Kyoto Marathon 2013 Review No.10 Final: Summary

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Kyoto Marathon Review, the last part of the review, I would like to summarize the overall completion of the marathon, etc., mainly focusing on the comparison with the Tokyo Marathon.

table of contents

  • Times and Time Limits
  • Course Layout
  • Rainproof clothing
  • Rain protection iPhone
  • Water Supply and Food Service Official
  • School lunch
  • Toilet situation
  • Travel on the day To & from
  • luggage storage
  • Real-time information transmission Official
  • Real-time information dissemination Personal
  • twitter and photo post

Times and Time Limits

The Kyoto Marathon requires you to run 42.195km within 6 hours. The Tokyo Marathon, on the other hand, is one hour faster at seven hours.

If you run normally, you can get by, but if you think about taking pictures and posting on twitter, it’s pretty tough, was my initial prediction.

So I designed my target time more meticulously than in Tokyo.

The result was amazingly on time to the target.

I think the fact that we practiced more than ever before was also a success.

Course Layout

The Kyoto Marathon is uphill for the first 24km and downhill for the rest. I think the layout was a little tighter than the Tokyo Marathon, which is somewhat flat, or rather, the first half is quite downhill.

Furthermore, as mentioned above, the time limit was shortened, so it was expected to be quite a struggle.

But I thought I was aware of that in my training beforehand. I think I was able to fully demonstrate the results of that.

In addition, the narrowness of the road did not bother me too much, but I did have some difficulty when passing people in good shape.

In any case, I think it is safe to say that it is harder than Tokyo.

Rainproof clothing

In fact, out of my last three full marathons, I’ve run in the rain twice. I guess I’m a rain man when it comes to marathons.

There is an element of coincidence, but this time the rain measures went well.

First, the clothes. I had a jersey jacket with me because I thought it might be cold especially during the waiting period before the start, and this helped me a lot during the Kamo River run in the rain after 18km.

I really felt that I could prevent my body temperature from dropping much lower if I sheltered myself from the rain with a jacket rather than getting my clothes directly wet.

By the way, it’s a jersey jacket, but I just wrapped it around my waist. I’m a weak runner, so I’m slow anyway, so it’s not a hindrance. If the time is not fast, even if I have some luggage, it will not affect me, so it was a good decision to bring it.

Rain protection iPhone

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But it doesn’t respond to the touch screen when it gets wet from the rain…. It’s okay if you wipe it off. (I think a towel is necessary.)

Water Supply and Food Service Official

In conclusion, Tokyo won in terms of water supply, while Kyoto won in terms of school lunches.

As for the water supply, I got the impression that it was a bit sluggish, probably because they hadn’t had much experience running the event yet. I also thought that there were a few points where you could drink sports drinks, although it wasn’t so bad that it bothered me. It was good that it was still cold and rainy, but if it had been sunny and hot, I might have wanted more.

The school lunch, this is Kyoto already, isn’t it? It was a pity that we couldn’t get Yatsuhashi because it was too far back, but I think it was more substantial than Tokyo’s, with bananas, Anpan, salted candy, Takenoko Sato, etc.

School lunch

The official school lunch is a bit insufficient, or if you’re a below average runner, you’ll be hungry before 20km.

This time, I brought along two of Club Harrier’s baumkuchen, which I had left over as souvenirs from my own sweets training.

It’s a great show of strength. Oops, of course I brought caramels this time as well as Tokyo Marathon 2011.

It’s very helpful to stay focused at all times.

Toilet situation

As for the toilets, I had the impression that the number of toilets was about the same as in Tokyo. Therefore, I had the impression that it was not as crowded as Tokyo because there were fewer people.

I used it twice in total, at a temple after 18km and at a convenience store after 26km.

Actually, I think convenience stores are a good place to go. The reason is because they are clean and « Western style ». I used the toilet in a convenience store at the end of the Tokyo Marathon.

You may have to wait in line, but I think it’s surprisingly empty.

Travel on the day To & from

First of all, on the morning of the day, there was no confusion whatsoever.

On this day, there will be an express train stopping at Nishikyogoku Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line, so even though there will be some congestion, we should be able to arrive at the site almost on time.

But the problem is the return trip. Depending on where you are going, it can be a challenge to get transportation.

First of all, I heard that there was an extra bus, but I couldn’t find the bus stop.

So I walked to Higashi Ichijo Dori, but this was no good at all. Buses were crowded as usual, and taxis were not coming at all.

So I chose to walk to Kawabata-dori and take a taxi or walk a little more and take Keihan at Jingu-Marutamachi station.

My legs are flat after the full marathon, but if I hang in there for less than 10 minutes, I can get to Kawabata-dori in no time.

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It was relatively easy to get a taxi here. I only had to wait for a few minutes and I could see a taxi safely.

I thought it would be a challenge in the future to provide better transportation for the return trip.

luggage storage

I think this went smoothly without any particular confusion. Since there are not as many participants as in Tokyo, I think it is relatively smooth to find the truck with your number when you deposit it.

The same goes for the finish line. I thought it was a bit far, but it was easy to see.

Real-time information transmission Official

There were two official real-time information dissemination of the tournament.

First, a runner’s update.

This is the information transmission using the chip attached to the bib.

Based on the chip information, it is possible to view the passing time for each 5km for each number from the designated URL.

This one was also at the Tokyo Marathon. It seems to have been operated without any particular problem.

However, the downside is that it only knows every 5km.

And one more thing. There was a new service titled Social Marathon.

If you register your number as an ID here, it will automatically post your passing time to facebook and twitter every 5km.

Moreover, it predicts the goal time based on the time.

It was supposed to be, but on the day of the tournament, there was a bug!

They’re muttering something about running 30km and finishing shortly after…. Hahaha.

An apology was later sent to the participants.

I guess it’s because I’m still new to this. Well, I think it’s a rudimentary bug, but I expect it in the future.

In addition, there seemed to be a service called « Cheering Navi », but in the end, this also seemed to be a site that was updated with the passing time of every 5km.

It has a map and a smartphone site, so I think it’s easy to use.

Real-time information dissemination Personal

The official real time is 5km, so I used Ima here now again to send out real time information more frequently.

This was also going well for the first half of the race, but apparently stopped updating after 26km.

It seems that the error occurs when the machine is running for almost 4 hours. By the way, I was pointed out by a twitter follower that it stopped at Asakusa at 26km in the Tokyo Marathon two years ago.

Next time I use it, I’ll make sure to check it at around 25km.

twitter and photo post

No problems here.

Rather, it was more frequent, wasn’t it? I think I caused a bit of a commotion in the TL of facebook and twitter.

That’s the summary.

That’s it for the Kyoto Marathon Review 2013. It took me two weeks after it ended.

来年以降また出場した際には、きちんとこの記事を見ていろいろ思い出していこうと思います。

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