Had a great day out on Sunday watching the worlds top flight athletes taking part in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. As a runner it is quite inspiring rubbing shoulders with the best in the world. Our first encounter was the Irish legend, Sonia O Sullivan. She's the coach of the Australian women's team and there she was in front of us on the phone. We took position next to the junction of the small and big loop on the course. This meant we saw them running down hill as well as on the flat. 20,000 others were there and the races began. First the Juniors (Under 20's) and then the Seniors. We saw them all and half the fun was guessing the nation from their running style or outfits. For example several Africans went bare footed, the Egyptian girl went fully covered, and the Congolese woman just took her time (despite being lapped) and plodded in at 40 minutes. Emma can run faster than her and if her parents were from the Congo then things could have been so different! Also some amusing names...topped only by Gaylord Scilly (the sole Sechelles athlete).I have put a few of my favourite shots on here, but I have opened a Flickr account for the rest if you want to have a look.
Here's all the other pictures or see them as a
slideshow on Youtube
1 comment:
Hi, the two pictures you have of an unidentified Japanese woman in the junior women's race are both of Yukino Ninomiya. Would you mind if I added them to the article I wrote on my blog? I will link back to you.
Cheers,
Brett
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