STRIDER NEWS Stowmarket Striders Running Club Newsletter Summer 2014
STRIDER NEWS Stowmarket Striders Running Club Newsletter Summer 2014 Striders Retain Ekiden trophy Did you know.. Eleven Striders teams took part in this years Ekiden Relay, organised by Ipswich The term Ekiden Relay origi- nated in Japan meaning Jaffa RC on Sunday 13th July at Woodbridge School. Eleven teams of six took on ‘station’ and ‘transmit’. It the challenge of the equivalent of running a marathon, with each competitor signed formed the bases of the Jap- up to run either 5, 7.2 or a 10 km distance. anese communication net- work in which stations were They arrived in their masses, with a course total of 157 teams taking part. Our yellow posted at intervals along the and black vested brethren gathered under the new Strider’s branded gazebo where road. Team Captains Jo & Jason did an amazing job of organizing and coordinating our teams. In the race each runner runs the distance from one The weather was unkind, switching from sweltering heat to drenching downpours, but ‘station’ to the next and then hands off a cloth sash, or still, they smiled, they cheered, they supported each other—they ran. tasuki, to the next runner. The results were amazing, we retained our hold on the Ekiden Mixed Team trophy, The first Ekiden race was with Tim Larke, Beccy Jordan, Tammy Jordan, Sam Burdett, Mark Hayward and sponsored by the Yomiuri Roger Aldis finishing first with a time of 2:43:57, over 2 minutes ahead of their near- Shimbun (a Japanese news- est competitors. Our other mixed teams came in a pretty impressive 12th, 14th, 15th, paper) in 1917 to celebrate 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 27th & 28th out of 60 teams.
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