Race Recap Tokyo Marathon 2023

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Tokyo Marathon was an incredible experience. I got my third star, and I also came home with a new PB! Here's my breakdown.
0:48 kit
3:29 nutrition plan
4:58 aid stations
7:15 race morning
9:28 corrals
11:17 congested start
13:48 5k-15k
15:02 half marathon
17:26 25k-35k
19:47 35k-40k
22:43 the last k
24:53 post race
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@chickengoneturkey2 Год назад

Sounds simple, but yet so powerful. "Just say yes" every time the marathon asks you, "Do you want it?"

Год назад

That bit around min 22 about the mantras (the question the marathon poses and the answer you give, "Do you still want to hit your goal? Just say yes"; "This is what I came here to do") is extraordinary, awesome motivation. Thank you so much for putting it into words.

@kofuzi Год назад

I hope it makes sense

Год назад

@@kofuzi It does indeed. I, for one, not only understand, but "feel" and apprehend your message.

@cswizzle0232 Год назад

@kofuzi what watch do you where when you train? Do you race in a different watch?

@johnrwilker Год назад

My first marathon was Chicago last year. I thought I was ready for the day. I got to mile 20 which was the longest training run I had done in preparation for the day. At that time, my brain convinced me to take a break and walk a bit. I’m sure now that I was physically capable of continuing to run but when the marathon ask me, I was unprepared and answered poorly. I need to spend more time focusing on my mental training for Grandma’s in June.

@kofuzi Год назад

that's a great place to run a great time

@joelsoncoelho4002 Год назад

@@kofuzi I do agree. Chicago 2017 is still a my PB 2:53:00, and I really enjoy the race. Gotta be back soon.

@23mmroadie49 Год назад

Hi Ko, you are so right, the doubts in the last 10km can consume you, it is harder too when there is a noisy crowd and you feel you can’t hear to think - i say: “you are there to get a job done, no regrets, get it done”. see you in Boston (love the content, always top notch)

@fooshoes Год назад

The 2.5 min ‘mantra’ section from 20:20 is the best content I’ve ever seen from you. Absolute gold. Massive congratulations on your PB 💪🏻

@idanyella1 Год назад

I love that you showed us that running a marathon it is not easy. Ive watched lots of ppl doing these videos after they run a marathon and they try to make it look like it is easy and almost anyone can do it. Thanks for make it REAL for us. Congrats of your marathon!

@kofuzi Год назад

it is not easy

@AlwaysDoing Год назад

Congrats on your new PB! And yay Pocari Sweat, it's my fav. As for the course being quiet - spectators were discouraged from yelling "more than necessary" as part of the Corona countermeasures. All the big races here, like the Hakone Ekiden, have had cheering/yelling prohibited for several years, so I think that played a part, too.

@waltertakano6706 Год назад

Massive congrats!!!

@LermaBern Год назад

Great accomplishment!

@RodrigoJaraPiccardo Год назад

Congrats on the PB!!!

@allanricharddias Год назад

Brilliant! 🙏

@marisolmartinez8611 Год назад

So happy for you! Thanks for sharing! ☺️

@Demiduivenvoorden Год назад

Huge congrats on the PB!!!

@stforte1852 Год назад

Great recap. Congrats on the PR.

@fosforito1522 Год назад

Just say YES. Loved it!

@LearningFast Год назад

Congrats! You really are running strong 💪 right now. Keep up the great work.

@Camillemonade Год назад

Congrats! I appreciate your insight, very motivating!

@TrailrunnerTroy Год назад

Heartfelt congratulations!!

@svenja5596 Год назад

Congrats on your PB.. well done 👏🎉 love hearing your race reports+awesome clips 👌

@doernerrr Год назад

Congrats on the PB and thanks for sharing the details of your inner struggle to hold pace over the final 5K, that’s so inspirational. I’ve run only one full marathon but that was enough to fully appreciate the pain one feels in the last mile.

@94657649 Год назад

Congratulations! The inner struggle is real... thanks for sharing before my first marathon :)

@jasonvennard4550 8 месяцев назад

More great stuff thank you sir!

@silvermandavid Год назад

Well done, Mike! It looks like such a cool race and experience all around.

