Culture Day 1 K by 10 Sets Interval Training

Nov. 3, 10:00 p.m.
9 degrees Celsius.
Almost no wind.
Footwear: MUTEKI sock-like sock-like shoes with no chusioning.

10 × 1 K at 4 min.

The result is as follows:
1st: 3:55.27
Active rest: 2:00.88
2nd: 3:48.54
Active rest: 2:00.57
3rd: 3:56.27
Active rest: 2:00.86
4th: 3.59.66
Active rest: 2:00.22
5th: 4:00.16
Active rest: 2:00.56
6th: 4:05.30
Active rest: 2:00.58
7th: 4:08.54
Active rest: 2:00.64
8th: 4:04.51
Active rest: 2:00.63
9th: 4:04.87
Active rest: 2:00.50
10th: 3.59.26
Total 10 K: 58:07.82

I am very happy to finish under 4 minutes
in half of the ten sets.
I felt serene when I got home after the training.
I didn't feel any tension or whatsoever
in any part of my body.
I cooked 'hayatouri', a kind of cucumber with pork and shiitake mushrooms,
and ate it for my post-training meal.
For a moment I thought of having a glass of wine.
But then I dropped the idea.
I felt so detoxified and clean.
I didn't want to contaminate my systems with alcohol.
Not forever, you see, but at least for tonight.
I wanted to cherish this mental serenity,
which is almost like a completely smooth surface of a vast lake among a forest...

My next training is scheduled this coming Sunday.
It's 1 K by 13 sets interval training,
which is inspired by Rio Olympics Men's Marathon Gold Medalist
Mr. Eliud Kipchoge.
That's his most favorite training.
Though my lap is a lot slower than his,
I feel great excitement in rising to the challenge of
doing exactly the same training as the Olympic medalist's.