I ran Tokyo Marathon this past Sunday.
I executed pretty well on my plan. I did my weird run/walk tactic which seemed to help me make it to the finish line on limited training, and which seemed to puzzle so many spectators and other runners. I ran 4:30, then walked 30 seconds, ran 4:30, walked 30 seconds, etc. from the start through about 33 kilometers after-which I only ran through to the finish. The first couple walk breaks I found the course extremely crowded but after a few kilometers I had plenty of space to walk without interfering with the pace of surrounding runners. I was surging pretty strongly off the walks. At one point around 25-30k I had fantasies of dropping below 4 minute per kilometer pace and breaking 3 hours. But around 32k my legs started feeling really bad. I wished I could switch to swimming or biking (or sitting) for awhile. I am glad I did the run/walk thing as annoying as it can be. If anything I might have been better to have taken walk breaks all the way to the end. I plan to resort to the run/walk technique again in future runs, though hopefully not frequently.
Here are my splits --
3 comments:
Interesting! Yes, you were going pretty fast, considering the walk breaks.
Well, Galloway always claimed that 3-hour runners could use this technique, but nobody believed him (4 or 5, yes, but 3? No way...)
I have never heard of this.
Why on earth are you doing this walk/run thing?
Good to see you out there on Sunday.
Also saw you finish on TV....looked very relaxed.
Great Job! And thank you for the Starbucks and confidence before! :) I beat my first time goal of 4:30 (4:23). Nowhere near your time, but ...well, there's always time for real training. ha
BTW- are you doing Kamakura OWS again this year? When/where is registration?
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