This made me snort out my morning coffee. It was yesterday when I could go down stairs OK. My left calf (the one that seized up on me) is still a bit sore, but otherwise I'm doing pretty damn well. Going to hit the pool this morning to try and start building the fitness back up. Have Rev3 Quassy on the brain in 7 weeks. All things considered, a half is going to feel epicly short compared to Boston this year.
Another quick point: I would definitely say an open marathon is approximately 18 times harder than running in a tri. Rough estimate. But mentally and physically, I think the open marathon is way more difficult. By the time you reach the run in a tri, you're already suffering, and you're in the pain mitigation zone. You've already mentally in that neck of the woods, being OK to suffer a bit more, etc. With a marathon, you ride that full wave of emotion in a compressed period of time. I think it's easier to justify to yourself backing off during an open marathon because you haven't had to experience the pain of the previous two sports. So when something goes, it gets magnified.
Hope that makes some kind of sense to people...
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Another quick point: I would definitely say an open marathon is approximately 18 times harder than running in a tri. Rough estimate. But mentally and physically, I think the open marathon is way more difficult. By the time you reach the run in a tri, you're already suffering, and you're in the pain mitigation zone. You've already mentally in that neck of the woods, being OK to suffer a bit more, etc. With a marathon, you ride that full wave of emotion in a compressed period of time. I think it's easier to justify to yourself backing off during an open marathon because you haven't had to experience the pain of the previous two sports. So when something goes, it gets magnified.
Hope that makes some kind of sense to people...
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Editor-in-Chief, Slowtwitch.com | Twitter
