Lake Garda Marathon L' ho avuto per tutta la settimana prima della gara e c'è l' ho un po' ancora adessso....
Avrò fatto bene o avrò fatto male??? Il dubbio era se interpretare la Lake Garda Marathon come lungo allenante per la più prestigiosa maratona di Atene del 31 ottobre o se onorarla al meglio senza preoccuparmi di risparmiare energie. Nel pregara e durante il riscaldamento non ci ho pensato poi molto, anzi I would say a little ... in fact with the number attached to the chest, you know, all right ... we changed the outlook more "that race is, if there is not racing?". How often we hear: 's important is not to participate, but put as little as possible!
In the race I have not thought of at all, the fact is that I left to start perky, facilitated by the road downhill and not helped by the GPS monitor in the 'pace due to the continuous galleries. The first 20 km slip away shiny and fast, the half-step in 1h33'14'', but near Arco beginning to feel a sense of fatigue, try to stay positive, even if I have an annoying wind in your face, I comfort because the beats are low, around to 155 bpm and breath just busy. On the path back from Arco I still can not keep a good speed, but in Malcesine from Torbole set the pace a bit 'because there are ups and downs, but more because they want their legs in the last 5 km to the marathon makes me the bill ... I feel heavy and all 'entrance to the town of Malcesine I give myself 10 seconds to pass between the two climbs that anticipate the' arrival and shortly after, with the final straight everything to me I close the second half in 1h36'23'' . Final time of 3h09'37'', 72 overall.
Even if you're away from the wall of a chasm and over 3 hours of just over a minute compared to my staff, they are still satisfied, the decline in the final and heaviness in the legs are the result of too many km is made in 'last month, is the half race on the Sunday before Villafranca. Now quiet week for disposing of the tired and thinking about what to do and how to set the last two weeks before Athens.