Tokyo Marathon

Hey… my first post in quite a while.  Unfortunatly, i didnt make any progress training in the month of October so I decided to be a bit more agressive this month. 

I ran 32k on Saturday, 16 in the morning (yes in the rain) and then 16 in the evening and I it was pretty difficult in the evening.  I know its not the same as runing continuously but im hoping to ease my body & psyche into the idea of the full 42k.

Here is the breakdown of my training for Nov thus far:

3 Nov – 20k with Andy 1hr 55min

8 Nov - squats/lunges then 12k 1hr 15min

11 Nov – 16k in the am 1hr 30min

11 Nov – 16k in the pm 1hr 32min 

We had the charity run on Sat 30 September.  The ‘Beefcake Bandits’ team finished an imppressive 10th at 37 min total for a team of 6 runners.  The appropriatly named ‘Running on Empty’ team finished 74th at 47 total min.  Was a good time in general, even though I was shut out again on the raffle.  Im O-fer about 200, competing in raffles during my lifetime. btw- there were 88 teams participating in the race

      – link to photo slideshow on flickr.com

last night just to get an idea of speed for 5k.. i pretty much ran flat out and finished at 24 min. took a rest for 3 or 4 min then headed out for another 10k. 24.min. 30.min. 33.min total time (not counting the break) 87 min for 15k. gonna try another 20k run this week & hope it goes better than the last one!

borrowed a book from Mr Lee Jewett titled ‘The Triathletes Training Bible’ thats pretty interesting. Im primarily looking at the running section that has some good info on biomechanics & how to run ‘effeciently’ wich is needed for long distance.

Last night after 15k without major incindent or stress I decided to go one more lap around the palace.  The one extra lap was pretty tough & I had to stop for a few min about half way around.  I also learned its much harder start running again after stopping for a few min (at least for me).  total time was 2 hr 15 min

 training results for the month of Aug

Welcome aboard Leavey-san…we are looking forward to seeing you zip around palace!! 

Andy & I ran a steady, unspectacular 15 k run last night: lap 1 = 30min, lap 2 = 30 min, lap 3 = 32, for total of 92 min.  It was hot & humid, and started raining during the third lap, so we were quite proud to make the entire 15k.

ran 10k with Andy on friday evening… first lap around the palace was a beauty at 23 min, but the second was considerably slower at 34 min (im not convinced this was correct time).  either way my goal is a 15k run by the end of this week to just raise the bar a bit…