On Running and other things...
Though, winning finisher medals at various marathons is a motivation to keep a specific training plan, the “Centenarian Decathlete” is still the bigger motivation behind all this.
Though, winning finisher medals at various marathons is a motivation to keep a specific training plan, the “Centenarian Decathlete” is still the bigger motivation behind all this.
They say “in a marathon, the first 32 km is just a warm up. The real marathon is the last 10km!”. I realized what it meant when I ran my first marathon.
From coming out of injury in Feb 2025 to running my 1st marathon in August and the finishing Proccam Slam in Jan 2026 with 2nd marathon in Mumbai has been a rewarding journey with lot of learnings. Where do I go from here?
One week ago, I ran Sekhon IAF HM with a timing of 1:47:55. Not bad for someone who had stopped the training completely for a full month right in the middle of a marathon training. Right before I stopped, I had hit a 200+ km monthly mileage for the first time. I was sticking to my promise of staying consistent. But then...