42 and Running
I am 41 years old and running 42. That happens to be the full marathon distance (42.2k) I covered. I promise you that, this post is about my experience of running 42 odd kilometres and not about my mid life crisis. Although, it can be argued that my interest in running is one of the outcomes of my mid life crisis. I have completed many half marathons (21.1k) before, and technically a full marathon (42.2K) is just double the distance. Howerver, in reality, it requires 10 times more effort to complete. Right from preparation to actual run, it is a different beast. After a long hiatus from running, I registered for Bangalore half marathon challenge(January'22). Thanks to Covid, the event did not go ahead as planned and was eventually converted to a virtual run. I managed to clock my personal best timing of 2:06. A sub 2 hour half marathon would have been a good target to aim for next. Instead, I was keen to scale and attempt a full marathon. The main idea behind distance running is ...