As running is my devil, I tried (and that took some time) to make it more acceptable. So I tried a trailrun instead of the city streets. And guess what, that helped enormously! I’m even planning my next run. Also because I don’t want to lose this gained stamina and process. So who knows, a new hobby has born. Sometimes trying it in a different way can help. Race prep So Saterday I’m going to actually race! Luckely in the afternoon so I have time to have a proper morning and get myself ready and awake. In the morning I will have my regular breakfast with coffee. As it’s a 2-3 hour drive to the race terrein, I will have “lunch” in the car. It will contain white bread with probably some hummus and a smoothie. This smoothies will have all the ingredients to help me over the obstacles :). Next to that, I need to be keen on drinking enough water during the day. For some reason I hardly ever am thirsty, so it’s kinda important to make sure I have a water bottle with me the whole day leading up to the race. My only worry is I need to stop along the road a couple of times to pie. But Maybe I should do that anyway as the so called “toilets” at the Strong Viking terrain is truly horrible! At the start I hopefully have an empty bladder, tied shoes, boosting energy and some sense of fun. I going to start slowly and trying not to get pulled into a madrace by all those sprinters. Running off too fast will just cost to much energy straight away. And I just don’t have that stamina. I also discovered that after 5k I’m starting to feel a flow coming and even a certain spark of fun. Maybe it’s because at that point I can sense the finishline. However, finishing with a great time will not be my aim anyway, as it’s just not realistic. I haven’t been training that well and I know that. So it will be a participation race. But thats fine too right? 😊 Finishing I hope I will finish it within 2 hours. My cliffbar and warm huges from my man will be waiting for me at the end. So running towards that reward! I have no clue how my mental and fysical state will be like after a race. I just hope not too f*cked up, because the next day I need to me chasing my guy when he runs the first race of the OCR series season again! So in a nutshell, a very exciting weekend! And there is just way more to come after this!
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