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Shizuoka’s Kakegawa may be a small city, smaller than where I live, in fact, but it has a very nice castle, an exotic birds zoo, and of course, the Kakegawa “New Tea” Marathon. I originally decided to run Kakegawa because I wanted to run a 3 hour, 30 minute marathon and couldn’t do that in last December’s Nara Marathon because I was injured. Kakegawa was not so far from home […]
With just four days to go until the Kakegawa Marathon, I’ve been thinking about race strategy. First of all, I’m following the advice of a friend who told me to set three time goals so if you miss the first you can still aim for the second and third. My goals are: sub-3:30, 3:45 and 3:57:26, the last being my current PR which I set in the Nara Marathon last […]
Here’s a quick round up of my recent training: On Monday, the day after the Kakamigahara Half-Marathon, I cycled 33km. On Tuesday, I hiked and ran my way across a mountain range in Inuyama. Over 9km, I scaled Mt. Hatobuki and Mt. Nishi, both for the first time. On Wednesday I went swimming. On Thursday I ran twice; 5K in the morning and 10K in the afternoon. On Friday I […]