Long in Yoyogi

Run type: Long
Distance: 30.4 km
Time 2:45:38 (5:27/km avg)
Weekly Cumulative: 106.3 km
Temperature: 25 degrees

There is not a lot to say about this run. It was cooler than it has been, and I was pretty keen to crack through the 30km barrier for the first time in this campaign. So despite the mild conditions I took it pretty easy and ran 13:30 to 14:00 minutes per lap (5:20 to 5:34/km). And just kept it up until I'd done 12 laps. There was no great wilting like last week. Just that familiar growing fatigue and a few aches and pains in the upper legs, hip, lower back, such that stopping was welcome but not a desparate need. I started at a quarter to eight and was joined by Colin at eight, then Rie and Fabrizio and Paolo at nine. Paolo promptly ran off ito the distance. We were soon joined by a newcomer, a young lady on the JET program named Jade, and then Rebecca. Chiba san appeared from somewhere and after we finished Laura was discovered, and she still had eight laps ahead of her. Gareth, still battling his foot injury, cycled up just in time for a post-run beer. Not a bad roll-up.