The Eindhoven Marathon

Today I participated in the Eindhoven Marathon. I was originally planning on running the half marathon, but decided against it a few weeks before. This year I have had an ankle injury and an old lady back and I have been extremely lazy with training. So I changed my registration from the half to a quarter marathon. I completed this 10K with such ease that I am quite dissapointed that I didn't stick to the original plan of running 21K.

Last year I run the 5k and I was training for this for weeks, if not months, ahead and it was tough all the way through. This time round , doing 10K, it was so easy and light and this with very little to no training. I believe that I can put this down to weight training. Lifting weights has made me so much stronger and gives me the ability to do things with such ease. I used to believe that to measure how fit someone is has something to do with how fast and how far they can run. Well I can call bullshit on this theory now.

Here is a little recap on how the day went:

The kids stayed at home, as big crowds scare me with kids. But next year I will definitely do the Mini-Marthon (1,5km) with Esmé.

So my dear friend, Catherine, decided to join me and wherever we go there is usually food involved. We started with a brunch at Bagels & Beans.

On we went to the start - line. I felt abit nervous. Especially when you see all the die-hards running laps warming up and stretching. I just wanted to start and get it over with.

And off we went!

I started slow, thinking I should pace myself, but it was so easy. The first 5K came by super fast and here I realized that I could and should have done the half marathon. After the 2nd waterpost we got into the city center and I knew the finish was close, so I picked up my pace and I basically sprinted the last 1,5km.

And the finish came and I was done! I am happy I did it, but I have no desire to continue running. My love for lifting is slowly taking over.