I test-ran part of the Tokyo Marathon course with some runner friends of mine.
The weather was gorgerous, and the training was enjoyable.
We made many small stops along the way, sometimes to fuel ourselves, and other times to hydrate, and yet other times just take some photos taken.
We had lunch after running about 16 K.
Last year when me and my friends did the same,
we had lunch at the Ginza location of the Yoshinoya chain.
It was crowded, and we had to wait outside for quite a while.
It was freezing.
This year we had learned a lesson.
We went to the Kyobashi location, which is less crowded.
As we expected, we got to eat without waiting.
After lunch, we ran around the Imperial Palace.
The road around the Palace is perfect for running.
It consists of three sections: flat, uphill, and downhill.
The road that faces Tokyo Station is flat. The section from the north-eastern corner next to the meteorological agency onward up to the western side around the Chidorigafuchi Park is uphill.
Then from there on it's all down hill until the Sakuradamon Gate.
The road was crowded with holiday runners,
some jogging and others into a serious tempo run.
We were the slowest bunch of runners, being overtaken by one faster runner after another,
but we didn't care.
Around three o'clock we finished running it twice.
We called it a day, and headed back to our run base in Kanda.
After taking a warm long shower,
we went to a nearby restaurant
and congratulated each other on covering 30 K.
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