Tokyo Marathon 2012 [A1.ランニング]
It was a fantastic 4 hours and 49 mins journey.
The main reasons why I could enjoy my 15th full marathon are
1. Good preparation for my calf; I reinforced my legs by the muscle supporting tape and wore the compression tights so that my right calf didn't cramp and did a good job for me.
2. Even pace ; I know that my training mileage would bring me around 5 hours journey. So I decided to run at around 6:30/km from the beginning. "Even pace " is the best tactics for the success of marathon.
3. Teamwork ; I ran together with one of the colleagues and encouraged each other.
Specially "Teamwork" worked very well.
At 9:00 in Shinjuku, we started together with 4 colleagues. It was no rain but cloudy weather, the weather forcast said a fine weather, though. Anyway no rain is a big things. We began to run with a big excitement.
The beginning part of the marathon is fun. We could chat and enjoyed the scenery. I became a instant tour guide to explain the sightseeing spots in Tokyo. 10km split time was 1hours 4mins.
We were informed that our colleagues were waiting at 15 km point for cheering us on. Luckliy we found them in Shinagawa and they gave us a energy. Thanks!
From this point we had started run separately and I continued with one of them. 20 km split time in Ginza was 2 hours 11mins as scheduled.
Okay from now on we will do the last half part of marathon. If the legs are Ok upto 30 km point, we have a big possibility to complete it without walking.We reached 30km point, so far 3 hours 20mins. Yes still even pace. We have another 1 hour 40mins for 12km. We can run even at 8:20/km speed!!
After having a big confidence to complete it within 5 hours, we started to encourage each other saying "Yes We can!".
At 35km point, Our running pace slowed down a little bit as 7:12/km. We needed an extra enegy. We got the Onigiri and Miso soup by volunteer people. They support every year. "Thanks! This Miso soup is the best in the world!!"
After having a Miso soup power, we entered into a climax stage of this Tokyo marathon where has a several uphills. We have trained at Mandai hill in Singapore as the counter measure for these uphills.
We were shouting " One Two, One Two" each other to keep the rhythm. We could pass through this tough course at 7:30/km pace. 40km split time was 4 hours 33mins!
I might be able to run faster than last year - 4hours 46mins. Encouraging us each other , we made a final effort to run within 4hours 50mins.
Yes, we did. Our time was 4hours 49mins 16sec!!
Thanks, Stanley.
| 点名 Point | スプリット （ネットタイム） Split （Net Time） | ラップ Lap | 通過時間 Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5km | 00:39:22 (0:32:21) | 0:32:21 | 09:49:22 |
| 10km | 01:11:41 (1:04:40) | 0:32:19 | 10:21:41 |
| 15km | 01:44:35 (1:37:34) | 0:32:54 | 10:54:35 |
| 20km | 02:18:02 (2:11:01) | 0:33:27 | 11:28:02 |
| 25km | 02:52:39 (2:45:38) | 0:34:37 | 12:02:39 |
| 30km | 03:27:16 (3:20:15) | 0:34:37 | 12:37:16 |
| 35km | 04:03:22 (3:56:21) | 0:36:06 | 13:13:22 |
| 40km | 04:40:15 (4:33:14) | 0:36:53 | 13:50:15 |
| Finish | 04:56:17 (4:49:16) | 0:16:02 | 14:06:17 |