Copenhagen Diary #10

Hills, hills, hills, a necessary evil

Yes, I’m not a big fan of hills but can’t deny the benefit they can bring to one’s performance, especially when preparing what it is meant to be such a flat race like Copenhagen.

On the bright side (literally), despite how hard or unenjoyable a hills sessions can be, it was one of those great a sunny nights that remind you that summer is around the corner and that this year might be nicer, brighter and warmer than 2017; also a good time to revive my perennial debate with my beloved Scottish friends about what they consider warm or hot and I consider just chilly.

Overall, a great session to emphasise the speed work I’m willing to focus on during the remaining leg of this training.

There are only two things that I might to point out on the less positive or encouraging side of things; that is the recent struggles I’ve been facing with nutrition and probably stress from work, leading to a slight gain of weight in the abdominal area(while I was aiming for the opposite) and regular bloating after certain meals or after spending entire afternoons without any additional food following lunch. All this, making me feel heavier and taking the morale a bit down as this is far from what I would be expecting at this point in time so close to race day. However, as I’m once again getting back on track I remember myself that this is part of the game and it is not a straight line, there will always be challenges and these are just a few more of them, it is just a matter of don’t let them affect me, shake them off and give it all every day until the big day.

The biggest and hardest work has been done, now it’s a matter of finish what I started.

P.S. Additional coolness to the day, as I received what would very likely be my racing shoe for Copenhagen, and in case you are wondering, yes, there is a 4% at the end of the name. First trial run on Sunday, so stay tuned! :D

This article is part of my #100DayProject #100DaysofWriting — Day 17 of 100