The fourth Sanjo city New Year's Day marathon became the largest in history, and 1,312 people participated, and ran through the Sanjo of New Year's Day.
1.2.2009
The Sanjo city and the Sanjo city Board of Education held a marathon meet on the fourth Sanjo city New Year's Day on the morning of January 1. Introduced runners tip (automatic measurement machine) for the first time this time. In spite of the invasion of a severe cold wave, 1,312 people who exceeded 1,200 people of 1983 more than 100 participated, and became the largest meeting in history.
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Started the fourth Sanjo city New Year's Day marathon meeting performed in opening of 2009, Sanjo city in front of general gymnasium.
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Could include the application within the prefecture outside in ahead of time, and the meeting that opened at the times of the old Sanjo city in 1973 rose to 1,272 whether the introduction of the runners tip attracted its attention at this time.
A snow was intermittent, and it was not the last day of the year from night to be ideal day for marathon, but there was not the big influence, and 1,107 and 1,312 people of 205 opening participation in total participated in the number of the participants from an application in ahead of time, and were big, and updated a record high.
Performed an opening ceremony in a Sanjo city synthesis gymnasium from 8:40 a.m. Mayor Isato Kunisada said hello in front of a large number of participants who filled a meeting place.
Mayor Kunisada got more like the broadcast of the NHK TV saga "Chinese word order indicator", the destination campaign of JR East, a Japanese crested ibis in 2009, and Niigata national polity and Niigata expected it with the stage or "the year when a bright sign seemed to be seen".
Furthermore, demanded it from a participant when the Mayor Kunisada "wanted you to make a start not to make any injury for good one year". Encouraged it in a loud voice when I "would do my best for this one year".
On behalf of a participant, the Nishiyama family who lived in Sanjo-shi that participated with the third generation parent and child performed a player oath.
Yuzo Nishiyama of the 20th participation and the 25th Takehiko and Ryoya of the first participation stood before a participant, and gave the right hand, and took an oath when I "promised in running in the Sanjo city which loved a bond and physical training with an aim refreshingly".
As for the competition, is a street in an average year; as well as 3 kilos, 5 kilos, 3 courses of 10 kilos of 5 kilos "walked, and walked", and 4 no courses left for the west both in the first Sangyodoro at the departure and arrival point in in front of synthesis gymnasium.
Mayor Kunisada hit the pistol of the start signal at half past 9 a.m. while the air was cold to stab it, and snow and the rain sometimes fell, and, in the investigation by Sanjo city firefighting headquarters, as for the temperature of 9:00 a.m., as for 1.6 degrees, the snow, 2 centimeters started from the public of the 3 kilos course.
Started running all at once without the participants took the encouragement from the families of the route, and minding the frozen snow which wrapped up the road.
In addition, the count work for the runners tip was performed at the goal spot.
An identification of running the whole distance that a Zeichen number and an item, a name, time were recorded was printed out at the same time to input the Zeichen number of the participant who made a goal with 10 key in front of several printers, and it was handed a participant in sequence.
The staff was surprised with "the speed more than expected". Were shortened more than one hour from last year at time to hand an identification of running the whole distance, and told that the early return of the participant was able to be realized.
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