Feeling okay

3 days after Milan Marathon, my legs are OK. The groin doesn’t hurt more than usual and I seem to be running okay.

Today I’ve done a double session, with some technique exercise at lunchtime (drills and circuit training) and an easy tempo run with a friend in the night (10k at 3′50/km).

I’m trying to figure out what training program I could start with, now that we’re 18 weeks apart from London Marathon. What I’m sure of, is I’ll have to enter in my weekly routine some anaerobic strength workout, such as circuit training (twice a week) and technique (once a week) I’ll plan it and post it ASAP!

Milan Marathon

OK, exactly after 3 years I’ve done another marathon, right the same as 3 years ago, and just about 20 mins slower.

http://www.sdam.it/pubblico/risultato.do?idRisultato=790711

I can’t say I’m very pleased by the result. The objective this time was “just” to join Giacomo in his sub 2h45 attempt, but thigs didn’t quite go as expected: everything was fine until the 20th km, when we were keeping a nice 3′50″ pace, with a 2h43 projection. Everything was perfect then, when Giacomo suddenly had to stop because of a seriously painful hip injury. I was at first astonished, I didn’t want to believe he was retiring while he was still looking so good.

Well, he was wise enough to retire almost immediately, and at that point I virtually resigned too, since there was no point anymore in going to the limits and risking to make my groin worse. As you can see from my race progression, after a good half marathon I started to go really slow, even walking on some bits and stopping to stretch my legs or to eat something. I have to admit it was the first time I eat so much during a race, but I didn’t really want to risk a hypoglycaemic attack!

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/episode/view.do?episodePk.pkValue=4542217The leg didn’t hurt too much though, therefore I hope to start with some reps this week. But I’ll probably wait another 2-3 days to see how my body will react to this strange race.

…ops I forgot to tell the result 2h52′18″