About nine months ago, I ran my first gruelling marathon in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, one could not ask for a more relaxed marathon as the Netherlands is notoriously flat.
It is so flat that after 150 kilometres of running in Amsterdam the elevation gain was a mere 150 meters where a lesser distance of 125 kilometres in Cape Town amounted to almost 30o0 meters in elevation gain.
Regardless of the marathon taking place in such a flat country, it was still a very tough race.
After the race, I actually told myself that I will never run another marathon in my life and lo and behold, the next one is less than a week away. It is another marathon in the Netherlands, so luckily I have no hills to worry about but I still cannot help feeling slightly tensed at the prospect of taking on 42.2 kilometres again.
I do feel fit and ready for it, as I think that my condition may be the best that I have ever been as I have now been consistently running for the better part of three months.
I am totally ready? Well I am not sure if one can ever be totally ready for a marathon, to a certain degree, one needs to take it as it comes and be mentally ready for those last couple of kilometres.
It is the mind that will get you over the finish line.
Regardless, I have still spent a good time training and for the week leading up to the marathon, I plan on completing a few brisk runs just to stay warm.
Lets live to one thousand 