Hey all,
It was my birthday last weekend and as a birthday treat to myself I did a 22 mile run ha ha!!
As soon as I started I could still feel the 20 miles from the 2 weeks previous in my legs but battled through the tiredness, with concentrating on other things like my running technique and having a great girly chat. At around 12 miles I started to get the negative thoughts knowing I’d still got 10 to do it wasn’t a good sign, but I tried really hard to push them at the back of my mind and with Michelle there managed to forget them. At 18 miles I started to hurt again and it was a bit daunting that I’d still got 4 miles to go, by this time there was a gap between me and Michelle again, but it did me good to manage my negative thoughts and just kept thinking positively with things like my family, what it’s going to be like at the finish of the marathon etc. Then at 20 miles, I had a second wind and the last 2 miles felt great not sure why but I really hope I get that second wind again and it lasts for the last 6.2 miles on the day ha ha!
My mood hasn’t felt as low after this long one and I haven’t felt as tired or so I thought, just been for a 5 mile run and it was tough I felt very tired! It felt like my legs were someone else’s and more like 10 miles, it just seemed to take ages!
That’s it now for the long miles there’s nothing else I can do but tapper and keep my legs ticking over, with just over 3 weeks to go arghhhh!!
Have a great weekend x
The Running Bug 