:-) is one of the most widely used symbol in the world. Cheering up others fuels energy in self; I experienced this in Bangalore ultra. How exactly this works is something that needs another blog but this works very effectively for sure!
My preparation for this run was not very well organized. I was just doing my regular run of 3 kms on Saturday, and Sunday. I woke up 3 weeks before the run, so it was just 3 weeks of preparation.
Minus 3 weeks: 6 kms in Ulsoor lake, wanted to do more but it was dark and had to come back. And 5 kms in nearby park during alternate week days.
Minus 2 weeks: 9kms in UIsoor lake; again stopped at 9kms due to dark. And 5 kms in nearby park during alternate week days
Minus 1 week: 15 kms in Ulsoor lake, 5 kms run in nearby park on Thursday and rest for rest of the days.
One of my friend who does full marathon regularly, suggested replenishing energy while running, with sports drink or candy bar. I couldn’t get candy bar nearby area but got Gatorade in nearby superstore, so used Gatorade in practice sessions.
On the run day, I got up at 3.30 and took one banana and few Parle G biscuits and then got myself ready for the run. Drove to Hessarghatta Our Native Village, and realized that Gatorade bottles I was planning to use during the run are left in home. Went to flag off place, organizer said that there are people who would be running 100kms, would be on their 3rd or 4th lap while u are on 1st lap, so please make a way for them and cheer them up.
I started at fast pace and after some time pace came to default automatically. I was trying every second to increase the pace, but was not able to run for a larger distance at faster pace. I took first very small quantity of electrolyte at 6th kms mark and orange (took only juice and spitted out solid). My earlier experience told me that immediate energy comes just after taking orange juice. And going forward I took orange juice and half cup of electrolyte at every water station.
I realized at after 8 kms I was slowing down, I tried to put my mind of fast pace but it was difficult, so I diverted my mind to somewhere else. Suddenly saw that one old person is coming in purple color bib, I cheered him up “wel l done, well done, run run run…” . And I do not know out of where energy came inside me that I started running faster. I over took many people for another 10-15 mins before coming to default speed again. I cheered up every single person who came from front during this time. After at default speed for some time, I thought of cheering up few more people, and realized that I am again running faster. And it didn’t take much time to realize that cheering up others is refilling energy in me. So I started doing this every now and then, cheer up runner coming from front with: well done, go, go , go..”. So “cheer up, run faster, default speed and cheer up again” became the mantra; did the same thing in whole run again and again.
At some 16th km I stumbled upon a stone, almost fell down but saved myself from full fall. Looked like my ankle is gone for a moment, but it wasn’t anything, very next moment I was on run again. Orange juice at every water station was helpful and in the last 1 km I was humming “run run run”, to myself as no one was coming from front. I was trying to speed up with full of my energy and humming “run run run” to myself. Was thinking of going for 37.5 kms lap also when some 3 kms were left but when I reached the finish point people clapped, photographers clicked and one person came with a medal and I stopped? Only after resting for 3-4 minutes and taking water I realized that I didn’t try for extra lap. I will try next time with proper training. I was happy with new discovery and fact that I was not tired after the run.
Cheering up helps, not only to person who is cheered up but also to the one who cheers up. This is the best findings of Bangalore ultra that I will keep using in upcoming runs. :-)
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Aashi Yoga Research Academy
http://www.aashiyoga.com/
Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation
Yoga classes in Bangalore
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My preparation for this run was not very well organized. I was just doing my regular run of 3 kms on Saturday, and Sunday. I woke up 3 weeks before the run, so it was just 3 weeks of preparation.
Minus 3 weeks: 6 kms in Ulsoor lake, wanted to do more but it was dark and had to come back. And 5 kms in nearby park during alternate week days.
Minus 2 weeks: 9kms in UIsoor lake; again stopped at 9kms due to dark. And 5 kms in nearby park during alternate week days
Minus 1 week: 15 kms in Ulsoor lake, 5 kms run in nearby park on Thursday and rest for rest of the days.
One of my friend who does full marathon regularly, suggested replenishing energy while running, with sports drink or candy bar. I couldn’t get candy bar nearby area but got Gatorade in nearby superstore, so used Gatorade in practice sessions.
On the run day, I got up at 3.30 and took one banana and few Parle G biscuits and then got myself ready for the run. Drove to Hessarghatta Our Native Village, and realized that Gatorade bottles I was planning to use during the run are left in home. Went to flag off place, organizer said that there are people who would be running 100kms, would be on their 3rd or 4th lap while u are on 1st lap, so please make a way for them and cheer them up.
I started at fast pace and after some time pace came to default automatically. I was trying every second to increase the pace, but was not able to run for a larger distance at faster pace. I took first very small quantity of electrolyte at 6th kms mark and orange (took only juice and spitted out solid). My earlier experience told me that immediate energy comes just after taking orange juice. And going forward I took orange juice and half cup of electrolyte at every water station.
I realized at after 8 kms I was slowing down, I tried to put my mind of fast pace but it was difficult, so I diverted my mind to somewhere else. Suddenly saw that one old person is coming in purple color bib, I cheered him up “wel l done, well done, run run run…” . And I do not know out of where energy came inside me that I started running faster. I over took many people for another 10-15 mins before coming to default speed again. I cheered up every single person who came from front during this time. After at default speed for some time, I thought of cheering up few more people, and realized that I am again running faster. And it didn’t take much time to realize that cheering up others is refilling energy in me. So I started doing this every now and then, cheer up runner coming from front with: well done, go, go , go..”. So “cheer up, run faster, default speed and cheer up again” became the mantra; did the same thing in whole run again and again.
At some 16th km I stumbled upon a stone, almost fell down but saved myself from full fall. Looked like my ankle is gone for a moment, but it wasn’t anything, very next moment I was on run again. Orange juice at every water station was helpful and in the last 1 km I was humming “run run run”, to myself as no one was coming from front. I was trying to speed up with full of my energy and humming “run run run” to myself. Was thinking of going for 37.5 kms lap also when some 3 kms were left but when I reached the finish point people clapped, photographers clicked and one person came with a medal and I stopped? Only after resting for 3-4 minutes and taking water I realized that I didn’t try for extra lap. I will try next time with proper training. I was happy with new discovery and fact that I was not tired after the run.
Cheering up helps, not only to person who is cheered up but also to the one who cheers up. This is the best findings of Bangalore ultra that I will keep using in upcoming runs. :-)
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Aashi Yoga Research Academy
http://www.aashiyoga.com/
Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation
Yoga classes in Bangalore
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