Reminiscing Osaka Marathon 2018. The Beginning of an unbelievable journey...
Osaka Marathon 2018 november 26, 2018 by F rancis yeng Osaka Marathon 2018 was a much-anticipated marathon for me. Not just because I would be meeting the wife and kids (flying in from Melbourne) as a rendezvous point for the week’s break, but it’s also a test-out for months of hard work…if any of that mileage thing really mattered. It’s been a busy month since starting work in JB. The workload had multiplied and it was taking a toll on the training. Life happens I guess! Despite that, I kept anchored mostly to my 10km-twice-daily routine, clocking in a manageable 120-130km weekly mileage. I say “manageable” not to connote any air of conceit but it’s only so because most of these runs were actually very slow. In fact, 80% of this was on a 5:30-6:30 min km. Sometimes even a 7 min km snail pace. The remaining 20% fell on the occasional “crescendo” runs as I would term it. And some odd tempos here and there. These would be no more than 6-12km at a stretch. Mostly done on ...