Hello dear readers. A month ago, I began purposeful preparation for my second marathon... Unfortunately, it was not possible to execute the maximum program. However, I managed to improve my personal best by 12 minutes. Which is also very happy. Read about how the preparation went, why it was not possible to run better, and how one of the most difficult marathons in Russia was remembered in the article.
This marathon was the starting point for me. And a year later, on the same track, I showed much better results, covering 42 km in 2 hours 37 minutes 12 seconds. To learn how I managed to achieve this in a year, read my report on the Volgograd Marathon 2016.
Training
As I wrote in one of the articles, I started training with a run of 30 km. I covered this distance in 2 hours and 1 minute. After that, they had to perform a number of works at the stadium, several tempo crosses and gain a large running volume.
But a series of illnesses and injuries did not allow to fulfill everything planned in full.
As a result, about 350 km were run in May. Of these, only three tempo crosses, one of which is 30 km and two on 10 km... And also several works at the stadium. I rode 800 and 1000 meters.
The rest of the volume was recruited through light crosses.
Unsettled by a series of diseases. Namely, a knee injury three weeks before the start and a cold two weeks before the marathon. The knee healed pretty quickly, in just a few days. However, at first he was afraid to run tempo, so as not to resurrect the injury. Two weeks before the marathon, I fell ill with a cold. It was normal and there was still a lot of time before the start to recover from the illness. But as for evil a week before the marathon, another cold fell. More precisely, except for a temperature of 39, there were no other signs of a cold. But this also affected the final result.
Food
Two weeks before the marathon, he began to intensively fill the body with carbohydrates. I ate pasta twice a day. In addition to pasta, you can eat rice or buckwheat, as well as any other type of porridge with a high carbohydrate content.
Race
The marathon took place in extreme heat. At the start it was 25 in the shade, by the middle of the race it was already over 30. However, partly cloudy helped to block the sun and there was no excessive heat.
Started the marathon pretty quickly and easily. Half marathon overcame in 1 hour 27 minutes. But then there was a problem that consisted of food points.
In training, I trained my body to eat baked goods while running. I ate gingerbread or just bread. This is a great source of carbohydrates, the energy from which helped to run.
However, at food points only water, cola with gas, banana pieces and chocolate were given. Except for water, my body is not used to anything else. I expected that there will be small cookies at food points, as well as last year, so I did not take food separately. But in reality it turned out differently.
As a result, I had to drink soda and eat bananas to replenish my energy reserve. My stomach takes soda very negatively. It is associated with gastritis. Therefore, the stomach after 26 km began to hurt. But there was nowhere to go, as there was a choice between stomach pain and lack of energy. I chose the first one.
However, the energy from the cola was still not enough, so after 35 km there was no more strength. My legs worked fine, but I couldn't run fast. It is due to the latter 5 kilometers I lost about 6 minutes.
By the next marathon, I will not make such a mistake and will begin to accustom the body to energy bars, which I will take with me on the run.
After the marathon
I left after the marathon for about half an hour. However, the main recovery did not take long. The very next day I was able to run a 5km cross. And a day later I completed a jumping complex and ran a 10 km cross.
Compared to the first marathon, when the legs ran away only after 4 days, now everything was different.
Conclusions
Don't rely on food items in the marathon. To accustom your body to some kind of food while running, and use it during the competition. Either take it with you, or ask someone to give out while running.
There was not enough running volume. The legs worked fine. There was a malfunction at the end of the distance. But not as tangible as the loss of strength. Therefore, crossings of 30 km or more should become more regular.
I drank at every food point, and this is every 2.5 km. Turned out to be a great idea. I did not feel thirsty or dehydrated.
It is strictly forbidden for me to drink carbonated drinks while running. It seemed like there was a grater in the stomach that washes away the inner surface of the stomach.
I used a sponge with water. I doused my head. It helped, but not very effective. The heat was so strong that the water dried up in 1-2 minutes of running.
As a result, having run 35 km at the designated speed, I did not have enough strength for the last 5 km. It was not enough endurance. The legs worked well.
The main thing for me is that I improved my personal best in a marathon by 12 minutes. Last year I ran in 3 hours 18 minutes. Therefore, there is room for improvement.
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