March 22, 2019
Warm Up 3 K: 20:00.39
Rest: 1:00.17
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1st K: 4:03.80
Rest: 1:00.22
2nd K: 4:13.34
Rest: 1:00.56
Warm Down 3 K: 20:00.97
Total 8 K: 51:19.45
With two days remaining before Sakura Marathon 2019 I did intervals to elevate my heart rates to a level much higher than in regular jogging. The purpose of course is to prepare my mindbody to every possible situation the race may present to me.
Originally I was scheduled to do the intervals on Thursday night. It was a national holiday then, and I was able to come home almost four hours earlier than usual, so as soon as I finished dinner, I took a short nap, hoping to wake up a couple of hours later to do the training.
The next time I woke up, though, was almost 12 hours after I hit the bed--8:45 a.m. of Friday morning. Though I hadn't realized it then, I had been in chronic lack of sleep recently. It was my body's natural response to make up for the shortage.
Thanks to the sufficient sleep, I felt like a new man when I woke. I quickly threw myself into my running gear the moment I got up. It was warm enough to get out without long pants and a wind-breaker. I ran in shorts and a short-sleeved running T-shirt. It felt awesome!
A 20-minute easy run brought me back to the multi-purpose city park near my house. I did 2 sets of 1 K fast run with a one-minute rest between the runs. In both I came well under my target of 4:30/K.
My next training will be tonight. I'm going to jog for an hour. It's going to be my last training before the race. I'm going to give myself a full rest on Saturday, and just going to do some stretching and hit the bed early.
There is no pain, no discomfort, no injury, no nothing, but high spirits!
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