Berlin or debut Full

 A good weekend is the one where I finish my long run on Saturdays and my recovery easy run on Sundays followed by hogging like a pig LOL. The feeling of completing the long run and recovery the next day is amazing.  We used to train like crazy last year at this time, though the pandemic had just started,  somewhere there was a small hope that "Berlin" would still happen and I get to run my debut Full and I was clocking too many miles and following Sir's training diligently. It was tiring both physically and mentally to stick to Sir's targets in every training runs, especially the tempo and the intervals. I am so glad in one way that am not doing any speed workouts. But in one way I miss them too. Anyways, I almost thought I will re-register Berlin this year and after speaking to the few local friends , I thought its very unlikely that the Berlin will happen this year as well. So this time I didn't want to train hard and then get disappointed later. Somehow the feeling of taking part in races has gone for me right now. I dont feel like registering for any of the local races mostly because I am worried to run along with  so many people and these virtual races dont excite me at all. I hope I can get back to that racing feeling someday or will I loose that whole racing spirit completely? I dont know. 

Btw, there was Olympic trails for FM at Netherlands called "NN Mission Marathon" yesterday where the running God Kipchoge ran for his Olympic trails after his unfortunate poor performance at London last year. He is undoubtedly the running God of long distance running. He is none other than the only human being who has done a "SUB 2" Marathon. He has done the impossible possible. It was such a feast to the eyes to watch him create that world record in 2019.It was an unbelievable experience in itself. Watching Kipchoge run is always a feast to the eyes. I miss watching international races live these days( I am sure most runners feel the same way:D). Those 6 Abott world Majors and watch them live is a different feeling altogether and someday dash dash dash. I dont want to say outloud that(Hope is a good thing (LOL)  for which I need to train hard though. 

I always noticed one thing about people who have excelled in sports for a long term. They are very calm, composed, one of the most down to earth people in the way they talk, there is aggression in the game they are playing I mean not the kind of external aggression which is very evident but the fire inside to win and not expressing that aggression like our own Mr. Virat Kohli shows but the kind of aggression what Federer shows or Sachin used to show like there is so much passion to the sports but its literally not shown outside. Do you get what I mean? Anyways, I love such people, no wonder I am a huge fan of Kipchoge than Mo Farah. No wonder people like kipchoge last long just like how Federer or Sachin lasted in their respective games. I believe its their gentleman attitude towards the game, opponent, the umpires even when they make a wrong decision they move on from it and control their rebellious attitude even if they loose a game they are so strong mentally that they can come back winner any time. 

I used to love watching Federer play tennis, ofcourse I still love him to the core. I feel that if there is any super power God creates I would ask him to create a replica of Federer and I would marry him in a blink of an eye LOL. I believe he is the only human by far who can loose the first two sets and still come back stronger and win the next 3 sets calmly such is the level of perfection and mental stamina he has  achieved in the game. Same thing applies to running too. Its very easy to run fast in the beginning and then slow down but very few people have actually mastered the technique of starting slow and then come back faster which we call "negative splits" it requires a lot of mental control and stamina to achieve negative splits.