Sunday, April 14, 2019

Highs and lows of a 20 mile training run



Pre run:
Have I got everything I need? hydration pack ✅, gels ✅ , podcasts ✅, Garmin and headphones charged ✅, route planned ✅, phone ✅, emergency£2 ✅…. 
Right let’s do thisπŸƒ
Mile 2:
20 miles is a long way, perhaps I could shorten it, do 14 miles now and go out for 6 later?
I’m I mentally strong enough to do this, I still have 18 miles to go
Mile 6:

whoop whoop gel time! Also, I get to stop and take in my surroundings but mainly the joy of stopping is quite nice. 
Mile 8:

this is really silly, why does anyone want to run a marathon, I still have another 4 miles until I can stop and have another gel
Mile 10:
only mile 10, I know it’s halfway but really it feels like it should be more like 12-14 miles,  still 2 miles before my next gel/stop is this route long enough or am I going to have to reroute 
Mile 12:
whoop whoop gel stop!! A gel has never tasted so good!! Oh no it's over too quickly time to get going again and brilliant only 8 miles to go
Mile 13:
what I still have 7 miles to go!!! Gutted
Mile 14:
why on earth did you plan a route which includes a hill at mile 14, you could have gone along the canal again!!
Mile 16:
only 4 miles to go, but in distance, it’s only 3 miles, need to re-route!
Mile 17.5
left turn extend extend
Mile 19:5
another bloody hill, we are going move to the bottom of the hill
Mile 20:
Done IT!!!!

To be fair there was a point between mile 6 and 14 where I was kinda in the zone, whilst these were my random thoughts I didn't once think about giving up.

The podcasts I listened to this run where:
  • David Tennant does a podcast with James Corden
  • Oxygen Addict with Simone Mitchell
  • Ted Talk - can't remember for the life of me!
  • Marathon Talk - night at the science museum with Martin




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