Now...my marathon was fairly tragic. Went strong for the first 29-30kms and after that had a sudden drop in body condition over the next 4-5kms and had to pull out after 35kms. I have no injuries though apart from routine sore muscles after the workout. This is last that I am writing about 17th Jan 2010. It was a reflection on my training. Have to train better and a bit differently.
I have been doing a fair bit of thinking about the Sunday run before I close that chapter for good and move on.
From my limited exposure to the sport, I have arrived at the following:
Speed is important: It will really help to train for a 4 or 4:30 marathon. That ways you will be in a better physical state to tackle the demands of the last 10 kms.
By this I mean that one should be a regular 2 hr half marathoner so that the strategy of doing the first half in 2:15 – 2:30 (on conserving and running slower) and then going all out for the remaining becomes a viable option.
Now, my best half marathon time has been 2:25 and that too during a practice run recently.
I was after this goal some time back but ignored it in favour of building my distances for SCMM.
Need to hit the gym regularly: This has shown results during the last length of the training . Need to take this further.
After a couple of good night's rest, I am good and much better than yesterday. I am amazed at the recovery time. This I believe has a lot to do with the strengthening (?)
Need to attend the group runs like RFL: I, for many reasons run alone most of the time which is ok, but once or twice a month at least a group run can be a good reality check. If you do well there you know you are going ok or else you need to have a re-look at your training
Will return to training in a week. Have a marathon coming up on Feb 14th at Pondi. Not sure whether I will run. It all depends on the way my body recovers.
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