Belfast Marathon
That's it ! After 3 months of
training, we finally run the Belfast Marathon yesterday !
The weather was rather nice, even a bit too warm at the end - I got
a bit tanned. I got serious problems with my stomac. I don't know
if it's the power gels (*) or the water served in cups instead of
bottles (very difficult to avoid swallowing air), but I threw up
twice (miles 8 and 20). It was rather embarassing, even though I
didn't feel so bad: I kept running at the same time
. But it's
a huge loss of water and sugar. The last 6 miles were a bit
difficult, laking water, starting to have cramps (fortunately not
as much as last year) and a nice wind in the face, but I achieved
to finish in approx. 3h34.
At the same time was organized a marathon in relay, run by teams of
5. Lots of people were running this relay, so the start was really
crowded, massively dominated by these teams. Unfortunately, most of
them started probably too fast, and through the end I sometimes
felt a bit lonely...
I'm quite ok today, I won't run but at least I don't walk like a
penguin
Regarding to the Belfast city itself ... well there's nothing
really amazing there, apart from the city hall and the clock.
(*) kind of food full of carbohydrates, to be eaten during the
race
