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Post by ronb on Oct 21, 2009 11:50:01 GMT -5
The Canadian Team competing in the Chiba International Road Relay in Japan has been selected, and presumably will be announced soon. The race takes place Monday, November 23rd, and is a mixed race with 3 men running legs of 10K., 10K., and 5K., and 3 women running legs of 5K., 5K., and 7.2K., or whatever the exact distance is to complete the marathon distance. Apparently 2 alternates may be selected as well.
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Post by coldneck on Oct 23, 2009 9:07:53 GMT -5
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Post by ronb on Oct 23, 2009 12:20:11 GMT -5
Don't be so coy, RC....You know who's on the team... |
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Post by redbull on Nov 4, 2009 10:07:45 GMT -5
Athletics Canada names Chiba Ekiden Team OTTAWA - Athletics Canada announced today that team that will compete at the 2009 Chiba Ekiden Road Race Relay in Chiba-City, Japan on November 23. Held annually since 1988, with mixed gender events beginning in 2007, this road race relay covers the full marathon distance with a men’s 5km, women’s 5km, men’s 10km, women’s 5km, men’s 10km and finally a women’s 7.195km leg. Canadian team leader Thelma Wright comments, “The Chiba Ekiden allows a highly competitive opportunity for our top Road Runners and a chance to test their fitness against some of the world’s best endurance athletes in this unique mixed relay format. With the experienced athletes selected, the team plans to improve significantly on last year’s 9th place finishing time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 56 seconds.” 2009 Chiba Ekiden Road Race Team Name Hometown Personal Coach Marilyn Arsenault Victoria, BC Jon Brown Reid Coolsaet Hamilton, ON Dave Scott-Thomas Malindi Elmore Calgary, AB Mike Van Tighem Megan Metcalfe Edmonton, AB Sean Cleary Richard Mosley Coquitlam, BC Richard Lee Steve Osaduik Langley, BC Richard Lee Denise Robson Halifax, NS Cliff Mathews Dylan Wykes Kingston, ON Steve Boyd Integrated Support Team Name Position Hometown Thelma Wright Team Leader Vancouver, BC Richard Lee Team Coach Port Coquitlam, BC Ron O’Hare Physiotherapist Aurora, ON Can I also please add the following (I have to support my east coast buddies): www.metronews.ca/halifax/sports/article/164241 |
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Post by ronb on Nov 18, 2009 19:35:30 GMT -5
Very unofficial running order for our team. Reid Coolsaet (5K), Megan Metcalfe(5K), Richard Mosley(10K), Chantell Widney(5K), Dylan Wykes(10K), Marilyn Arsenault(7.195K).
And if that holds up, then our alternates Steve Osaduik and Denise Robson will be racing a 5K on the track, as the relay goes on... Go team !!!
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Post by oldster on Nov 19, 2009 8:19:12 GMT -5
Very unofficial running order for our team. Reid Coolsaet (5K), Megan Metcalfe(5K), Richard Mosley(10K), Chantell Widney(5K), Dylan Wykes(10K), Marilyn Arsenault(7.195K). And if that holds up, then our alternates Steve Osaduik and Denise Robson will be racing a 5K on the track, as the relay goes on... Go team !!! Metcalf is out. |
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Post by pq on Nov 19, 2009 8:28:54 GMT -5
What's the funding arrangement for this, out of curiosity?
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Post by HHH on Nov 19, 2009 9:37:23 GMT -5
What's the funding arrangement for this, out of curiosity? The Ekiden normally pays for the other countries to attend, I am pretty sure this does not cost AC anything but there are others who can correct me if I am wrong here. |
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Post by oldster on Nov 19, 2009 10:54:10 GMT -5
Correct, HHH. The Japanese pay the whole shot-- meaning that the Japanese actually fund more travel for Canadian distance runners than AC does in a typical year!
And here's one for the annals of AC outrages: The Chiba race used to pay only appearance money (on top of covering all expenses), rather than prize money. The year that I went, our coaches were given $1500US in cash per athlete, which they were presumably meant to pass on to athletes. However, on strict instructions from AC-- who let's recall, paid NONE of our expenses-- our coaches passed on only $250 to each athlete and held onto the rest to return to AC. I don't know where this money--13,500USD, or closer to 20k Canadian at the time--eventually went; but, what I DO know is that it did not go to help pay for SOME OF THESE SAME ATHLETES to go to WXC some four months later! I subsequently qualified for 2 or 3 more of these teams but refused to go unless the team was paid the full sum of the appearance money allotted to them. AC recognized the principle involved when it upped the athlete's portion to something like $500, but it would not surrender the full amount, and so I never went again (I couldn't afford to take a week off work and leave my family in the lurch for the 7-8 days required, and, I was outraged by AC's audacity). The only defense of this practice that I ever heard from f AC at the time was that "most other federations keep ALL the money"-- yet another example of AC holding itself to a different standard than the one to which it consistently holds athletes.
