Count your Chicken after They Hatch: Lesson Learned from My First 50 Mile Ultra Marathon by Article Manager
My first triathlon coach gave me some very wise advice regarding preparing for a race. He told me that the things that we most worry about affecting us on race day NEVER happen. Instead, it's always something that we don't expect. So far, after 12 Ironman races, about a dozen marathons, four 24 hour world record attempts and my first 80 km ultra marathon, this advice has proven to be very true. I was quite nervous going into this 50 mile (80 km) ultra marathon because it was my first shot at running farther than the standard 26.2 mile marathon distance. My right knee had been swollen and sore for about 3 weeks leading up to race day. Most of my training has been on steep hills and the constant downhill pounding really affected my right knee. Thankfully, and true to my coache's advice, my knee injury never really bothered me during the race and instead I was inflicted by something else that I never expected- I got stupid and assumed my success, counting my chickens before th...
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