Monday, October 12, 2009

Izumo Ekiden First Review

The team finished 13th overall.

I ran terrible. Embarrassingly bad. I covered 6.5k faster two years ago. Not sure why I suck so much. I think I was the 15th fastest for my leg and let 3 guys pass me. I had no response for their silent shuffles when they scurried by.

The dude from Nihon University has really good eyesight. Like really good eyesight. He covered the 10.2k distance in 28:17 and made up a huge deficit in the process. He was seeing with 20/15 vision today.

Nihon won, Yamanashi second, Toyo third.

The opening split was covered in 22:30 for 8.0k which is a new record.

It was hot (22-24 degrees celsius) and a little windy (3.5m/s).

Time to shower and head over to the winery to drown my sorrows.

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