With 23 days to go til the Berlin Marathon, I’m hoping I have enough strength and miles in my legs to complete the race without getting injured. With all the good intentions in the world and the self-promises, sticking to the training plan is always almost impossible. I always think well I’m hardcore and I can do it, yea but I’m not really that hardcore I can’t really do all of it. I’ve ditched the training plan a while back especially when coming back from the holidays, my Runkeeper App just kept scolding me telling me I’ve fallen behind.
Instead, I’ve changed strategies and just keep running longer and longer. I also find myself planning… okay if I run 100 miles the whole month leading to the marathon, I will be fine. So far I have run 42.5 out of 100 miles. And surprisingly, I managed to run 80.2 miles in August. Running almost only 3 times a week but much longer runs.
Also… I’ve booked tickets to Chicago!
Howeverrr… I have also missed the deadline for the Tokyo Marathon 2024 lottery with similar reasons when I missed the deadline for deferring my 2023 to 2024 – missed deadlines due to timezone difference. Oh well… that boat has sailed.
Speaking of boats… there’s a boat beached on Southsea beach. I run by it a lot, initially thinking it’s an art installation. Reading more about it, it is actually someone’s boat AND home, which became unmoored and drifted to shore. Sadly, thieves have also raided it and vandalised it.
Reach for the Seven Stars 