run a marathon

One of those with soft ground and excitingly turny roads going uphill. I’ll make some pictures latter.

Yesterday I’ve run for the second time 5.3 km distance around Budapest’s Margitsziget. From this island I have prepared my half marathon, and I’m sad that I will not be able to run it after next month. Till then every second day I make my circle, going slowly and letting all those music pumped energetic short distance rabbits pass me by.

On the bright side, I’ll be moving closer to my original home making possible my other goal also. So I’m seeking a new training route, this time in a forest on small paths and slightly hilly ground.

These shoes where made for running,
And that just what they do
One of these days I’m gonna …

Yesterday I’ve begun running again, preceded by a more elaborate warm up phase, with slow speed and a meager 1 km under my belt. Distance is not a problem, I’m more concerned of not stressing my knee.

I received a new prescription, with the encouregment to start running again on soft terain within pain limits. Hoping that something good will come out of this.

I’ve craved to do this since my childhood, promised myself that I will run it within seven years. Did training for that slowly and gradually. Went from running meager eight hundred meters to cycling 130 kilometers on hilly terrain, then finally running half marathon in preety good time when I had one more year to go.

Then followed some mild training during winter in preparation for the big year. Early spring disaster struck as a slight pain appeared around my right knee. This was something I have never experienced before. Stoped training immediately, but with no use. Last autumn I saw the marathon that I wished to run. It was a collective undertaking as beautiful as it can be. My seven year plan passed by me unfulfilled.

What I regret however is that the stiffnes is still with me. Appearing sometimes in the cold, or sometimes when walking down-slopes. Doctors subscribed me Surgam. Had some effects, but one cant use it all time. It also becomes worse when you stop using it. Xrays are ambiguous, till now all who had seen it said that there is nothing wrong with it, then promply add “as far as I see it”.

I’m still dreaming about those 42195 meters.