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Week 39 & 40, 2011

Marathon week! 39 26 Sep - 2 Oct This week's totals: 3x, 6:48, 75km [8:33] 1:26 1:50 3:31 15.8 km 17.3 km 42.2 km ER 15km ER 17km S! marathon (Budapest) 136 hrm 125 hrm 165 hrm 5:13 min/km 5:52 min/km 4:53 min/km body pump (1:00) kettle (0:25) core (0:20) The week leading to the marathon: two easy runs with Sportsworld, plus a number of other trainings and then the marathon itself. And then... 40 3 Oct - 9 Oct Rest... :)

Budapest, marathon

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2/10/2011 marathon Budapest, Hungary 3:25:51 4:53 min/km 165 hrm 256/2990 (8.6%) That was supposed to be my 10th marathon. And my hopes (as usually) were high :). I wouldn't settle for anything less than a new PB... It didn't start so well. I arrived to Budapest on Friday and it was really hot. I mean, like summer hot. And when I arrived to the hotel it only got worse -- the room was sooo bloody hot; it was like an oven! Now that I think about it I should have tried to change rooms. I didn't. And I payed for it dearly as I hardly got any sleep that night. Next day -- business as usual, picking up the starting number, working out the logistics, stuffing oneself with pasta... and trying to go to bed early. Thankfully it kinda worked and I even managed to get a decent night of sleep. The race was starting at 10 so I woke up, ate breakfast and got myself to the starting line without too much hurry. The starting sections were for the grabs, that is one