Today I would have a close friend over that will run his first marathon in April. With 11 weeks to go, I offered him to help him break his mental barrier of running a distance longer than he is familiar with (he ran a HM in his road to the Rotterdam Marathon. Last evening he called and asked to reschedule due to other obligations in his own stores. So there was a little shift in plans, which for me was not that bad as I aim to reduce some weekly KM in anticipation of my own marathon next week.
In order to minimize the impact on my body (and still dealing with a blister) I decided to do a shorter 10km run. As it is still morning now, I might add another short run in the evening - if so that will be at a much slower pace (low zone 2 / recovery run).
Today’s run
During taper weeks my focus is mostly on having fun. The earlier training blocks were quite structured but honestly the last 2 weeks will not matter that much in your physical performance - the training is done. These weeks however can do much for you mentally. As during the event you will most likely ask yourself why are you doing this again. The happier you feel, the more fun you have the easier it will be to put away any doubt or negative thoughts.
Despite some light rain the first 3km, the weather was great. A temperature around 5 degrees C and basicly no wind at all. Almost perfect!
I started my run with the idea to just run at low heartbeat, but after a slower 500m I just felt to run a bit faster. While I never tried to set a fast time on a shorter distance (will focus on that after the April Marathon) - it did feel good to unintentionally set a new pr. I do expect this will help me the evening/night before the event mentally as I always seem to struggle getting any sleep 😆
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