Achilles' heel: The best marathon wisdom from ten years
As an unsuccessful amateur runner with marathon trauma, Achim Achilles has experienced a lot. He has now summarized the experiences of his favorite drudgery. Read the best runner's words from ten years.
Marathon is a very stupid invention. Why would a man run 42 kilometers at a time? That is not healthy. Nevertheless, thousands will be pouring into Berlin this weekend to do just that: running the Berlin Marathon. Achim Achilles belongs to this special species "Runner" for ten years. In the time he has experienced a lot and written down his wisdom. Here you are:
Marathon runners do not have all the cups in the cupboard
40,000 oblique figures arrive this week in Berlin to half nude and at the latest on the second half sometimes quite miserable to complete one of the world's largest fun runs. The first zombies stray through the city days before the big event, always along the green lines marking 42 kilometers of thigh pain. Some wear a chip on the shoe, it could be somewhere surprisingly already designed a Zeitmessmatte.
Even if it hurts - marathon makes you happier and happier
Marathon is like Christmas Eve - for Santa Claus: everyone is fun, only the old man is not. He has nothing but work. Just like marathon runners who toil exceptionally well in July, August and September. But: who sits all day in front of the computer, who hardly feels any successes, who is infinitely grateful when he feels his body, feels a good distance in the legs, falls into bed for sheer, beautiful fatigue.
The second marathon is more difficult than the first
Before the second marathon doubts are completely normal because the second is much more difficult than the first. At first one thinks oneself: "Och, tüdelü, everything easy." Nothing is easy. Because you know what's coming, you have the second precautionary self-protection idea that makes injuries bigger than they are. And the shape is pondered in the ground.
Only those who believe in themselves, create a marathon
"Do you believe in yourself?" My coach asked. What a question? Who but George Bush and Dieter Bohlen already believe in themselves? "Mmmhtjanajawhite not," I answered truthfully. "Look," he said, "that's the problem." Runners, in particular, are dominated by the type of fearful doubter: Jammer-Uschi. Before each workout, she tells us how bad she feels, that today it's too cold, too wet, too warm, too dry, too bloated, too windy, too calm or if none of that is true then it's guaranteed to be migraine-boosting.
Acute marathon stupidity: completely normal
Anyone who smears toothpaste on their legs and scrubs their teeth with their wife's ladyshave need not worry. The marathon idiocy before the competition is completely normal. The subconscious wants to say: Leave the nonsense! But it is already too late.
The Kenyan should be picked up for the final spurt
5 minutes, 41 seconds per kilometer makes in the end pretty much 3: 59.59 hours - the fabulous time. For a running diesel like me, this strategy seemed tailor-made: Relax and go, and fire the inner Kenyan at the back, if he does not hide somewhere, like most of the time.
Do not take times so important
It's clear, say the fast ones, that Achilles finds numbers silly that proves how lame he is. He does not want to torture himself. A sissy. That's right. Laugh at me because I'm slow. But I'm happy because I'm slowly saying goodbye to auto-aggressive performing. I keep my personal bests as a treasure in my personal chest as well as romantic love affairs, good grades and all the other small achievements.
