Honan Maeda of Tenmaya, an Okayama city business group who has been selected to represent Japan in the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics, held a press conference in Okayama City and said, ``The specific goal is a secret, but I want to aim to break my own record.'' He expressed his enthusiasm.
Maeda set a new Japanese record for the first time in 19 years with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes 59 seconds at the Osaka International Women's Marathon, one of the representative selection races for the Paris Olympics, held in January this year, marking her second consecutive marathon. I have been selected to be on the Olympic team.
On the 12th, Maeda held her first press conference after her offer in Kita Ward, Okayama City, and she said, ``I'm relieved. I've always wanted to run in Paris, so I'm looking forward to it and excited.'' I talked about her feelings.
After that, based on his experience at the last Tokyo Olympics, where he finished 33rd, he said, ``The Tokyo Olympics were the most difficult I've ever been in. I don't think I'll ever be in more pain than I was in Paris, so I want to run in my own way.'' "My personal goals are a secret, but I want to break my own record," he said with enthusiasm.
Maeda will now continue to prepare for the Olympics by doing high-altitude training in the United States.