Last week my weary training forms itself into a fun activity. On a sleepy evening I impulsively agreed to participate in a 10k trail run. I never ever ran 10k’s and as the city girl I am, I never ran in hilly environments before. Besides a bridge maybe. Before the start I was not even scared or nervous. Cap time was 2 hours, so my thoughts, I can even walk and will make that time. Oke I was not fully aware of how many “climbs” were on the trail, but still. I decided to just have fun and enjoy the scenery. I’m not making myself any illusions to even have a chance to set a incredible time. I just need to be able to finish it. Then I will have more convidence in finishing the Strong Viking race. At the start I felt like a outsider, but everyone was truly so nice. Maybe that broke down the last bits of nerves if I even had them. Exactly at 1 pm we all ran into the forrest. I started slow, because hi! We need to run 10K’s! But everyone was in a hurry and one by one runners passed by me, leaving me behind. I was totally alone dangling at the end. But my only worry was not making a wrong turn! And not having to pie. After a steep climb, about 4k’s in, I arrived at the top of a hill and looked over a beautiful valley. I even stopped to make a selfie. Notice I need practice? :/ During the race For some reason I got more comfortable and was just enjoying the run. And well there you go, I even had the first two runners in sight again. They were walking up the hill and who knew, I like running up hill! Not making any speed with it yet or anything, but its so much fun, fighting the hills and be rewarded with hopefully and probably a beautifull view at the top. So there I passed the first two in front of me. After 6k’s I was getting tiered. My feet were hurting and I started to breath heavier. But I was walking in on another person in front of me. Slowly but surely I past her up hill. Around the corner I saw my next prey while we were going down hill and I just let gravity do it’s work. Another person passed! I saw many runners holding back down hill. They were still maintaining the same pace. I don’t know anything about running, but I think it’s easier to just let go if you go downwards. Curious what the idea behind that technique is. (forgot to ask) Finish! At a certain point I was so tiered, my pace decreased majorly. And I was hallucinating the finishline was nearly in sight. I almost wanted to walk when I heard someone say “Just one more Kílometer! Only down hill from here so go full out!” That was my cue. I had a one K "free fall" and opened my last energy tank. With huge steps I past two more folks and heard everyone cheer. Scanning the finishline to find my boyfriend and passed the Finish banner.
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September 2018
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