2022年振り返りと足立フレンドリーハーフマラソン / 2022 Year in Review and Adachi Friendly Half Marathon

フルマラソンではシーズン初戦。PBを5分も更新したけど、目標3時間5分に対して3時間8分という結果。とにかくペースメイクに苦しんだ。サブスリーはとてつもなく高い壁だと感じたし、かなり疲労・ダメージが残ったレースとなった。そして今ブログを書いている3日後の12/29にフルマラソンを走って2022年は終了となる。

シーズン後半に向けて

2023年に入っても、以下の通りしばらくレースが続く。

1/8　ハイテクハーフマラソン
1/28　勝田全国マラソン※フル
2/19　京都マラソン※フル
3/19　板橋Cityマラソン※フル
4/23　長野マラソン※フル

さすがに入れすぎな気もするが、エントリーしてしまったものは仕方がない。

疲労抜き→刺激入れ→調整→レース→疲労抜き→・・・

このサイクルをいかに怪我なく回せるかが課題になりそうだ。とりあえず、しばらく月の半分しか酒飲めないな・・・ｗ。そういえば、この2022年は近年まれにみる酒量の少なさだったな。マラソンもそうだけど、子供が産まれてから2か月断酒したし、1年の半分くらいはアルコールなしで過ごしたかもしれない。人間やればできるもんだと思う一方、仮に自分が今もまだ独身で、マラソンをやっていなかったらと想像すると、どんな不健康人間になっていたのかと心底恐ろしい。この1年色々あったが、子供を授かったことの次に大事なことがアルコールなしでも生きていけると気付けたことかもしれない。

Race Report_足立フレンドリーハーフマラソン

Beyond10日前の12/18にハーフをガチで走ってきた。

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久しぶりに会社メンバーと。

結果はこんな感じ。

85分切り目標に対して7秒足りず。風が強かったり疲労が溜まっていたりと、言い訳はあるのだが、まあ根性なしだよねという中途半端なタイム。ただ、終盤で完全に失速した手賀沼エコマラソンと比べると最後の最後はペース上げられたし、1か月半あまりで少しは進歩したかなと。実際タイムもハーフのベストタイムだし。

コース自体は、いつも走っている荒川河川敷。平坦ではあるが、前述通り冬は本当に風が強い。そして何回ターンしても常に向かい風という・・・本当に何なんだろうね、これは。

2023年も頑張ろう。その前にBeyondを頑張ろう。

ではまた。良いお年を。

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Hello everyone!

It's the season of the end-of-year.

As I get older, time flies by at an accelerated rate. It is only natural that the proportion of one year in one's life becomes smaller and smaller. Let's take a look back at the past year as we did last year.

The annual mileage is as follows (as of December 26). I ran 300 kilometers almost every month after the Kasumigaura Marathon in April, and I went to the track at Shaheen Park almost every week.

My disposable time has drastically decreased since I had a child, but I forced myself to find the time to run. I think I did a good job.

However. However, the most good news of this year is that I got to see this smile on my face.

Today's Contents

2022 Year in Review
Toward the second half of the season
Race Report_Adachi Friendly Half Marathon

2022 Year in Review

By the way, this is what 2021 looks like.

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Reading it again, it was a year in which I was unable to run as much as I would have liked due to injuries, colds, and coronas.

January-March

Monthly mileage: 262 km - 227 km - 272 km

After the fracture in October 2021, he started rehabilitation and race-oriented training for the Tokyo Marathon in March.

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Looking back, it was really a trial-and-error process right after I returned to training.

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February was race-centered. I was working on my body at a rapid pace to prepare for the Tokyo Marathon. I should probably take my time to train and get in shape, but I think I'll regain my fitness more quickly if I do more races.

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Then came the Tokyo Marathon, where I set a new PB. Now I realize that the reason I won the race was because I was able to run at a race pace with enough time to spare.

April-June

Monthly mileage: 215km - 328km - 327km

After running the Tokyo Marathon, I felt a bit burnt out. I decided to run the Kasumigaura Marathon while I had not been able to get much practice.

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And I sank hard. The worst record in the last few years. I decided to change my mind and run more distance.

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My life of running 300 kilometers per month begins. Then I have My first child and go on maternity leave. Life changes drastically.

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Summer came very early this year. I enjoy my maternity leave while stepping into the distance through trial and error.

July-September

Monthly mileage: 332km - 316km - 287km

Monthly mileage of 300km becomes the norm. The heat of the summer has helped me to lose weight and to develop a body shape more like that of a runner.

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Another year older. I'm taking advantage of my maternity leave to think about running, but my running ability itself is stagnant due to the heat.

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I'm on maternity leave and now I have to work in addition to raising kids and running (what kind of NEET is that?). And I'm busy as hell. But the temperature is getting cooler, I can feel myself growing, and I am mentally fulfilled.

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This is where my life of consistently participating in races begins. In short, the season is in. Looking at it now, I probably could have started longer pace runs a little earlier.

October-December

Monthly mileage: 323km - 257km - 236km *as of 12/26

The race season is in full swing. First of all, I will target the Tsukuba Marathon to get my body ready for the actual race.

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Second race of the season. I'm feeling pretty good and overconfident. However, I should remember how I was spending my time at the time of this race because the race result can change dramatically depending on the condition I make.

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This race was a bit of a conditioning disaster. I felt like I ran with a lot of fatigue. I've been running with a bomb in my left leg since then and post-race ramen has become a routine w

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And then Tsukuba Marathon.

This was my first full marathon of the season, and although I beat my PB by 5 minutes, I finished in 3 hours and 8 minutes, compared to my goal of 3 hours and 5 minutes. Anyway, I struggled to make up the pace. I felt that sub-three is an incredibly high hurdle, and the race left me very tired and damaged. I will run a full marathon on December 29, three days after I am writing this blog, and the year 2022 will be over.

Toward the second half of the season

Races will continue for a while into 2023, as follows

1/8 Hi-Tech Half Marathon
1/28 Katsuta National Marathon*Full
2/19 Kyoto Marathon*Full
3/19 Itabashi City Marathon*Full
4/23 Nagano Marathon*Full

As expected, I feel like I'm putting in too much, but I can't help what I've entered.

recovery→stimulation→adjustment→race→recovery→...

The challenge will be how I can keep this cycle going without getting injured. At the moment, I can only drink half a month for a while... Come to think of it, I drank less alcohol in 2022 than I have ever done in recent years. Like the marathon, I've been sober for two months since the birth of my child, and I may have spent half of the year without alcohol. On the one hand, I think that people can do it if they try, but on the other hand, if I were still single and had not been running marathons, I would be terrified to think what kind of unhealthy person I would have become. I have been through a lot this past year, but the most important thing next to having a child may have been realizing that I can live without alcohol.

Race Report_Adachi Friendly Half Marathon

I ran a half marathon on December 18, 10 days before Beyond.

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It's been a while since I ran with company members.

Here is the result.

I was 7 seconds short of my goal of under 85 minutes. I have some excuses, such as strong wind and fatigue, but it was a halfway time that I just didn't have the guts. However, compared to the Teganuma Eco Marathon, where I completely stalled at the end of the race, I was able to pick up the pace at the end, and I thought I had made some progress in a little over a month and a half. In fact, it was my best time for the half marathon.

The course itself was on the Arakawa riverbed where I usually run. It is flat, but as mentioned above, it is really windy in winter. And no matter how many times I make a turn, it is always a headwind... I really wonder what is going on here.

Let's do our best again in 2023. Before that, let's work hard on Beyond.

See you soon. Have a happy New Year.

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