Sunday, April the 3rd, 2022, Bratislava, Slovakia.
It was a fine and crisp morning after a windy and rainy Saturday afternoon and night. A couple of degrees above zero, mostly sunny, quite a bit of wind. Almost perfect conditions for a long run despite the wind bursts.
The marathon run was on. In Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. I was ready as I could be. Lots of running in the last weeks with the longest run lasting three hours and around 26 kilometres. Enough? We'll see.
I didn't have any expectations. The goal was to run as smoothly as possible and have fun. Since my last city marathon was five years ago with a time of 4:42 I didn't have any high hope for a PB. Just run and have fun was the motto.
We made two laps by the river Danube and around the city. We visited some parks, followed the main roads and crossed old town, all twice. It was nice and in a good crowd for the first lap. The second lap was a more lonely affair as always is with two laps city marathons. It didn't bother me since I had enough company in my head. convincing myself to keep the pace.
And the result? Surprisingly, it was 3:47. My fastest flat & asphalt marathon since 2010. Good, very good. It shows that sticking to a running plan really brings results.
Here are some official photos. They don't show like I was flying at all.
Bratislava is a beautiful city and I enjoyed every meter of the run. Especially the part by the Danube and in the park.
Here are some numbers to illustrate the effort.
Overreaching :)
And the official data
It was a progressive run rankwise. It wasn't a negative split, by 5 minutes. That would be too much at the moment. Overall, I am totally OK with the result. Moreover, I am completely happy with the experience.
Next? A 50 K trail run in three weeks with many meters to climb. A complete opposite.
Better and better
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Well done man! amazing race and better result. It seems that it was cold right? you wore a lot of warm clothes
Thanks!
Yes, it was cold. Around two degrees with the strong wind by the river and on open roads. Perfect not to get to hot :)
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surely an epic race, well done mate!
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Congratulations, great achievement. Now they will not substitute Slovenia for Slovakia !LOL
Do you know what the Slovaks told me? That they often get substituted with Slovenians :)
Hvala!
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Haha, I can imagine. Like Lithuania and Latvia, Bucharest and Budapest:)
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That's a huge improvement in time! Especially given that you felt like you were unlikely to pb and then dropped almost an hour off!!!!! That's insane. Well done @ervin-lemark. 🙌
Hey, thanks a lot. It's always like this when your expectations are modest :)
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BTW, what's invest vote? I've never heard of it before. Something of yours?
Nope. It's a modest project to upvote mostly German articles. I am not German and I don't post in this language yet I somehow and somewhen stumbled upon it :)
Have a great Friday.
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Congratulations for the good results and improve your last mark
enjoy it a lothello dear friend @ervin-lemark good afternoon
Thank you very much, my friend.
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Congratulations! Stay fit, keep on running and Hive on!
Thanks a lot!
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Really well done! Having it cool could be an advantage if you are like me and warm up a lot when running. I would like to do a marathon some day. I'm sure it's possible, but it will mean a lot of training. Yours obviously paid off. Have a good rest now.
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Hey Steve, thanks a lot. Yes, it's always better to run in colder conditions. The only really bad combination is wind and rain.
Start preparing :) You don't need to run longer than 32 K on your long training runs ...
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I've yet to run that far. I think my longest is about 25km, but I am working on going further.
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