by I feel a bit out of money with the local race community right now.
It is this time of year when anyone trains for one of the great British marathons like Brighton, Manchester or London, begins to record large kilometers. These long races are really that – the races that shape your whole week and what you feel at the end will shape your mood for the following days.
However, I don’t do that.
Deciding to do a previous spring marathon in Barcelona meant that the races earlier are longer – the hay is in the barn as they say … so -called … we will see.
Yes, I am deeply in the cone now and it is something that does not come particularly easy.
During a marathon training block, I almost find myself aspiring in the cone, then once it is here, I feel uncomfortable.
Suddenly, it’s not just about training hard, that’s the simple part. It is a question of training intelligently – showing an in -depth understanding of what your body needs over two or three weeks to be ready to produce your best performance on the day of the race.
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You can look for answers on the internet or talk to your friends about your training, but you only really know what suits you best.
I realized that I had to assume the responsibility of my cone earlier this week. I was chatting with a friend if I had to inject a little rhythm of a goal marathon on a mid -week race, weighing if it would worsen my hip, which can be described as “niggly” during last week.
“You only know it,” they said.
And they were right, how could someone else help me in this situation? They don’t know how my hip feels.
Basically, I know I have to find the answer. I know that there is little, or even none, a real physical form to be won now, but psychologically, it would be good to know that I can exploit this rhythm.
I raced and, while my hip was a little stiff afterwards, it was not worse for that.
I tried to stay occupied outside the running, throwing myself into other areas of life which are neglected during training in the marathon (I still have not approached the clean washing battery which must store – life is too short).
I stayed aware of my nutrition, my appetite decreased with the reduced mileage in the last 10 days, and I try to sleep as much as possible. It is one of the greatest challenges; I would like it to be as simple as going to bed earlier, but talking to my friends, it does not seem that I am the only person to wake up around 2/3 hours and to have trouble moving forward …
Stress is obviously a factor but part of this is excitement.
I can’t wait to go to Barcelona with a few friends, see a big city, run a marathon and celebrate afterwards.
It was this feeling that I used to become a child when I was going to play a “big” football match for my school or my local club.
If you are not careful, you can lose this dizzying excitement as an adult and organize these major events gave me this feeling of return.
So, whether I get the cone or not, it’s not really the point.
The training for Barcelona gave my training a sense of objective and whatever the time I get, I can say that I did my best.
And if I can say that, I can’t really complain about the time I find myself.
Good running this weekend – We have succeeded in winter – enjoy the sun!
