Warm Up: 5:14.01
<20 K Tempo Run: Target 12:17 for each lap>
2.5 K: 11:44.46
2.5 K: 11:48.41
2.5 K: 11:48.23
2.5 K: 12:14.20
2.5 K: 12:31.09
2.5 K: 12:30.27
2.5 K: 12:10.59
2.5 K: 12:16.10
Total 20 K: 1:37:03 (Target=1:38:20)
Warm Down: 5:11.31
I went to see the Tokyo Marathon today. Suguru Osako finished 4th with a new national record of 2:05:29. It was inspiring.
At night I did a 20 K tempo run. It's my first major training session after Ohme. I wasn't sure if I could successfully carry it out. It's highly stressful training. Plus, I hadn't done much training for almost two weeks. But I wanted to know how far I could go anyway.
As I jogged to the start venue, I felt a stinging pain in my knee. For a moment I suspected it might be caused by the stress of the Ohme 30 K Road Race. But the next moment I just shrugged it off, saying to myself, "Well, it's just my sub-conscious saying, 'Don't make it too tough.'" As I look back on it, I think I was right, because once I started running, the pain somehow mysteriously disappeared.
I lapped the 2.5 K loop below. The target for each lap is 12:17. I ran the first 10 K a little faster than the target. Then in the second half it started becoming increasingly tougher to keep the same pace. I was outside the target two laps in a row. There was a tremendous amount of inner-talk, so to speak, regarding whether or not I should continue. I chose to continue, no matter what a miserable self I would have to be facing.
When the target distance was finally covered, and I found myself well inside the target time, I was glad that I didn't give up.
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