My first 27Km Run - 3rd October

My Yesterday RUN....
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HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was How i screamed when i completed the 3rd Loop of Kalina....

as told to you all earlier, 1 loop when started from MIG CLUB gate, ends exactly at the same place at 9 kms....

when i did that loop for the 3rd time and reached there, i yelled like HELL!!!!!

 

i was looking like a maniac drenched in sweat and was shouting in the middle of the road for no rhyme or reason as understood by others....

But only I knew the reason why i was yelling....

 

"To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind."

 That is what is happening to me...i actually cant explain much in words for completing the finishing line..

In our group of 35 - 40 ppl, there are 5 of us who are doing FULL MARATHON...out of 5, 3 are attempting it for the 1st time and the remaining 2 did it last year for the 1st time and now are going to MUNICH to run their 2nd FULL MARATHON on 10th October......

the remaining gang is running Half Marathon, so they have to either do 15 kms or 18 kms depending on how they feel while running....

All the remaining 3 of us had to start early....

We targetted to start running by 5:15am, but could manage to start only by 540am...the reason to start early was to do atleast 12 kms without Sun, so that we can pull the remaining 15kms in the scorching heat.....

my first 9 kms were easy going...i ensured that i started as slow as possible and tried maintaining that pace so that i can conserve energy later...the slower you run, the heart rate is under control, and you end up burning more fats of your body...if you run fast and exceed your heart rate limit, you get tired too fast and also the body uses oxygen from your blood, thus leading to cramps, fatigue, tiredness, pain, etc..

I could do the first 18 kms with ease....and as soon as i reached the MIG GATE nearing my car, i stopped myself, drank some Electral which was kept in my car, put some water on my head, stretched a bit and started of for the last 9 kms which i knew were going to be the most painfull..

when i started the last loop, the time was 750 am and the sun was shining bright on our heads... i started the last loop with other 2 ppl whom i mentioned earlier.....All of us were exhausted but we wanted to BREAK THE MIND BARRIER, that we can do it comfortably...

the break helped......i started running slowly and reached the Highway..running on the highway in opposite direction helps you in giving a nice breeze because of the cars and buses coming in your direction....my legs were paining and my calf muscles were tightened...

but, i was not at all breathless, so i started running in my normal speed and to my surprise, the pain vanished in a few minutes....i pulled 3 - 4 kms easily without any stops or Water breaks...but then the pain started again....

thats when i remembered what my Brother in law ( MITUBHAI) once said, that if you can pull of the pain which started after 22 km  upto 30 of 35 kms, then the last 7 to 8 kms are an easy go as you have OVERCOME THE PAIN, you have OVERCOME THE BARRIER....

i just realised, that you can OVERCOME the same only through your mind..

ITS ALLLLLLL IN THE MIND and NOWHERE ELSE.....

Humanbody is capable to do wonders only if the mind is strong and the decision is taken by the mind that COME WHAT MAY, I HAVE TO DO IT...

NEVER SAY NEVER ATTITUDE is what helps you pull such distances..

All this PEP TALK to myself helped me overcome the pain, i took a walking break thinking how will i finish the balance 5 kms with Sun shining bang on my head....thats when i thought of a strategy...

i ran half a km and walked for half a km....then i ran 0.75 km and walked 0.75 km, then again half a km run and half a km walk, such variation helped me easing the pain, becoming mentally stronger and tackling the heat...

in the end, when i reached the MIG Gate, i think i finished quite strong...

i finished 27 kms in 3 hours and 9 mins.....YES IT WAS PAINFULL, YES IT WAS KILLING ME SOFTLY, but in the end, FINISHING 27km and OVERCOMING THE BARRIER was indeed a wonderful experience....

If i would have decided to do 4 loops i.e. 36 kms, then i would have to prepare myself for the last loop now and would not think of the first 27kms again....

lets see how it goes when tht happens....

I WOULD BE HAVING A BREAK FROM SUNDAY RUNNING FOR 2 WEEKS NOW...I WILL WRITE AGAIN ONLY WHEN I RUN THE LONG DISTANCE WHICH SHOULD BE 24TH OCTOBER...

THIS WEDNEDAY I WILL RUN 15KM, BUT WONT ENJOY WRITING THE SAME ;-)

THE REASON FOR THE BREAK; WELL IT NAVRATRI TIME GUYS!!!!!

NEED I SAY MORE:????

for the first time, i will be having a great stamina for dancing as all the other years, i keep on eating and having beer until navratri, knowing that i will loose all the fat gained in these 9 days..this time its different...

i am assuming that on 24th OCTOBER, i should be able to run 27km easily and maybe even more....

Uptill now, i have built my stamina through running, lets see where i reach after 9 nine days of 4 hours of Cardio...

More on the same later..

Regards

Pratik