Quick Recovery

Even my half marathon didn't go as fast as I planned, I'm happy how fas I have recovered. On Sunday I had difficulties to walk but now I have been able to run a bit already today and yesterday. Earlier, it has taken couple of weeks to recover. And I'm quite sure that my muscles are ready for squats next week.

Tomorrow I should have my weigh-in but due to carbohydrates I have eaten for half marathon, I may weight more than two weeks ago.

Sportterfly

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Ruskamaraton in Levi, Lapland

Preparation

The main running event of the year is over now. The flu I had three weeks earlier affected still the last days preparations and I didn't feel very easy to breath there in Lapland. The weather was perfectly cool but air felt quite dry. Still, I decided to run with my 3 hours target time.

First kilometres

I planned to start the route very slowly because the first 2.5 kilometres there was hard uphill. Then I thought to speed up but it didn't feel very easy. I also felt my stomach didn't work very well so I didn't want to risk the finish line crossing so I just decided to go slower than planned.

Then

There was surprisingly peaceful to run with the three hours target. When I checked last year's results there was more runners who had run over 3 hours time and I thought I could have had more company there on the route but actually I had to run almost alone. Still, I feel that the finish line came easily and I wasn't that depressed during the last kilometres as I have been earlier. The medals of the Ruska Maraton looks nice and it was nice to have even if the time was over 3:10.

Afterwards

The muscles feels better already than after the previous half marathons I have run but lungs feel a bit more stuffy instead. And I could take running steps already today beside the bicycling kids. Even if the running was slower, somehow I succeed in steady running pace better than ever.  I'm very happy that even if there was over 60 metres variation in the altitude I could keep up running till the end. And yes, I'm already planning the events for the next spring.

Sportterfly

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Our Ninth Anniversary

This week we celebrated our ninth anniversary of our marriage. Or can you say it to celebration if it happened by eating pasta and thinking of the running vacation preparations? 

I have been thinking a lot the next year and our tenth anniversary and how good I'm going to look then. In January, I will fit into my own old wedding dress and if and when I can maintain the weight and condition till the September, I'm going to celebrate the round number anniversary in the best condition ever! And that dream is coming truth pretty soon..

And to come back on the earth from dream world, we are going to run here in Levi tomorrow! There is more and more panic than excitement on the air all the time. 

Sportterfly

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Somewhere Between Excitement and Panic

Four nights left before the season's last running event and feeling is somewhere between excitement and panic. This is the phase when I at most think that why, oh why, did I ever end up to run. There is over 300 kilometres by car and 21.1 kilometres by running before I can relax again.

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The Day of Running Event and Circus

I just came to tell you that I overcame the fair to fail again in quarter marathon in a hot day as a couple of years ago. I didn't meet my target of 75 minutes but it took a bit over 80 minutes all together. But I can't plame, it was hot weather again and I'm so lucky that I ran all the way to the finish line. I should soon write down the feelings that went through my mind during the running. It would help me in future to run faster. Now I felt that I wasn't very tired after all but I have some power storage in my body that I cannot release to run faster in the end of the route.

Anyway, now I do stretching and then it's time to sleep. We were in circus with the kids today after the running and I'm quite tired just now.

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I'm So Exited..

..that I cannot even write down all the feelings I'm going through. But it is nice to have these various feelings after two years break in running events. The starting shot is coming under three hours, wow!

Have a nice weekend all of you!

Sportterfly

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