“I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we’re all cowards”. Alberto Salazar.
Running, being in general an individual sport, means that things can be
quite lonely. Compared to other sports I have played, e.g. rugby, I find from
time-to-time I have a certain yearning to share the highs as well as lows of
what my training has been like or how a certain race went. This is probably the
reason for this blog, is that I like to share what I have been through even if
it only helps one other person in their running journey; but also to record how
I felt at a particular time or what I have learnt from training. In this post what
I am beginning to understand is that tapering is as much a mental battle to
believe in the goals you have set yourself for the marathon, as well as being a
chance to look at what you have achieved through training and how you will run
the race you have prepared for.
