My first ekiden! Was extremely cold, high of about 6C with wind, and an early start. Had no idea what to expect, but thought it would be fun - 4 members X 2.9km each. I was the anchor with two other guys, Taro and Lars that were pretty good, and Luke, who was a sub for someone else, that was a bit slow. I was hoping to get in under 11:00, and was really happy with my 10:02 time! One of the fastest namban runners today, definitely top 5, maybe top 3. Felt good the whole run except for my freezing hands - good lesson learned to definitely wear gloves in cold weather!
I checked the results later in the week, and I was in the top 25 of over 400 runners, #2 in the group of Namban runners. Not too shabby!
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