me running…
Tomorrow… not as early as usual but still morning I will start my first official Ultra Marathon (that one in Sixmilebrodge where I got lost doesn’t count). 10AM it will start… and I’m not ready. I was sick for last coouple of days, couldn’t run. Was just walking, but it’s not the same. Apatate still same so my figure is suffering cause of that…
…art of trail running. We were running today just one part of Art O’Neill route. I would say the hardest one (haven’t run the first bit – 30 km from Dublin Castle to Wicklow Mountains). Even that training was during day-light I found it kind of hard. Not HARD hard but still finding trail running much tougher than road running. Harder to pace yourself, harder to be sure if your feet will land on the steady ground or not. Another thing, especially now, is that most the time I’m comming back home soaked feet. And no matter how I would like to avoid streams, water, muck there is no way not to step into one of these or even better to fell into…
I wish I was there… But definitely will go next year and will try to do 77 km route.
My coach Don Hannon and some others from the club where there to run and they are delighted now. Below you can find Don’s report from that run. Enjoy…