Three week update.....Mumbai Marathon 2010 - training

pain is inevitable, suffering is optional - these lines resonate and pull me through a lot of tough situations so far. Training does not seem like the most easiest thing to follow consistently, but the fresh drive and tireless resolve are pulling me through each day. Its as if giving up is not an option.In fact i wonder if this newest discipline is in many ways helping me live through a patch of life which i would not have been able to withstand otherwise.

The progress has been satisfactory. In fact its only obvious to presume that if you stick to something, keep working at it, in due course, it will get more manageable and better.Life has its ways of teaching lessons, mine i guess come through running.

My training so far has had a lot of 3 mile runs. I am talking the American distance, yes i succumbed to it.3 miles would be other wise 4.8Km. So its best to compare the difference between the 3 mile run three weeks ago and the 3 mile run on the 3rd week. I ran my first 3miles in 36 min, was struggling a bit for breath, and dreaded my fitness levels. Specially after having faltered miserably on the basic running fitness one is advised to have before the training starts.However, 12 runs later, after having run various combination of distances (more on weekends) the 3 mile took me 33mins and i was struggling, but to control my energy.

This Saturday however will be my longest run in the training so far, 9 miles (14.4Kms). Writing it makes me a bit nervous....i am expecting running it will not.