第6回香住ジオパークフルマラソン走った

*申し訳ありませんが本日のブログは英語で書かれています

I ran Kasumi Geopark Full Marathon for the 4th time. As always, the route of this marathon was very scenic (as you can see in the attached video down below).

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But apart from that, this race was a special one for me.

Just three days before the race, Yoshio Koide, who is very well-known for having coached two female marathon Olympics medalists (Yuko Arimori, who won Silver at Barcelona and Bronze at Atlanta; Naoko Takahashi, who won Gold at Sydney), passed away at age 80.
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201904250034.html

He was my "fantasy mentor". I was, and still is, an admirer of Koide sensei. I read his book, "30キロ過ぎで一番速く走るマラソン" (Marathon method by which you run fastest past 30k), which totally changed my running style. I have never managed to break my personal best by adopting this method, but it doesn't matter a bit. My PB was achieved 7 years ago when I was 45 (I started running the race when I was 43), and I'm 51 now. I won't be able to break my PB in the future because I'm getting older! And even if I should be able to do so, what's the point, when there are tons fo people who ran faster than me anyways?

What's important for me is to just have fun in the race. And this can be achieved by "running fastest past 30k". By doing this, you can outrun many runners past 30k, and that's fun!

So since I read the book, my goal was always to run slowly in the first half and run faster in the second half; when it comes to the full marathon, my goal was to save energy for the last 12k.

Now, my fantasy mentor passed away three days before the race, and the race was the last full marathon of the season. Since I had only run 80k for the last 30 days, I thought I would not be able to run fast. So my goal today was to simply break 4h, by, of course, adhering to Koide sensei's method, i.e. by saving energy in the first 30k and running faster in the last 12k.

But unexpectedly, my physical condition turned out to be excellent. And I could finish today's race in 3h48m11s, which was my best record this season. I ran the first 10k at the pace of 5m28s/km, the 2nd 10k at the pace of 5m27s, the 3rd 10k at the pace of 5m32s, AND the last 12k at the pace of 5m11s.

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So I managed to follow Koide sensei's method. I shed a few tears when I passed the goal line.

This is my tribute to late Koide sensei. RIP!

過去の記録(フル):

Date Name Net Time
2019.04 第6回香住ジオパークフルマラソン 3h48m11s
2019.03 淀川寛平マラソン2019 3h49m53s
2019.02 高知龍馬マラソン2019 3h50m43s
2018.12 第30回加古川マラソン 3h55m23s
2018.11 第8回神戸マラソン 4h00m08s
2018.04 第5回香住ジオパークフルマラソン 3h55m13s
2018.03 第8回なにわ淀川ハーフマラソン(フル) 3h56m33s
2018.03 第38回篠山ABCマラソン 4h11m03s
2018.02 高知龍馬マラソン2018 3h52m13s
2017.12 第29回加古川マラソン 3h50m06s
2017.12 第26回赤穂義士マラソン 3h55m56s
2017.11 第27回福知山マラソン 3h54m29s
2017.11 第21回大阪・淀川マラソン 3h58m16s
2017.4 第4回香住ジオパークフルマラソン 3h50m05s
2017.03 第37回篠山ABCマラソン 3h57m53s
2017.02 高知龍馬マラソン2017 3h52m51s
2016.12 第28回加古川マラソン 3h49m25s
2016.11 第26回福知山マラソン 3h56m47s
2016.11 第20回大阪・淀川マラソン 3h55m57s
2016.4 第3回香住ジオパークフルマラソン 3h53m15s
2016.2 2016 Death Valley Marathon 3h57m02s
2016.1 A New Year A New You Huntington Beach 3h57m50s
2015.12 Holly Jolly Run Huntington Beach 4h7m27s
2015.11 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Las Vegas 4h16m06s
2015.05 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon San Diego 4h08m58s
2015.03 第35回篠山ABCマラソン 3h50m33s
2015.02 高知龍馬マラソン2015 3h54m30s
2014.12 第23回赤穂義士マラソン 3h55m37s
2014.11 第24回福知山マラソン 3h55m13s
2014.05 能登和倉万葉の里マラソン2014 4h14m30s
2014.03 第34回篠山ABCマラソン 3h45m19s
2014.02 高知龍馬マラソン2014 3h46m42s
2013.12 第22回赤穂義士マラソン 3h51m56s
2013.3 鳥取マラソン 3h57m46s
2012.12 第24回加古川マラソン 3h42m41s
2012.11 第2回神戸マラソン 3h46m56s
2011.12 第2回奈良マラソン 3h50m11s
2011.11 第1回神戸マラソン 4h20m46s

過去の記録(ハーフ):

Date Name Net Time
2019.04 2019 芦屋さくらファンラン 1h44m52s
2019.02 長居公園節分ハーフマラソン 1h43m47s(グロス)
2019.01 第45回武庫川新春ロードレース 1h44m45s(グロス)
2018.12 第30回三田国際マスターズマラソン 1h45m04s
2018.07 第1回神戸ベイエリアマラソン 1h57m54s
2018.04 2018 芦屋さくらファンラン 1h44m38s
2018.02 2018 神戸バレンタイン・ラブラン 1h42m22s
2018.01 第44回武庫川新春ロードレース 1h43m11s(グロス)
2017.12 第29回三田国際マスターズマラソン 1h45m12s
2017.10 第7回おんたけ湖ハーフマラソン 1h53m00s(グロス)
2017.10 第38回能楽の里池田マラソン 1h52m03s
2017.04 芦屋さくらファンラン 1h46m44s
2017.02 第6回すもとマラソン 1h44m21s(グロス)
2017.1 第43回武庫川新春ロードレース 1h46m19s(グロス)
2016.12 第28回三田国際マスターズマラソン 1h46m00s
2016.10 南魚沼コシヒカリRUN in 石打 1h47m57s
2016.04 芦屋国際ファンラン 1h48m30s
2015.10 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Los Angeles 1h55m54s
2015.07 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Chicago 2h08m04s
2015.02 第4回すもとマラソン 1h43m54s
2015.01 第43回たつの市梅と潮の香マラソン 1h41m58s
2015.01 第41回武庫川新春ロードレース 2h49m27s
2014.12 第26回三田国際マスターズマラソン 1h44m33s
2014.10 和歌浦ベイマラソン 1h53m59s
2014.04 芦屋国際ファンラン 1h42m46s
2014.02 第3回すもとマラソン 1h45m20sぐらい
2013.10 第4回軽井沢リゾートマラソン 棄権(19.6km 2h17m32s)
2013.10 碓井峠ラン184 1h47m26s
2013.04 芦屋国際ファンラン 1h43m28s
2013.02 第2回すもとマラソン 1h45m41s
2012.04 芦屋国際ファンラン 1h46m11s
2011.10 和歌浦ベイマラソン 1h57m23s

過去の記録(ほか):

Date Name Distance Net Time
2018.10 第1回 HAT神戸 ザ・チャレンジ 30km 2h43m13s
2018.10 2018 大阪30k 秋大会 30km 3h15m06s
2015.06 Triton 5k 5km 23m24s
2014.05 30kmチャレンジラン 三木HARD 30km 2h44m01s
2013.06 第8回乗鞍天空マラソン 30km 3h38m34s(グロス)
2013.02 神戸バレンタインラン 5kmラブラン 32m47s
2012.11 養父マラソン&フェスティバル 25km 2h02m09s
2012.06 第7回乗鞍天空マラソン 30km 3h44m代
2012.01 第22回六甲シティマラソン 10km 48m代?
2011.04 芦屋国際ファンラン 10km(初レース) 51m27s