Boulder Wave Articles

Boulder Wave athlete, Eri Okubo (Second Wave AC/Mizuno) made the January 2012 cover of Japan’s “Runner’s Magazine.”  Eri had the cover shot taken after her 2:28 PB at the Berlin Marathon this autumn.

Daiichi Life Insurance, coached by 1991 world championships silver medalist Sachiko Yamashita, won yesterday’s All-Japan Women’s Corporate Ekiden Championship, far and away the biggest team event on the Japanese running calendar. With Yoshimi Ozaki (adidas) setting the pace with a 22:17 effort in the opening 7K leg. Daiichi became the first team in 17 years to lead from start to finish and win for the first time since 2002. Yuriko Kobayashi (Mizuno) also had a brilliant run in the second leg for her Toyota club, passing nine athletes in the 3.9K second leg. kayoko Fukushi (adidas) was 3rd in 36:00 in the 10.9K third leg.

In the final team standings, it was a clean sweep of the top three places by teams Boulder Wave assisted this year with altitude training camps in Boulder. Behind Daiichi was Panasonic in 2nd and Sekisui Chemicals in 3rd. Wacoal (6th) and Universal Entertainment (10th) were two more top-ten clubs who hired us for their summer training camps.

Click here for a link to the IAAF article on yesterday’s race, including a photo of Yoshimi Ozaki.

Velenje, a city located in northern Slovenia, was the host of the European Cross Country Championships on Sunday. The competition included 6 races, juniors, U23 and Seniors, males and females. The adidas Boulder Wave team had 2 runners selected for this competition, Florea Madalina ran in the junior’s race and Frumuz Cristiana in the senior’s race.

Running in decent weather conditions and a not-too-challenging course Florea Madalina managed to finish 14^th out of 93 runners, placing second for Romania after Ioana Doaga’s second place finish and silver medal. Romania finished 4^th in the team rankings with Bunea Anca (23) and Panaet Elena (36), behind Germany, Russia and winner, Great Britain. The individual title was won by Great Britain’s Emelia Gorecka.

Cristiana Frumuz ran a great race finishing 15th in the women senior’s race, the second runner to finish for Romania after Barca Roxana’s 7^th place. Together with Cristiana Casandra (25) and Bobocel Ancuta (41) Romania finished 5^th in the team standings. The individual title went to Irland’s Fionnuala Britton, while the team title went to Great Britain. Full results. Race Video. Race Photos.

At the end of the competition Cristiana Frumuz happily said, “…I’m extremely satisfied with my performance today, it certainly means something, but on the other hand I feel very sorry for not getting a medal with the team. However, I hope next year we will be on the medal stand.”