Training for a marathon requires a fair bit of
running before crossing the start line (yeah, you can’t go from couch potato to
marathon without training – shocking, I know). So I’ve been spending a fair bit
of time getting to know the area around my apartment quite well. It does get a
bit repetitive at times and sometimes you just want some kind of variation to try
and make things a bit interesting.
I regularly run a half marathon just for practice
purposes and try to find half marathon races I can implement into my training
to get a much needed break in the otherwise quite monotonous routine of running
in familiar surroundings. And when I find one that fits me it’s hard not to
sign up – even if it isn’t necessarily just around the corner.
11th – 14th of October
Fly out early (early!) in the morning to
London, giving me most of the Friday in the city, followed by a relaxing
Saturday before participating in the Royal Parks Half Marathon, the route starting
and ending in Hyde Park and circling around through The Green Park and St.
James’ Park (and a bit further out to Somerset House). A relaxing run before I
Monday evening fly back home.
The run is squeezed in between my Berlin and
New York marathons so will mainly be for recreational purposes. I probably won’t
be able to not push myself a bit, but my focus will be to using the race to
recuperate and keeping myself mobile until the next race. A few people have
hinted the risk of burn out with so many races in close succession and I am
fully aware of that (CPH half, 2 weeks later Berlin, 2 weeks later this and 3
weeks later New York) which is why this won’t be one where I’ll be pushing
myself. And also, if I had been staying home, my running route would likely have
been longer than the 21,1km anyway. In any case we’ll just have to wait and see…
