I have now calmed down a little bit after my huge frustration last night. My body is quite OK, a little stiffness in the upper thighs and a little sore feet (knee is alright). And I feel ready for training again already today! All my energy and mental preparation still needs to get off with. I've decided to look for a "smaller" half marathon in Sweden this summer and hopefully be able to get it like I want. I think I need to increase my training dose. I read an interview with the female winner at Göteborgsvarvet, Kirsten Melevik Otterby today in Göteborgs-Posten and she started running only four years ago and her daily training dose is about 50 km!
I actually ran 25 km yesterday, how could that be? I was in due time ready for getting a tram from the place where I parked my car and then I double-checked my bag - no running shoes!!! If there's something that you don't want to leave at home, then it's your shoes. What to do? Options: 1. Buy a new pair at the stadium, 2. Drive fast 45 km home and 45 km back again, 3. Run in my Ecco Receptor walking shoes that I was wearing. I chose 2. and hoped that the police force was engaged in the traffic mess of central Gothenburgh. I was lucky and had about 20 min before my start and I parked the car in an industrial area about 2 km from the start. I was running from there to get in time, then I didn't need any warming up. And after the finish of Varvet I was so frustrated, then I decided to run back to the car just to get that nice feeling of stretching out, finally.
