Yesterday I did another Sri Chinmroy half marathon. The same one at the domain. I was aiming to do it slower than before (2h 9min last time). I had around 2h20 or 2h25 in my mind. My genuine concern was actually running it too fast and getting carried away. I wanted to run it as if I had to do another half afterwards. This was difficult really due to the fact it was the longest race of the day and that pressure to do it quicker. I didn't enjoy it as much as the first one for that reason. It took 2h28min. I didn't have a problem with the time but my ego was there and I didn't like people thinking that was the fastest I could do it. Maybe I wont do that again in a half. Id like to improve my times. It was an experience though of completing that distance as an event as if it was the first half of an actual marathon. So in the long run in terms of the mental as well as physical battle of the marathon this will have done me a lot of good. At the end I felt really fine like I genuinely could've likely done the same again which is great.
Tonight I got out for a one hour run at a pretty good pace. It felt good and made me feel cool I'm heading more into running whereas a half marathon feels a little casual almost. I plan to do a five hour run before the marathon and keep up my runs of maybe up to around 2. I'll keep planning anyway.
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