3weeks to Berlin Marathon: Congratulations on your failure
12-16 weeks of commitment to training. Race day comes. Everything seems right and perfect. You ready to have the race of your life. Something goes wrong and you screw up. Yes, you fail but I would like to congratulate you. Why?
3 weeks to Berlin Marathon: Congratulations on your failure
12-16 weeks of commitment to training. Race day comes. Everything seems right and perfect. You ready to have the race of your life. Something goes wrong and you screw up. Yes, you fail but I would like to congratulate you. Why?
What I train ? (Training plan by Suthut Kanlayanakitti)
Mon: 13 km endurance
Tue: 10 km endurance
Wed: 12.2 km ( 4 x 1.2 km & 5 x 400m speed session)
Thu: 13.3 km ( 8 km tempo)
Fri: Rest
Sat: 32 km Long run
Sun: 9.5 km easy run + leg circuits
Total 90 km
How I feel ?
It was once again in this week that I reached the maximum training volume in the preparation for Berlin Marathon 2019. Honestly, the 30 km long run in 1.5 km loop at sky lane was the most difficult session for me. Running solo for 20 laps in the mid 30c temperature was not fun. Glad I made it and had no injury after this session.
It's only 3 weeks left and I think I have done everything I could to prepare myself for this event . No one knows what would happen on race day but I think I am ready to face it and run my very best.
Your take away messages
One of the reason that I stopped training for triathlon for a while is because I was so dissappointed with myself after 70.3 Busselton. During the summer season (March & April) in Thailand, I trained very very hard and never missed a single session. I had a big hope to get my new personal best at this race.
Fast forward to the finish line , I posted quite an average finished time. Yes I failed and I was so dissappoited. Two weeks later I decided to put triathlon on hold and focused only marathon training.
Up until now , looking back on that race day I am glad that I failed.
Failure give me a chance to change into new things. Failure wake me up from dreams to realities. Failure teach me to adapt, learn and improve. Finally it gives me an opportunity to become a better athlete. And I think I will not get all of these if everything went well and successful.
So next time if you fail at something. Don't be sad. Use this chance to learn, adapt and improve.
Say it loudly to yourself "Congratulations !"
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