked very much.
• The party continued almost 3 hours and when finished, no one was there except us!
• Then, we had the second party at Chinese restaurant near Kashiwa Station.
• Unfortunately, I missed Mr. S at Kashiwa Station and came back home alone at 19:00.
• As I already wrote, a lot of young gals join this race. You will be happy to see young gals while running!
• Too much runners this time. I am of opinion that the number of runners to be limited less than 5,000 next time. (But no limit for young gals!)

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