@ChristianRunsNY Год назад

Well deserved, loved the videos coming out of Japan overall

@smalls26.2 Год назад

Hell yeah! I love how you felt with the thoughts of doubts. Acknowledge and let them slide off !

@edcoronado Год назад

Bro I love your breakdowns. Your videos are so insightful and helpful.

@potblack7951 Год назад

Enjoyed greatly your Tokyo experience Kofuzi ..thank you so much for sharing your athlete experience 💪👍

@runnerdrey201 Год назад

What an awesome race recap! You made such a good point about saying yes. Way to dig deep Ko!

@brianhoo123 Год назад

This is the most inspiring recap, and I still kept watching couple of times with your Tokyo race video!

@jassaljs Год назад

Hi Kofusi! Thanks for sharing all your experiences🙏 Best wishes🙏

@tomtigermc Год назад

Great breakdown of your race Cousin Ko and the Mantra to keep you going to the finish is inspiring to me. Thank you!

@imixmag Год назад

Your mantras are fire. Great video. Congrats.

@aliza6491 Год назад

I love love these recaps on how the race went. So helpful in knowing the mindset, things to consider and how you were doing at each 5k. Thank you

@guhvnah Год назад

Congrats on the PB!

@russisrunning Год назад

Somehow to fight with the mind and physical in the middle of the marathon and still able to film these amazing content just insane, love the breakdown! 💯 😁

@TheNextraa Год назад

Congrats, Kofuzi on the PB. Just say yes!

@DrRamiNader Год назад

Yes! I love the race recap videos!

@kofuzi Год назад

Thanks Doc!

@N1CMUV Год назад

amazing bro!

@asdfghjklgym Год назад

This is the best marathon recap video I’ve seen! You’ve got me so excited (& nervous) for Rotterdam marathon in a months time!!

@s.jatighetchi9021 Год назад

Huge congrats on the PB Kofuzi. Really enjoyed watching your Tokyo Marathon vlogs. You've inspired me to hopefully definitely do this marathon one day🤞. Cheers man :)

@BullitCake Год назад

love the detailed breakdown of the kit

@PiercingArrowz Год назад

Thanks for the gear run-through. Appreciate the encouragement to "just say yes", congratulations on the new PB!

@kathmandu888 Год назад

Awesome recap, loved the Tokyo coverage! Can relate to everything you said for my Tokyo race. Congrats again on your PB 👍Best of luck in Boston!

@nberkel Год назад

Super congrats man. Love the recap, much like others have said about how you respond to the marathon asking you ✌️

@zpttpzzpt Год назад

Kofuzi! Way to bring it in! Im going to use that mantra!

@TheLongHaulCoach Год назад

Wow! What a great combination of race information for folks looking to race Tokyo and how the race was for you!

@robertburpee9473 5 месяцев назад

One of the best race reports I've seen, I was with you by your side for the whole race, thank you for taking the time to put it together.

@davidwatt7570 Год назад

The whole Tokyo series has been great, and this was my favourite of the lot. Interesting and useful.

@TheNampow Год назад

"Do you want it? Just say yes!!" .These are great. Thank you.

@myndiquirion180 Год назад

Just say yes. I will take this with me on my next race. Thanks for the content!

@JoEbsTV Год назад

Congratulations to your race well done sir.

@irunovermountains Год назад

The Tokya content has been really good. Thanks Ko

@manueltan8962 Год назад

YES !

@thesceptic1018 Год назад

Very impressive 👏🏻

@mejulesyap Год назад

Glad you had a great race! Congrats again on the PB. That guy running in flip flops... wow!

@josenaveo588 Год назад

“Just say yes!” and “What did we come here to do!?” Thanks so much for sharing! Definitely will be thinking of this in Boston next month. Nice work!!!

@ScottTuscher Год назад

I got emotional when you got emotional Kofuzi. 😊 just say yes! Love this and congrats!

@bcockton Год назад

I’ve watched all of the race recaps and this one was the best. The mantras that you were describing were so powerful. Incredible what the kind can do when the body wants to quit. Great advice that I will use for my BQ attempt in Toronto. Congrats on a great PB.

