I really have to re-organize my life so that I can find time to post updates more frequently.
Well, the main points are that I never did run Ome, but I will be running Tokyo Marathon on March 22.
Ome had to go by the wayside because of a clash with a beer festival at which a beer made commercially to my recipe was served. I was able to attend as a brewer rather than one of the great unwashed. This is the second time I have had that honor and it was not quite as exciting second time around, but fun and rewarding nonetheless.
Tokyo M is on the cards courtesy of a friend whose banking job has gone ballistic with the global financial meltdown; he just couldn't face the added stress of the training and his heart was not in running the marathon, so he offered me his place. I really didn't have the mileage base to take on a proper marathon attempt, but I will run it for the experience and to try to help out with pacing for Satohi, whose training program I have written for this marathon. She is targeting a time within the vicinity of 3:15, which, with my minimal training base, I am going to find a tough pace to hold all the way.
I've ramped up the mileage over the past few weeks. The Achilles has been great. It got a bit sore on some long runs, but recovered within a day or two and is generally being very cooperative. Prior to taking this on I was going along really comfortably, just running when as far as I felt like it and my body was feeling great. The first couple of weeks of ramping up the mileage also went OK, but the past 10 days or so have been tougher, especially with some lower back and abdominal issues. Well, that is to be expected with such a sudden increase, but I have now got four runs of 30+ km under the belt and should be able to be of some use and yet finish the race without it being a near-death experience.
Apart from that, life has just been really, really, really busy. I do some freelance scientific editing work on top of my day job, plus with running and brewing activities...and trying to put in some time with the family...keeps me pretty much with no time to read or write blogs. Hence the scarceness of posts and commenting from me. But I am alive and reasonably well. So salutations one and all, I'll try not to leave it so long until the next post.
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4 comments:
Hi Steve,
Great to see you are running so well and also running Tokyo Marathon. Satohi san will benefit greatly from your assistance. I wouldn't be surprised if she goes close to 3-10.
Run well.
Jon (in Melbourne today but Tokyo Friday)
If you got time to brush your teeth then you got time to blog. But you really could be one of "great unwashed" after all.
Glad to hear your "reasonably well". When you going to come down to beautiful Sakai City? Everyone here is "very well", as they say "Only 7 miles from Osaka but a 1000 miles from care!"
oooh. How exciting. Glenda Banaghan from PCRG is also running at Tokyo. Going for a pb of approx 2:40 I believe. She is training and running really well so it should be achieveable.
only a few weeks now so keep the cotton wool handy and enjoy the last few days of training before you consider your taper.
All the best...oh yeah and i want a prompt race report :)
Salutations oh long lost one!
A shame you're not in shape to have a real crack at Tokyo - I would have put a couple of bob on you to run a faster sub-3 than Scott Brown in Hawaii ;)
Congrats on moving up a peg with the brewing. I'll always be an unwashed beer drinker - a habit from my bikie days.
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