Don’t do any marathon training today. Plenty of talk about marathons and reading about marathons but no actual running. It’s a lovely Easter Sunday and we pop out for lunch. I’m soon immersed in marathon talk with more experienced runners. Glean some information about what it’s like to run a marathon and how to approach it, but whether I can convert knowledge into a successful marathon experience is another matter. All I can do is run the first half at marathon pace, no faster, and trust that I can carry on to the end.
Sophie has pointed out that they’re serving wine and cheese at the 35km point in the Paris marathon, which sounds pretty civilized. Have a bizarre image of Mick being treated to haggis served with tatties and neeps at Lochaber. Hope there are no jellied eels at London. If I was fun running the Paris race I think I might manage to neck more than my fair share of wine but can’t see me being tempted if going for a target.
Today is a rest day so I do absolutely nothing physical that could be described as being helpful towards running a marathon. Hope tomorrow goes well with the last long run. Sounds like both Kay and Julie have had less than enjoyable last long run experiences.
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...I will not tell you what it's like to run a marathon. I will let you experience it yourself. I will let you discover and explore every mile of a marathon, be amazed by the mind chattering and experience emotions...your emotions.
ReplyDelete...and this is not only when you run your first marathon, this magic continues every time you decide to run a marathon or go beyond that distance! :-)