Fit is the new skinny

Since the event was spread over multiple weekends and you had to sign up for a time wave to spread out the amount of people in start/finish zone. I could actually bring my parents along all the way to the start and they could wait for me right next to the finish line.

When I started training at the beginning of the year I had just picked up running again. After 2020 being very disappointing fitness wise, I had to start over completely. I set myself the goal 10k time of 1:10 min. But since I haven’t really been consistent with training and there was a strong headwind. I started with the idea that if I would run it sub 1:12, I’d be really happy. And guess what??? I did! Even though I started struggling around km 3 and I thought I was gonna have to stop after running up a bridge in km 7. I managed to run it all in 1 go and even sprinted the last couple of 100m and ended this on, for myself, a really positive feeling.

+ bonus: enjoy a nice before vs after picture of my untrained a’ running a 10k race

It’s so easy to be carried away into that mindset. 1 bad run: training isn’t going right. Really tired and having to miss out on a run: have to reset. A little sore after a hard training: injured.