After a gruelling weekend of both doing our longest
training runs, we are now tapering which essentially means cutting down our
distances and letting our legs recover a bit before the main event. For me, its
also about getting used to what my marathon pace is going to be. Running a
handful of kms at the start a bit faster than I should will see me in all sorts
of trouble 3 hours later. Respect the distance, have a plan and stick to it;
was the wisdom my brother shared with me the other day. We all recall what
happened in the Tortoise and the Hare!
It feels great knowing that all I have to do this weekend
is run a cheeky little half marathon at marathon pace. Who would have thought
it possible that an ex brewery sales manager/retired rugby player/100kg tubby
bloke whose fondness for Guinness and rubbish food meant he couldn't ride a bike
10kms without having a breather and/or a pint, would think is such terms? I
feel quite proud of myself and I know Claire feels justifiably the same. To
have raised over $1300 and counting for Alzheimer's NZ is something we are even
more proud of, of course.
I hope I'm
not tempting fate as we both still feel a few aches and pains in places, but it
looks like we are going to be fit enough make the start line, and therefore
hopefully, the finish line. As I write this I am massaging a slightly sore
right foot with an empty coffee mug but hopefully that's nothing major. The
temperatures are climbing in Auckland now which makes things more enjoyable.
Trotting along Tamaki Drive on a lunchtime when it is sunny and 20 degrees with
the azure ocean glistening to your left is quite simply the greatest feeling
ever. I hope that feeling of euphoria stays with me when I am passing the 39km
marker on the same road in 2 weeks time!
Over and out
Mr
H
http://www.givealittle.co.nz/member/ClaireHuxley
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