During my half marathon training I loved tackling the next distance and felt so good once I had achieved it. This feels different in marathon training, I am scared. Whereas before reaching a new distance was adding a .5 of a mile on, now this is 2 or 3. I know just how much this is going to hurt and just how much mental strength is going to be required of me to reach my finish line.
On Sunday I will be tackling my first 20 mile run. I am doing this in a race environment. I am not going to race it, I am going to stick to my marathon pace of 11:30m/m. I am going to ensure my fueling is on point. I know I can do this. I've hit every other distance even when I didn't think I can, so there is no reason why I can't do this.
20 miles just seems is a really long way and I can't actually get my head around the fact I can run this distance. I know once I've completed this race I will feel a hell of a lot more positive about making it round Edinburgh.
Let's do the damn thing Oakley!
You will love it on Sunday! Plus, at the finish, there's a great field for a well deserved lie down in. That's where I intend on dropping for a good ten minutes after crossing the finish line!
ReplyDeleteI've only just seen this! I did the collapse in the changing rooms whilst trying to take my clothes off!
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