@kap0no22 Год назад

Those ponchos look niiiice! Way to go! Hope to run this one day

@kyleryczek Год назад

Huge congratulations on the PR Ko! The bit from 20:20-22:38 about mastering your mindset and saying yes are extremely powerful, not to be understated nuggets of wisdom. Thank you for sharing with the running community!

@christopherwilliams2 Год назад

Great effort @Kofuzi! One day I will be able to do the 6! Hopefully one day the Caribbean will be a location for a world majors marathon!

@bev9708 Год назад

AWESOME!!! Thanks soooo much for sharing your thoughts during the race and the mantras that helped you cope, THAT is extremely useful and I'm looking forward to seeing if my brain will go that way for my fast approaching Paris marathon. I'm still at the just-trying-to-run-the-whole-distance stage, and my godsend mantra is "if it hurts to walk and it hurts to run, you may as well run"!!

@szervo77 Год назад

Love that part about the meditating. Definitely felt like that on many hard long runs and last year when I ran my first marathon and really struggled from 22 and on. Your mind starts to run wild and say "this is hard you should stop", but deep down you know you can keep going and have to keep pushing 😈

@TheAnikdam Год назад

Congrats 🎉

@pag1905 5 месяцев назад

well done dude!!

@zajkolaes Год назад

excellent!

@seancassidycowie4193 Год назад

Congratulations on the PR Kofuzi. Looking forward to hopefully spotting you in Boston. We are around the same pace so maybe I’ll be able to use you as a pacer 😊

@ciprianos4 Год назад

Sounds tough but somewhat worth it and a bit fun, enjoyed the video 🎉

@Klian159 Год назад

Let's go Kofuzi! Practice& Hard work doesn't make a man perfect, but it makes IMPROVEMENTS! Let's goo on the new PB, this is the result of dedication on what you love- RUNNING!!! YESSIR!

@kouvang6256 Год назад

Grandma's recap series was my favorite, but this now takes the cake. It gave me goosebumps, it was that good. As everyone else has mentioned, the mantras and meditation. Love it and thanks for bringing this one. Looking forward to Boston plans. I'm planning to come down for the weekend for the activities.

@thefureprer6603 Год назад

It is great to hear your thoughts from one of the most biggest marathon held on earth Definitely learned some of the tips from you for the upcoming race that I will have in October

@manfredh.7591 Год назад

Great description of the mental aspects of running a marathon. I’m sure I’ll remember your words when running Tokyo 2024.

@blackadar Год назад

20:58 this whole general point is the single most useful piece of content I think you’ve posted. This is gold and will be something I come back to for race days. Thanks Ko!

@richardarthur9706 11 месяцев назад

EXCELLENT video. Thank you.

@kofuzi 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@matthewvillegas6494 Год назад

Congrats on your PB! Been a longtime lurker and you definitely inspired me to tackle the marathon again. The breakdown helps and the approach to nutrition is key. Currently I would be lucky to keep up with you for a 5k but slow and steady. I liked your travel vlog. Getting lost in the mall doesn’t sound fun and I started to learn Japanese, especially the alphabet starting with hiragana

@Stentordoc Год назад

Kofuzi is legend

@VELATRICK Год назад

During those moments in my races I always repeat this quote to myself which has helped my get through a lot. “How bad do you want it? To realise your potential you must respond with some version of this answer: More”.

@michaelsesler1158 Год назад

congratulations. great vlog. happy for you.

@kofuzi Год назад

thanks Michael!

@davidgunther1282 Год назад

There is a lot of valuable wisdom in this video. Thanks man.

@kofuzi Год назад

thanks for watching!

@ozenfant_ozn Год назад

congrats Mike you legend, this is so awesome to watch!! mega PB! Tokyo! that whole 22nd minute of this vid should become an instant motiviational classic. that's what it's about.

@kofuzi Год назад

I'd been saving it for a Run Motivation video, but I felt like it was the right time to share it here

@user-ml6qs4zk8z Год назад

Nice recap. Next time I will tell myself yes I want it to hit the goal🤗

@michaelcaricoo Год назад

Thanks for putting that part around 21-23 minutes in, I know it could've easily been cut from the video but with my A race coming up on Sunday and I'm having the doubts set in already I really needed to hear it. Thank you

@karatechop Год назад

Nice recap! I always enjoy and take note of the mental strategy and mantra portions of these recaps. Congrats again on the PB!

