Sobering words from Coach Vijay this morning after our interval training.
On a day when my confidence was already having a major wobble, the words “You have to be realistic” definitely made me stop & think.
Coach had told me at the start of the session that I had to stick to a pace of 6km tops, if I have any hope of a sub 2 in the upcoming half marathon. Which is in exactly 27 days.
When I saw that I couldn’t even maintain this pace for 4 lousy kilometres, well, I guess his words of caution were fully deserved.
And so, with the clock ticking down remorselessly to 19 November and ADHM – the big flagship half marathon here in Delhi – I had to face facts this morning, namely that I almost certainly won’t be breaking any barriers this time round.
Meltdown aside, it was a good session, as ever.
Warm up, drills, then (for my group) 4 x 1km intervals on the “hills” of Nehru Park, followed by a cool down jog and some rather desultory stretching.
BUT – quick drumroll – I did actually do a couple of short planks, all by myself.
Slowly slowly getting there 😛
If I did a tag cloud of words nervously overheard during this morning’s total meltdown whoops, I mean running club meet, my tag cloud would look something like this…
27 days ADHM pace sub 2 full marathon in January PB pace Airbnb planks stretch faster 6 rounds fast race pace next week LSD flat out race pace flights Mumbai hey! congrats flight 10k calculate pace pace
Today it was all about pace pace pace.
That was the mantra today & it is my weakest area. Cannot judge pace. Cannot maintain a pace.
So, what’s the answer?
Well, there are still 27 days to go.
And according to Mr. Google, there are a zillion things you can achieve in 27 days, some of them quite inspiring.
Like so:
I’m not fussed about the 1691 Reddit visits.
Wouldn’t mind launching a million dollar business, though.
But my fave thing that I can potentially achieve in 27 days is this!!!
That HAS to be a sign, right? For a plank-hater like me, this HAS to be a sign 😛
And here’s my tribe, bless ’em.
Was already dreading tomorrow’s interval session with Vijay tomorrow.. your blog has only affirmed my fears
🙂
I made a lady run 5k in 25 days so Google is not right!!!
Yaay Vijay!! So there’s hope for me yet!!! 21k in 27 days! Your mission 🙂
Whoops Tania, sorry, didn’t mean to scare you! I just had a wobble. Hope it’s out of my system now