THE EKIDEN RELAY
(5-Person Cross Country Teams)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2005
WILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY
New XC Course, Rocklin, CA
Co-directed by WJU & Lincoln High School
Coaches,
Please accept our invitation to the Ekiden Relay scheduled for Saturday,
October 22 at William Jessup University's new Cross Country course,
located
in Rocklin, CA. Please also pass the word and notify your fellow coaches
from the community college, University, and High School programs about
this
unique event to give teams a break from the same old weekly pounding
out of
5k, 4-mile, and 8K races. The following Race Information is also attached
in a WORD document, which is more "reader friendly):
"EKIDEN RELAY" FORMAT (5-person teams):
Each relay person runs a different distance in the following order:
(1)
2000m, (2) 1500m, (3) 1500m, (4) 2000m, and (5) 3000m.
Each school may enter as many teams as desired, plus we will host one
2-mile
open race at the conclusion of the relays for any runner not competing
on a
relay team. Here is the time schedule:
9:00 am - High School Girls' Relay
9:50 am - High School Boys' Relay
10:40 am - College/Open Women's Relay
11:30 am - College/Open Men's Relay
12:20 pm - Open 2-mile Fun-Run for Non-relay runners, Coaches, and general
public.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 17:
E-Mail Entries to [email protected]
... And Use this Format for EACH Athlete in the body of your message:
Last Name, First Name, M/F, School, Graduation Year, Leg to be Run
(i.e. 1,
2, 3, 4, or 5)
Race tags will be made up for all entered athletes.
ENTRY FEE:
$6.00 / Runner (or $75.00 Maximum / School)
Send Checks (payable to "William Jessup University") to:
Nick Vogt. Cross Country Coach
William Jessup University
333 Sunset Boulevard
Rocklin, CA 95765
HISTORICAL INFORMATION - EKIDEN RELAY:
An Ekiden is a long-distance relay race, where a single runner from
each
team wears a cloth sash (tasuki) suspended from the shoulder across
the
chest. The sash is passed from one teammate to the next, like the baton
in a
regular relay. Eki means "station," while den means "transmit."
The Ekiden
relay, and the name itself, has spread from Japan to different parts
of the
world, including China, Kenya and Tanzania.
The first Ekiden relay was run in 1917, the 50th anniversary of the
transfer
of Japan's capital from the ancient city of Kyoto to Tokyo. This new
type of
relay race was named Ekiden by the poet Toki Zemmaro (1885-1980), who
was
head of the city's newspaper Social Affairs Department at the time.
DIRECTIONS TO WILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY:
Click Here:
http://mappoint.msn.com/(vwo02kugdeqio255uq5touy2)/map.aspx?L=USA&C=38.81747
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Or ... Follow these instructions: From Sacramento, go 11 miles on East
I-80
(toward Reno); Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto SR-65 (towards Lincoln / Marysville),
and go 5 miles; Turn RIGHT (East) onto Sunset Blvd; Travel 0.4 mile
and Turn
LEFT (North) onto Atherton Rd; Arrive at William Jessup University,
333
Sunset Blvd, Rocklin, CA.
We look forward to seeing you and your runners at the Ekiden Relay
on
Saturday, October 22.
Running with Endurance,
Monica Stocks, Cross Country Coach
Lincoln High School
And...
Nick Vogt
Cross Country Coach
William Jessup University
333 Sunset Blvd.
Rocklin, CA 95765
(916) 577-2368
http://www.jessup.edu
E-mail: [email protected]
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Coach Vogt's Work Phone: (530) 878-0697 (Day or Night)
(Leave Voice Message if I'm not in)
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