I'm less than 4 days out from the first of the three marathons in three days, that's a bit daunting on it's own but add in the facts that I'm battling a cold and that my recent training has been minimal and... yeah. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to Friday and I'm sure Saturday and Sunday will be fine, I just know I'll be slightly less prepared than I should be... oh well, what's new?
A year ago today I was running my first marathon... seems odd... I knew that day that I intended to run another (I may have even had plane tickets bought already) but I didn't know that I would run so many (relatively speaking). It's been a good first year as a 'marathoner,' maybe a little less productive than I would've hoped for but good never the less.
It'll be interesting running Seattle this year as I'll have something to compare it to. After last year I stated numerous times that I wouldn't run Seattle again, not because it was a bad race but rather, why run the same race when there's so many others? Well, I guess the reason why presented it self and now, here I go again. In a way though, I will be unable to compare the two experiences, after all, the hills that I thought were tough last year because I was under trained I'll think are tough this year because I will have ran a marathon the last two days prior, so how could I gauge improvement?
Really, I think running 3 marathons in 3 days will test my ability to listen to my body more than anything, I know endurance will be a big part of it, but I think recovery will play a large roll as well. Can I rest my self well enough & fuel my self properly to be able to put in a good effort at each event? As much as finishing is the main goal, it would be nice not to be completely worthless by the end of Sunday.
So anyways, off I go into oblivion (sorry if that's a little melodramatic), I'll be sure to post on the other end of all this...
It'll be interesting running Seattle this year as I'll have something to compare it to. After last year I stated numerous times that I wouldn't run Seattle again, not because it was a bad race but rather, why run the same race when there's so many others? Well, I guess the reason why presented it self and now, here I go again. In a way though, I will be unable to compare the two experiences, after all, the hills that I thought were tough last year because I was under trained I'll think are tough this year because I will have ran a marathon the last two days prior, so how could I gauge improvement?
Really, I think running 3 marathons in 3 days will test my ability to listen to my body more than anything, I know endurance will be a big part of it, but I think recovery will play a large roll as well. Can I rest my self well enough & fuel my self properly to be able to put in a good effort at each event? As much as finishing is the main goal, it would be nice not to be completely worthless by the end of Sunday.
So anyways, off I go into oblivion (sorry if that's a little melodramatic), I'll be sure to post on the other end of all this...
2 comments:
I hope you are feeling well and still looking forward to your upcoming days of running. Steve and I are thinking about you and can't wait to catch up with you both.
Hope you're feeling better by now. See you at the Ghost!
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