When I started this blog, I wanted to make sure it's going to be a personal one. I want to share my personal thoughts on different training aspects, I want to write about my clients' personal achievements and success (which I'm always very proud of) and my aim with these posts is to let you get to know me.
I just got home from the third race of the Eurosport Trail Running League Series 2020. For me this route was a new one and I loved it! We started from somewhere close to St. Peter's Pool and went around the Munxar cliffs Marsascala, which is one of my favourite bay when I go on for a SUP tour.
I won't bore you with a lot of details, just wanted to share some thoughts I had during the last 5km. Lately, I haven't trained to be fast and I'm not pushing or chasing any time. My goals with every run I go on, is to feel better and better and going further and further. I am a very competitive person. Since I was a child I was always on the podium after each running, cycling or athletic competition.
Today, my plan was to take it easy as a training run, not as race. But somehow after 2 km, I am looking at my watch and checking the pace I just want to see if I could go faster. I find it hard to control the tempo when it's a race. Even if i'm dying, breathing heavily but I just want to push it, it's a race. Luckily I had Kevin with me and that helped. At least it helped at the beginning :) After about 5 km I wasn't looking around for Kevin anymore. Sorry Kevin :) I just wanted to see how I can go. And that is always a fight with myself. I know I have to be very happy, being able to run with these tempos, these distances without feeling any pain, any tightness. But like I said I am very competitive. It's not easy to accept I have no chance to get close to the podium for now. I still want to see what my body is capable of, how much I could increase my work capacity. I know I was in much better shapes before.
I remember my last race in Hungary going up on this massive hill, 498 m elevation. I remember how I felt passing by others and crossing the finish line as the first female. I want to get there again! I want to put in the work and see where it's going to take me!
Overall I am happy with my time today and I really enjoyed the view looking over the sea :)
I curious, what kind of thoughts do you have during a running race? What is going through your mind? Please share your thoughts in a comment below!
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