HALF WAY THERE

Why I Run (The philosophy of running).

Kobe Marathon training, ticking along.

QUESTIONS

Bob you asked where I was going to stay in Boston. I'll be staying in the suburbs just outside of the city in a house like this.

And Jon you asked about my Sunday run. Here are some details. 28:07k in 2:18:50min @ 4:57km pace. 1,440 calories What I liked about this LR was that I felt strong throughout and stronger at the end than at the beginning.

Kobe Marathon (Life, Death and Running).

Training on schedule, feeling good.

Week 12 Kobe marathon training report.

Back and raring to go!

Aussie Holiday

Kobe's a go!

Grand Funk

Below the link to Grand Funk Railroad's - We're An American Band. Check it out. It helped lift my recent "funk!" (Youtube is being a bitch about letting you embed things recently.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwsgznR_T-g

Osaka No Go!

Thanks for the comments boys. I like the idea of fresh coconut milk Marty. I'll try a few spoons of the 100% oil, I have, a day and see how that goes. And thanks Ewen, I'd like to run Melbourne one day but the timing is a bit off for this year and Kobe is a PB course, I reckon, only a large Bridge or two towards the end but flat otherwise. BTW I think I was the one to tell you your beard was "sexy" but I was drunk at the time. Bob the expectation of looking like a young Brad Pit without a beard faded long ago like the colours of my present one. I'm afraid the reality is closer to this below.

Here Comes The Sun

On Saturday too I went and did a "running form check" I'll let you know about the results when I see the guy next week for a follow up consultation. Also I'll know whether or not I can get into Osaka marathon this coming Thursday.

All Japan Marathon Rankings

13 days on the run.

Chatting briefly about my progress so far now into day 13 of my Lydiard base building phase. Like I wanted to say before I got cut off, I will build the Sunday long run up over the 10 week base building phase, last week I ran a hilly 22K in about an hour forty five and today I did a hilly 25K in 2:03:00. I'll keep adding to that total so that by the end of the 10 week period I'm doing 2:30~ 3hour long runs maxing out at around 36K. Might do a few on a flat loop course but mostly I'll do my long runs on the hilly roads around my home. Nothing like these to build conditioning.