Limits are for losers

I have to admit that the Rotterdam marathon felt a bit disappointing after all the training I had put into it just to finish 6 seconds slower than the previous one. There were a lot of positives to take out of the experience but those nuggets only surfaced after the sulking had subsided.

A week after the marathon I did the Great Ireland Run. It was supposed to be an easy-to-moderate run (I had planned to complete it in 55 mins) but on the day the competitive side of me won the argument and decided to give it socks and "see what happens". In my mind the worst case scenario was that i would have to stop and walk at some point or slow down considerably. Well, that didn't happen! What happened instead was that:

1) I didn't have to slow down at all
2) I didn't have to stop (in previous years I had had to stop and walk for a few minutes)
3) I came only 14 seconds short of my PB of 46:02

What I learnt that days is that all the training for Rotterdam had in fact, paid off in a slightly different way. Had I decided to set limits to myself on that day, I would've never found out how strong I could run.

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