{"id":11092,"date":"2018-06-30T02:52:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T06:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/jss-newsletter\/%e4%bb%8a%e5%be%8c%e3%81%ae%e3%82%a4%e3%83%99%e3%83%b3%e3%83%88-2018%e5%b9%b4%e3%82%b9%e3%82%b3%e3%82%b7%e3%82%a2%e3%83%90%e3%83%b3%e3%82%af%e3%83%bb%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%b3%e3%83%88%e3%83%bb\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T16:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:07:06","slug":"upcoming-event-2018-scotiabank-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/jss-newsletter\/upcoming-event-2018-scotiabank-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"UPCOMING EVENT: 2018 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Takanori

Takanori Kuge on 2018 Toronto Challenge Podium<\/p><\/div>\n

Learn to Run a Half or Full Marathon<\/strong>
\nIn our March issue, in preparation for the Toronto Challenge we gave you a training schedule to help you learn to run 5K. The Toronto Challenge was a great success. <\/span>
\nThe Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is our next big challenge. As promised, we interviewed our resident running expert and counsellor, Takanori Kuge for tips on how to go from running 5K to running a Half or Full Marathon. We hope Kuge-san inspires you and that you will join us on October 21st at the 2018 Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n

When did you\u00a0run<\/span>\u00a0your first marathon?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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I started\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0in June,\u00a02013. That year\u00a0I joined Toronto Challenge for the first time and could not achieve my personal goal of 20\u00a0mins for the 5km race by 20 seconds. This experience prompted me on intensive\u00a0running<\/span>.<\/div>\n
From then on\u00a0I started training for long distance\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0almost every day – 5, 6 days a week.<\/div>\n
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I started with 2 km\u00a0run<\/span>. 2km became 3 km, 3 km became 5 km and 5 km became 10 km.\u00a0Within a couple of\u00a0months, it became easy for me to\u00a0run<\/span>\u00a010km every night. With the consistent training,\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a015km 5 nights a week\u00a0became my routine.<\/div>\n
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In the end of summer 2013, I became confident enough to join the half\u00a0marathon. I successfully finished the half marathon in Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon. It took a bit less than 100 minutes.<\/div>\n
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It was quite enjoyable. And I decided to participate in a full marathon next year.<\/div>\n
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I kept training myself consistently and enrolled myself for the full marathon in the Scotiabank Waterfront marathon in 2014. I finished the race in about 3 hours and a half. It seemed I had enough training for a full marathon so that I still had a lot of energy when I finished the race. But the sense of achievement was really big.<\/div>\n
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How did you feel as you were\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0your first marathon?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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While\u00a0running<\/span>, I kept thinking why I’m doing this and why so many others even pay to experience this agony.<\/div>\n
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How did you feel when you completed it?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Although I was not super\u00a0exhausted in\u00a0finishing my first full marathon, the sense of achievement was really big.\u00a0Running<\/span>\u00a042km is an\u00a0undoubtedly tough task for anyone, I guess. When I finished the race, I understood why we were doing this. The great big\u00a0sense of achievement & relief, as well as\u00a0the sheer and pure feeling of “I wanna praise myself,” which we do not feel much in our daily lives.<\/div>\n
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How many marathons have your\u00a0run<\/span>\u00a0now?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Full marathon – twice, half marathon – twice, 80km trail\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0race\u00a0– once, 50km trail\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0race – once, 66km trail\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0race – once,\u00a030km trail\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0race – once<\/div>\n
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What training advice do you have for someone who wants to\u00a0run<\/span>\u00a0a marathon?<\/b><\/div>\n
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<\/b>Running<\/span>\u00a0is great as you can practice at your pace, anytime, without any expensive equipment. What is great about\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0is that you can clearly feel the sense of improvement if you keep training. The more training you have, the longer you become able to\u00a0run<\/span>. The more training you have, the faster you become able to\u00a0run<\/span>.<\/div>\n
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In terms of the speed and time, you will hit the wall eventually. But the distance that you can\u00a0run<\/span>\u00a0and the pleasure that you get from the\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0is almost limitless.<\/div>\n
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Personally I feel that there is a BIG GAP between half marathon and full marathon. And becoming able to finish a half marathon race is not super difficult even for people in their 40’s and 50’s. So I think the first big goal for the beginners had better be to complete a half marathon.<\/div>\n
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The most important tip for beginner runners\u00a0would be keep\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0at your comfortable pace so that you don’t have to stop or walk before making your goal.<\/div>\n
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Using a GPS\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0watch or a\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0app for smartphones can enhance your motivation to keep\u00a0running<\/span>. With them you can really see,\u00a0track and manage\u00a0your\u00a0running<\/span>\u00a0activity – distance, pace, elevation and so on. Some\u00a0gadgets can track your heart rate as well. These gadgets really increase your motivation and fun level when running.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learn to Run a Half or Full Marathon In our March issue, in preparation for the Toronto Challenge we gave you a training schedule to help you learn to run 5K. The Toronto Challenge was a great success. The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is our next big challenge. As promised, we interviewed our resident running […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,244],"tags":[291,292],"class_list":["post-11092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jss-newsletter-vol-6-no-2-jul-2018-en","category-jss-newsletter","tag-event-en","tag-fundraising-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}