So, the marathon training plan is going on as per schedule. This time around we hit 34km. My running buddy had a bad hair day, only that he had crawl over the last stretch due to cramps (tummy and leg). He is questioning the necessity for him to run the marathon in the first place. I think he will get over it. It is the talk of a man in pain from the agony of pain. Come next week, he would be running at his usual rocket fuel infused pace. Later in the day, I met a guy who has a colleague, a 56 year old, who had completed the Marathon des Sables. He was narrating his colleague's escapades and difficulties of completing the grueling race against the forces of nature. He ended the conversation by saying that he respected and saluted his achievement but would not dream of being in shoes! (Sure he would have lots of blisters and cuts) It takes a kind of tenacious unwavering mental strength to stay strong and come out pretty at the end of the race! When the going gets tough, ...
It is all Mimesis