LOGBOOK: Towards the Treviso Marathon (6th episode): Running in the rain ... Between exactly two weeks, it's all over ...
After the disaster of last week, I opted for a gradual recovery to be fully fit for the last 10 days prior to the TM. Fortunately I managed to unlock the legs on Tuesday, made peace with a 6km (5'06 "/ km), and the day after I was already well ...
The idea is to exploit the day today and Thursday (party) for the last two major releases. Today I had to wake up the legs and Thursday will be my last long.
bad that today, a little after 3 when I was ready to leave, I realize that it's raining outside ... and here a series of expletives.
I return to my estate "home" and I start to do some work ...
Then I remember what happened last night when I was leaving the store: I know the husband of a colleague, a lot of serious trail runner, being also part of the team "Montelliana" Palio of Montebelluna, with whom I speak for a few minutes together with another colleague, and she also runner in the organization of Treviso Marathon. We focus on "Weather": my colleague is hoping for a rainy day did not (stay all morning standing in the rain to watch people running is not the best) and I add to this hope: both, however, I suggest the opposite of hoping because a light rain can only facilitate the marathon ...
was perplexed. I'll be back with his head to the current situation, and I see out there is a "light drizzle". I dressed, hat, sunglasses, Skylon, and you leave anyway.
I decided to put the Skylon because it was a long time since I brought her and wanted to see how they could go, given that the TM had planned to do it with them.
Well, that is, a good jog! I do not do much, not only control the clock the miles and decided to do an hour's ride. I know it's not, but given the previous conditions, are unlikely to do more then stand still again.
I enjoy seeing the faces of people who, under giant umbrellas or inside a car with the wipers to a thousand, look at me as if I were an alien. Also nice girl who, seeing the streets in Montebelluna with shorts, he says "Help! It makes me cold to look at him." Inside of me I think I have more hot in her shorts under his jacket.
In an hour I almost 12km: loupe, but it's a pace I could hold for an lot '. A sort of "test on the distance." The problem is that in the first 5km I was quite tired right leg, it felt very heavy. And from here to evaluate a hypothesis: do the TM with the Nike Pegasus. They weigh about thirty grams more of the Skylon, 42km and perhaps these programs you hear them, but I can not risk or work too hard to find the middle with muscle or joint pain due to low differential of the shoe or the increased responsiveness. I would remind the layman that my time for the TM ...
no ... I just want to come! Then I remember that 10 days ago I did my 10km PB in the Pegasus for training, and now with the Skylon I was about 3 minutes slower ... I that will keep me good for the half marathon MoonLight di Jesolo, but Treviso better to be safe.
After the 6-7th km (do not know exactly, does not control the distance), the legs seem to wake up. And from there, no problem, your legs go on their own and do not feel the heaviness of the original. What I do not just lifts your spirits.
It 'also a time of calculations. I know that is not done, but the curiosity is so great. I support "Running Calculator" to
McMillan and to
RunWorks , recommended by friends of the forum. Starting from the PB in the 10 and 20km, a marathon is to be made between 3:35 a.m. 'and 3:45 a.m.'. At present, I think I will rely on the "hare" to take a similar time. I know that is not even that, Oh well ... It is important not to do it "time" but just to know roughly what I can use my legs. To go too quickly would be to be dead to 20 °, go too slow I would keep making me slow to load weight on his knee.
In any case, I needed a race like today ... morale has been lifted and I feel fit enough to complete the final preparations before the big day.
