Olympic Stadium Open

[Quick Silver]

The Beijing organizers are holding a series of warmup meets under the rubric "Good Luck Beijing". Racewalking is first up, with some quality competitors. Results are starting to appear at

http://www.racewalking2008.org.cn/en

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Hong Kong

[AS]

The wonderfully named Aussie walker Jared Tallent was victorious:

http://news.theage.com.au/aussie-tallen ... -2719.html

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Athletes not that Impressed

It seems the athletes were not that impressed with the road part of the Olympic course

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hK5 ... RcqNnw3NUg

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Hong Kong

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50K results now appearing

The 50K splits are now being posted.

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Hong Kong

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Good Luck Beijing Videos

Videos of the Good Luck Beijing 20Ks are now posted at

www.racewalking2008.org.cn

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Hong Kong

[AS]

Re: Athletes not that Impressed

It seems the athletes were not that impressed with the road part of the Olympic course

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hK5 ... RcqNnw3NUg

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Hong Kong

Do they intend to cover the concrete with asphalt before the Games?

[Swoosher]

Re: Athletes not that Impressed

It seems the athletes were not that impressed with the road part of the Olympic course

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hK5 ... RcqNnw3NUg

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Hong Kong

probably just bad translation, but I loved the quote from one of the Chinese walkers....

"Wow, what a thrill to run into the stadium, which is going to host the Olympics in August," said Wang, one of China's elite race walkers, from Inner Mongolia.

[guru]

The "Bird's Nest" profiled tonight(5/8 ) on National Geographic channel.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/s ... 5/Overview

[James Fields]

On 17 April 2008 Quick Silver wrote, "The Beijing organizers are holding a series of warmup meets under the rubric "Good Luck Beijing."
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On 14 March 2008 the T&FN Forum included this post:
Beijing will test its Olympic facilities and procedures with the “China Athletics Open,” a four-day meet (22-25 May 2008) that includes all the Games stadium events. This eight-session meet, four mornings and four evenings, includes qualifying rounds though not as many as the Games in August. The May meet is an opportunity to compete at the Olympic venue with conditions similar to the Games, a near-Olympic experience."

Travel and housing costs were reasonable when the above item was posted seven weeks before the April 22 deadline for entry and housing reservations. More at http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/disc...c.php?p=437520

[Quick Silver]

Good Luck Entering

The Good Luck marathon was a few weeks ago. The official line was that athletes had to be entered by their NGB. The Hong Kong AAA wasn't interested, so a few local runners tried contacting the organizers directly. (It helps to speak Chinese, of course.) They were accepted, ran, and had a great experience.

Of course, they might not be so flexible for a track meet.

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Hong Kong

[wineturtle]

Is there a course map and elevation profile available for the '08 OG Marathon course?

[rundmc]

Is there a course map and elevation profile available for the '08 OG Marathon course?

Or how about a map of that course?