Cracovia Marathon
I’ve just run my second marathon, this time in Krakow instead of Warsaw. In the 5 weeks before the marathon I have run a total of 4km, so I can say that I had zero training — I was wondering whether I’ll be able to finish the marathon at all.. and yes, I did it. I ran slowly, with a total time of 4:51 (half time 2:10). The weather was very cold, windy and rainy, I had to eat bananas all the time to keep up the body heat. It wasn’t easy, but I can say that the satisfaction of running it to the end (without training) was great.
Still, if you plan to run a marathon yourself, I recommend at least three 21km runs prior to the marathon — this can save you from a lot of pain and even injury during the real course.
May 17th, 2008 at 06:45
hej, congratulations, you Iron Man! by the way, I want to thank your lovely wife and you for the wonderful stay at your place in Kraków. we enjoyed it so much. but my english is poor, so I prefer to continue po polsku. bylo bosko! dzieki. przyjedzcie koniecznie do nas. pisze tu, bo znalazlam ten blog, a nie znalazlam twojego adresu. mamy, oczywiscie, adres Doroty, do niej napisze sie tez.
pozdrawiamy,
Maria i Eryk