In an interesting aside, two years before I went, the Aussie athletes, led by Steve Monaghetti, threatened to boycott the race after arriving and finding out that their federation planned to keep all the appearance money. The Aussie federation sent a message to the team staff that any athlete refusing to run would not be selected to participate in the Olympics the following year! The Aussies subsequently ran-- and actually won, on the strength of Monaghetti's record-breaking anchor leg-- a strange kind of protest, admittedly, but it shows that athletes will demonstrate integrity and professionalism even when their federations do not.
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Post by madm on Nov 19, 2009 11:18:30 GMT -5
"Correct, HHH. The Japanese pay the whole shot-- meaning that the Japanese actually fund more travel for Canadian distance runners than AC does in a typical year!"  ZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by wind on Nov 20, 2009 8:51:16 GMT -5
Very unofficial running order for our team. Reid Coolsaet (5K), Megan Metcalfe(5K), Richard Mosley(10K), Chantell Widney(5K), Dylan Wykes(10K), Marilyn Arsenault(7.195K). And if that holds up, then our alternates Steve Osaduik and Denise Robson will be racing a 5K on the track, as the relay goes on... Go team !!! Metcalf is out. Your information on Metcalfe is wrong. |
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Post by oldster on Nov 20, 2009 9:52:40 GMT -5
I sure hope you're right, but I have a pretty good source. Can you confirm with certainty?
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Post by wind on Nov 20, 2009 10:34:32 GMT -5
Yep.
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Post by feens on Nov 21, 2009 1:46:37 GMT -5
Here's the start lists Reid just linked to on his blog (note, they are just the names, not the order): www.inter-chibaekiden.jp/pdf/japan.pdf1 Mr. COOLSAET, Reid Allan 2 Mr. MOSLEY, Richard James Gould 3 Mr. OSADUIK, Steven Josiah 4 Mr. WYKES, Dylan Jeffrey 1 Ms. ARSENAULT, Marilyn Melinda 2 Ms. ELMORE, Malindi Alberta 3 Ms. METCALFE, Megan Elizabeth 4 Ms. ROBSON, Denise Coreen |
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Post by feens on Nov 21, 2009 2:02:52 GMT -5
For those interested in watching/tracking the race, this info was also provided: Apparently you can follow a webcast at japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2007/01/watching-japanese-race-broadcasts.html. The results will likely be up at that site japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/ shortly after the race. The race goes Monday in Japan at 1:07pm which is 9:07pm Sunday here by my calculation (they are 16 hrs ahead of us). A link to make the process a _tad_ easier...you can grab the KeyHoldTV software (which is free) here: www.v2p.jp/video/Viewer/ The race is on the Fuji TV station at 9:07pm PST (12:07am EST). To figure out what that channel is in the software (is it's all Japanese characters, I used Google Translate: translate.google.com/#en|ja|FUJITV. It matched up to "WATCH 231" in the Mac OS X player, but I'm not sure if that changes or not. I should also note...if you click on a channel, the English name will show. Hope that helps. |
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Post by pg on Nov 21, 2009 11:38:31 GMT -5
Reid's list is probably taken from a couple of weeks old list that was provided to the Japanese. There has been a few changes since then.
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Post by BeachBoy on Nov 21, 2009 12:21:04 GMT -5
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Post by BeachBoy on Nov 21, 2009 21:51:37 GMT -5
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Post by twofeet on Nov 22, 2009 23:07:09 GMT -5
Go Canada. Just saw Reid on the Fuji TV feed. Race is about to start.
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:18:40 GMT -5
About 4km in to first leg (I think). Mottram leading, Kamakya of Kenya in 2nd and Reid just took over 3rd place from a Japanese runner.
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Post by twofeet on Nov 22, 2009 23:19:09 GMT -5
Mottram leading. Reid looking really strong in 3rd.
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:20:56 GMT -5
Mottram pases off at ~13:24
Reid passes to Metcalfe at ~13:41 in 4th
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:27:43 GMT -5
Nikki Chaple of Australia out front but Yuriko Kobayashi of Japan seems to be closing. Metcalf seems to have slipped back but not sure.
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:29:53 GMT -5
Australia halfway at total time of 20:57 (7:33 for 2.5k)
Kobayashi now seems to have pulled right up on Chaple and has gone for the pass at 3 k in ~22:30
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:31:33 GMT -5
Metcalf in a battle for 3rd with Kazue Kojima of JUT (Japan University).
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:37:23 GMT -5
Kobayashi passes off for Japan at ~28:41
Australia at 28:50
Kojima at 29:35
Metcalfe at at 29:47 to Richard Mosely
Kenya and USA pass off at 30:11
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:39:25 GMT -5
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:49:05 GMT -5
Japan still leading(4.3k in ~12:07) with a very comfortable lead
Australia in 2nd
Jut (Japan) in 3rd
Mosely in 4th
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Post by greener on Nov 22, 2009 23:52:26 GMT -5
45:30
Mosely now in 5th
USA in tight battle with Kenya for 6th
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Post by boycey on Nov 22, 2009 23:57:02 GMT -5
canada about to drop to 7th?
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ZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 