| Member Since: Jul 06, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Marathon Finish Running Accomplishments:
PB Half Marathon 1:18:55 Japan (2001) First Marathon 2009 Tokyo. 3/04.38 (my watch).Official 3:07:21 2nd Marathon Ehime Japan Jan 2010 Official 2h 59.00
Training half marathon time 1:23 (2009) Training
Race: １：２４：３０ 2009) PB 1:18:50 (2001)
Recent 10k time. 38:52 November 2009
Short-Term Running Goals: Compete in another Half Marathon and get a decent time - under 1:20 would be great! Step up to 5 days a week running.
Long-Term Running Goals: Keep running with as little injury as possible and achieve the sub-3 dream (Accomplished!!! 2010). Next dream is to improve my half-marathon and 10km time.
Personal:
I am 40 years old and married with two young children. I have been training on and off for the last 10 years. I have been training three times a week for the most part but hoping to step that up to 5-times a week and see if I can avoid injuries, although 3 seems to be about as much as I can manage with work and family. "Run less, run faster" is my running bible that has helped my do just that. 1 steady, 1 quick and 1 long seems to keep my fast enough for my input.
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 21.00 | 6.00 | 72.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 106.00 |
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| Nike Zoom Silver Miles: 20.00 | Adidas Adizero Miles: 28.00 | Addidas CX Miles: 8.00 | Asics GT Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 13.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 13.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| Last long run before the marathon. Started out at 6 after a quick bowl of porridge. 20miles at around 7.15-7-30
I took an 11-mile break and fuelled up on a banana and somedrink before the 2nd leg. My right foo hurt a little towards the end but not so badly that I had to stop. I was temted to do a couple of more miles but felt that I should not push it so soon after a week of being out.
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| Nike Zoom Silver Miles: 20.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 8 x 800 m at 2:48-2:42 . A cold and rainy evening but I felt good and he pace was not too hard although enough to make me feel that I was working. I had to stop half was for a crap though which is really annoying. That could make an interesting side topic on the discussion forum I think : Tell us about your weirdest craps. No, no no, don't go there! |
| Adidas Adizero Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles at 6. 45 felt easy and only a little pain in my foot but not enough to require stopping. |
| Adidas Adizero Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Took part in a race but I did not do any fast running which was incredibly hard when people pass you even though you feel you are going much slower than you would like. Finish tim3 was 1:29:38 The first mile was in 6.05 and then a 6.20 so i put the brakes on until 6.40, then threw in some slow 7.10 miles but it felt too slow so I took it to a comfortable 6.49 pace which is about what you need for a sub-3 marathon. I am wondering if I should chase the dream now or leave it until I hav done the Tokyo M. when I will be able to say how easy or difficult it will be. A 7:10 pace (3:07) is very doable but a 7 min. pace would be easy for 18 miles then it would be on unknown territory. Oh the indecision.
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| Adidas Adizero Miles: 13.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 2.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 1 mile easy. 6 miles at 6.30 pace 1. 6.30 2. 6.20 3. 6. 23 4. 6.25 5. 6.30 6. 6.35 7. warm down at 7.10 pace
Very winy first and 6th mile, but it was a nice run to get in after my half-marathon pcerun. Felt great today as I came back from the hospital with an all clear from my throat box problem.
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Marathon pace training. kept constant around 6.55- 7:03 apart from 1 mile when a guy tried to follow me on the last part, I tried to let him pass but he just hovered for half a mile, then he pushed past me so I stuck with him and he pushed faster at about 6.30 pace so I thought I may as well go with him, but he stopped after a 10 second sprint - wierd! That caused my 9th mile to go to 6.35.
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 6 x 4r00m on grass 1.24 122 128 126 122 124 Felt fine just striding.
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| Adidas Adizero Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Easy running at about 7 min a mile. Felt slightly heavy in the legs. |
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Tokyo Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:04:42 | | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 |
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First ever Marathon, I started it after lots of months preparation, training 3 times a week. The night before was the worst nights sleep I can remember, seing every hour until 5 when I officially "woke up". By the time I got to the race though I was pretty focused. My start position was in the 'B' group about 200 m from the start and it took 2 minutes to get through to the start as well as 5km to get past all the slow pack . I went through the 1/2 way in 1:34 which was slower than I had hoped but I was conserving myself for the secong half. From about mile 16 I put my foot down and even through in a 6.15, and a few 6.30 miles, I was totally in control. The last 10 km were running against a ferocious wind and up 3 bridges, there was no respite. In retrpospect I should have gone out faster for my first half and have started further up the field, but it was a perfect first marathon as far as I am concerned. My legs hurt for the first five days (only thighs) but one week later I feel great. Now my question is when can I start training properly again. I would like to do some more training the next time (5 days a week).
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| First run since the big one. Took out my new Nike Free 5.0 for a warm up run in Osaka. Felt very light and intuitive to run in. Looking forward to introducing these shoes to a proper training run one day. For now though I shal use them as a warm down shoe until I get more confidence. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Lots of hill running around Yakushigaoka, prob.3 miles in total up some very steep inclines. Feel a little heavy legged but no aches or pains at all. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 21.00 | 6.00 | 72.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 106.00 |
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| Nike Zoom Silver Miles: 20.00 | Adidas Adizero Miles: 28.00 | Addidas CX Miles: 8.00 | Asics GT Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 13.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 13.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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