Men's marathon at the World Athletic Championship was indeed a very tough race. The starting temperature was 29 degrees, even at 7 in the morning. Of the 87 runners who started, 30 retired before coming to the finishing line. Once again you have to remember these are all elite runners who run over 100 miles per week. I salute all the runners - it is such a great achievement to have finished the marathon in such a heat.
I had my share of heat problem today. I intended to do the marathon-pace run for 15 miles. The sun returned with a vengeance, however, and I started to feet dizzy and had to stop after 7 miles. A couple of weeks ago when I did the 12-mile run under the sun, I also felt I was losing concentration, but I was already at the 10-mile point so I was able to finish the training. Today, there was no way I can complete 15 miles. I could have slowed down and extended the mileage, but that would have nullified the whole point of marathon-pace run.
One interesting discovery from today's debacle is the following. Initially this marathon-pace training was scheduled for next weekend. When I got up this morning, however, I felt very good. I have never felt so good for weeks, so I decided to try this hard training today. The end product was disastrous. I have now come to believe that there is absolutely no relationship between how you feel, and how your run will go. Many of my best runs have ben done when I was feeling totally shit.
So not a very good week; I failed to achieve what I set out to do twice this week. Hopefully this is just fatigue from the taxing training I put in in the previous week. I wish for better runs with more fresh legs next week!
Today: 10 miles
Weekly mileage: 62 miles.
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