it has been more than a year that I don't write here... Sorry...
I have been busy with a new job (bigger responsibilities and more travelling) and just keep up with life has been difficult. But I have decided to give an update today
In September I ran my fastest half marathon yet (below 1h35! - well 1h 34' 40'', but still I was proud of it :), so I decided I was going to challenge my self a bit over the infinite and cold winter and entered the Luxembourg marathon (hilly!). I am running it in 15 days, so I am officially tapering!!! I will be my 4th marathon, with 3 done in Belfast (Northern Ireland).
I am fairly happy about the training, the winter didn't go as planned. Got twice a flu (missing at least 2 weeks of running) and went to the US for work 3 times in February, March, and April, + a round trip to Brussels and one to Berlin... so I struggled finding the time to run...
But I managed to run 125 miles in January, 135 in February, 180 in March and I am close to 200 in April.
I hope, even if I missed a few long runs, I will be able do well. My PB - 4h15 - would be great, considering the profile of that marathon... ). The plan however is to try the sub 4 hours. so I will start at 8:30 per mile and will assess after half.
happy run to all and I hope I will not leave another year before I write again...
Quick update... I found the profile (in the pic, both half and full - I am in for a long hill...), and it's a bit more than hilly at the end, nothing major for some of you, but it could be hard for me (Maybe I should have checked this before... )
any suggestions for people who knows how to deal mentally with hills (cannot do anything for the training at this point...) is welcome Thanks!
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it just a bit hilly, not like the few I have seen done by somebody on this site. it has about 2/300 meters difference between the top and the bottom and the top is both the beginning (nice) and the end (awful). And it was not looked for, I just forgot to check before accepting the invite
Congratulations on the new job and on your pb! Good luck for this race - a hilly marathon But you have put the training in so it sounds as though you are ready for it. Nice to see you back again
-4 days to the marathon! tapering is working fine, with 46 miles two weeks ago and 36 last week. This week I will not even run 20 miles until Friday and then the Marathon... I am recovering well for the big day and enjoying the extra time
The plan:
I will fly to Luxembourg on Friday, meeting my cousin (who invited me there and will run the HM) and do nothing for the evening. On Saturday morning I will visit the expo and get my race pack. A part from that, I will get a late lunch and get mentally prepared for the marathon. I am fairly worried for the last 10 Km up hill, but I want to ignore the fact that they exist until I am actually running on them. So I will run the first half as I believed a sub 4 hours was possible (passing at 10K in 50/55, half in 1h52/55, 20 miles in 2h45/50). With this pace I will have a bit more than 1 hour for the last 10K (up hill).
I will assess at half and see whether the 4 hours are feasible or not.
after the race, a nice beer and in bad late (I will be probably running until 11:30 pm...)
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