I'm back!

I'm back, and this time I will not fail.

 

I signed up and paid for a slot in the Comrades 2013 yesterday. Kampala Marathon is a month away and my training towards it has so far been relatively smooth and easy. The 29km training run I completed on Sunday morning went incredibly well and I felt strong and full of energy at the end of it, despite having run 28kms during the week. All in all, things are looking really positive right now.

 

There has been plenty of time to reflect on what I did wrong last time. I'll never know for sure, but it seems obvious that I pushed the training too hard, hoping to get fit enough to runt he Comrades in less than 9 hours. Lesson learned. After the Kampala Marathon I'll follow a so-called Bronze Medal training program which aims at getting one fit enough to run the 89km in less than 11 hours. This training program is significantly different from the one I followed 2 years ago and it looks a lot more forgiving.

 

For the time being though, I have to focus on Kampala Marathon on November 25th and I think I have a good chance of finishing around the 4 hour mark. On one hand, the finishing time is not important to me as this run is merely a part of my build up to the Comrades. On the other, this run is also my only planned qualifying run for the Comrades. The finishing time in Kampala determines the starting position at the Comrades which apparently is quite important as you risk getting stuck behind some very slow runners if your starting position is right at the back.

 

It is great to be back in shape and to be writing about this.

 

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Marathon Madsen