no tangents wrote:
Dang, the guy didn't even run some of the tangents. Even more impressive.
He would've had to run with his eyes open to run the tangents.
13:59 5k, 29:02 10k Japanese AMATEUR Runs 2:08:37 at Tokyo Marathon and Passes Out
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He would've had to run with his eyes open to run the tangents. -
The title of the thread is fine. Kawauchi may well be capable of 13:30-28:00 or better but he isn't a 13:30 guy until he's actually run the time.
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maybe we're thinking of this guy the wrong way. Maybe he was able to convince his central governor, on the noakes theory, to push closer to his actual physical limits, to abandon some of the reserve we have even in races, before the heart stops working.
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Yuki K. is certainly very strained, face and body, during the last six kilometers. He didn't run the tangents on some of the turns. This was not an efficiently run race and yet he ran 2:08, and more impressively, ran the fastest split from 40k to the finish of all the runners.
It seems he could knock one, or more, minutes off his time if he can control his body movement, even if strained, and run the shortest distance possible; the tangents. -
I finally had a chance to read up on Kawauchi and watch the video, and all I've got to say is - RESPECT!
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The legend grows. What do you think are chances of a medal at Worlds? He says he's thinking top 6, but he also said he was going for top 8 at Tokyo.
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Will he be able to get off work to go to world's?
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J.R. wrote:
I'd love to see his training program, if someone could post it.
well, he was quoted as averaging under 100 miles a week. Another blow to the "very high mileage is all" belief system. Boo hoo...... -
Post his training information if ever found. Will be an interesting contradiction to the usual corporate training. I did hear an interview with Andrew Lemoncello who referenced learning Kawauchi trains only 7-8 times per week.
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common wrote:
A couple of weeks of long, easy recovery runs, and he better get his ass out on the track for a 10000m PR. Strike while the iron is hot!
He's entered in the A-heats of both the 10000 m and 5000 m at next weekend's Nittai Univ. Time Trials meet. Doubt he'll run both, but it'll be interesting to see how he does. -
I heard he runs once a day, min 80 mins and up to 28 miles on Sunday?