@kofuzi Год назад

thanks Sean!

@davidevans5032 Год назад

These are great. As I’m getting ready for my 2nd marathon, going though the mental side of it is very helpful.

@kofuzi Год назад

Good luck on your next race!

@jayinthelongrun7453 Год назад

Yes!

@jordans1712 Год назад

Just keep on crushin it! Great job! Sub 3 again!

@davidboyce5320 Год назад

20 mile warm up for a 10km race. I experience the same self talk. Usually I tell myself that I have put in this much work (in training and to this point in the race) to be so close to reaching my goal - Don't give in now! So happy you were able to finish and get a PB.

@tsubakichan Год назад

You can find Pocari Sweat wherever you can find a Japanese market in the US! (San Francisco, San Mateo, San Jose, Torrance, etc) I grew up having it as a drink option!

@thecaptainchas2820 Год назад

Man…my hamstring locked up just hearing about that 42nd km. Way to show up and make it happen! And congrats again on the PB!

@neilkearney6822 Год назад

great vid. congratulations on your time. Go get that 4th star in Boston

@MrN0115 Год назад

I got the same feeling for the last kilometre. The tiles road seems like never ending. Well said 20:50 A life time memories to run in Tokyo and bumped into you. #fanmoment

@shuminfan101 Год назад

Great great video, I watch it twice 😊. Last marathon I used your “yes I still want it “ , got me to Boston ❤❤❤

@kofuzi Год назад

yes!

@lemonpsi Год назад

Pocari Sweat was offered in last year’s Soldier Field 10 in Chicago. I haven’t seen it anywhere else in the US but I grew up drinking it growing up in Malaysia & Hong Kong.

@aarronvanburen8612 Год назад

Congrats man. You ball out and it's a big inspiration for me. Hopefully i can meet you one day and personally thank you for helping ne achieve my first marathon - i played american football in college ad an offensive lineman. We're not supposed to be able to do this, but i did! Congrats again!!

@kofuzi Год назад

I hope we can meet soon!

@chrisy0610 Год назад

Kudos to giving it all to make this a PB. As a marathon runner from HK, Tokyo has been the most desirable major I want to go. Kudos to pushing yourself thru the last 5K. My self-talks in the last 5K is very similar to yours, when my body was under so much stress and the energy level was so low. I am glad I didn't give up trying, even though I was shy of the goal time.

@Feanaro5503 Год назад

When you got to the part about your left leg hurting near the end, I had a genuine OH NO! reaction even though I already knew you had finished the race with a new PR.

@GeorgiosA Год назад

Awesome video, and series, thanks for sharing and congrats on your PB!! Here's a tip on getting accurate splits in big city marathons (I run London, a *lot* slower than you!): get yourself a Stryd pod, their focus is on measuring power, but a side effect of that is that they are very, *very* accurate on pace/distance measurement, and you can set your watch to display that, rather than GPS. It works great, even in a skyscraper jungle, guess that will be handy in Chicago too? By the way - Chicago is a bucket list marathon for me, my parents studied there and would love to come and run the marathon there someday!

@sandralee7862 Год назад

Lucky you got to experience Japan and Tokyo M. I will try in 2024 and hope I will get in Berlin as well. Finish towel really stands out and I love it. See you soon in Boston. Look forward to doing your shakeout run on Sunday.

@kalistadewi1471 6 месяцев назад

running my first marathon next year in Tokyo, your video really motivates me, thank you and wish me luck!

@kofuzi 6 месяцев назад

Have fun! 🍀

@SendingStache Год назад

congrats on the third star and, as always, i'm so grateful for your amazing content. I'm preparing to run LA marathon this sunday (it will be my first marathon), and your channel has been such a huge source of inspiration and motivation for me throughout this training block. I'm somewhat new around here and continuing to enjoy your older videos as i try to keep my psych high for this weekend! forever grateful to you!

@kofuzi Год назад

take it easy on the uphills!