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 thisπ
|
Mile 2:
|
20 miles is a long way, perhaps I could shorten it, do 14 miles now and go out for 6 later? |
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:
|
|
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:
|
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Highs and lows of a 20 mile training run
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment