Berlin Marathon 2019 : Try, Fail and Move on
With only 7 km to go, my personal best was slowly evaporating It was km 35 and I was heart broken.
My thoughts for Berlin Marathon 2019 : Try, Fail and Move on
You chose a race, discussed with your coach about a realistic goal then prepare physically and mentally for 12-15 weeks. When the race day comes , you know you are ready to perform. But definitely, there is no guarantee about your result. It could be one of your best day ever. It could be one of your worst day ever. Or it could be your quite an average day.
I just had probably the best preparation ever for marathon in the past 3-4 months. With countless times of long run and race pace training sessions, I had quite an average day at Berlin Marathon which ranked as world’s fastest marathon event.
Race note
I started in quite a conservative pace and planned to pick it up later after half way. It went pretty well as I still felt great after 15 and 20 km passed. However during 25-30 km marked there was quite a heavy storm above race course and everyone had to slow down from the slippery and wet road.
After the rain stopped, I tried to increase my speed. However, it was like my body was too fatigue to produce my goal pace. The tiredness from long distance running combined with some nutritional mistake. Finally I had to slow down from severe cramp at hamstrings and quadriceps. With only 7 km to go, my personal best was slowly evaporating It was km 35 and I was heart broken.
Event Review
I have never run 6 majors marathon; Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York. However, I heard so many good things about all these events.
From my feeling, Berlin marathon is not just a running event. It was city’s pride and everyone’s event. From kid run (5km), Inline skate race, Breakfast run (6km) to a major event (full marathon).
Berlin is and always not compromise on your safety and security, in the mean time they make sure everyone must have a good time in every event they offered.
Around 46000 runners from 150 nations combined with the past 11 world records, Berlin marathon is probably europe’s biggest sport event which everyone can witness and feel the spirit of runners from around the world.
Conclusion
Apart from my disappointing performance at this race, I was glad that I came to Berlin to find out things I need to do to improve in the next marathon. Most importantly, I was super glad that I had an opportunity to speak and act in the new universal language and that is “running”.
Run at Berlin Marathon if you want be inspired, be treated as a VIP guest and the most important to run with the world.
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