MISSION POSSIBLE - SUB 2:20:00 - SUWA KO HALF MARATHON - JAPAN - OCT 28/07

(this is the race course --if you click on the image you will see the timing points)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

Eleanor Roosevelt

The registration has closed for the Suwa Ko Half Marathon in Nagano Prefecture in Japan -- actually closed about 3 weeks ago so I just found out -- capped at 7,000 participants - 6,999 runners and one walker -- guess who???

Everything I do now in my training is solely for the purpose of trying to break that magic 2:20 barrier in Japan -- I have upped the ante in my training as I mentioned before and the last two days have been great training day in particular -- yesterday, I tried something new to see how it may work as a race plan -- I did 2 minutes at marathon pace - 10 secs and one minute at 5 km pace -- I ended up doing 11.4 km in 1:12 and change so I was quite please -- now to build up my endurance to keep that up for another 10k and it should work -- fingers are crossed!! I followed up yesterday with 10km on the bike and this morning I did and easy 7k recovery walk and then pushed 15.2 km on the bike afterwards....Feels great..

Having a meeting with one of the management team from the Running Room this afternoon at her request about why I am not going to do any more clinics and my concerns.....Plans are moving ahead very well regarding the Ultimate A Team advanced clinic for November..

Steve -- hope you are on the road to recovery -- keep the faith my friend!!