This was just not my day.
It started with me dreaming that I forgot my start number and chip as I was about to start the race, and ended up with me quitting the Brussels 20K, far away from the finishing line.
Crumbled start number. Photo: Bente Kalsnes
The sun sucked all the energy out of my body, and it felt like I had nothing to give even from the start. I don’t know what went wrong. I had eaten well, slept well, haven’t been drinking alcohol lately, have trained steadily, and this was suppose to be my fourth race in one year (Brussels 20K last May, Paris-Versailles in September, and Berlin Half Marathon in April), but when I saw the weather forecast, I got worried. I’m a very Nordic runner, I prefer chilly weather, and with around 22-24 degrees today, my head and body said no.
Argh!
Luckily, I met a super friendly runner, David from Grimbergen in his 50s who also quite because of a bad pain in his leg. He ran a marathon three weeks ago and we had a great chat while we walked away from the race and the other runners. If you read this David, have a fast recovery!
To my Twitter followers and Facebook friends who wished me luck and recommended me fabulous music suggestion (@condontm, @carstenhp, @tgeriksen, @esandquist, @bjornario, @sindreholme, @geirls, Mindy, Ingrid) , thanks a lot, but not even groovy rhythms could help me today. I will do my best to make a terrific comeback at the Oslo Half Marathon in September!
Update: Some words of wisdom from my friend Mindy: “Some days we learn more from the runs we can’t finish than the runs we do.”
5 responses so far ↓
Ingvild // 01/06/2009 at 1:51 pm
Uffdå, Bente! Så utrolig kjipt, men herregud, når kroppen ikkje vil, så er det kroppen som er sjefen.
Bente Kalsnes // 01/06/2009 at 8:50 pm
Jepp Ingvild, sånn var det bare den dagen.
Jeg har fått noen morsomme kommentarer på Twitter, må bare ta dem med her:
@tennfjord, som blogger her, hadde denne fine: “Helt riktig at du ga deg! Klok avgjørelse. Har sett litt for mange menn med split-shorts og blodskutte øyne som ikke gjorde det.”
@oovrebo, som blogger her, mente jeg egentlig var heldig, jeg ble i det minste ikke utsatt for en “twinjury” – an injury sustained while using Twitter:
“Well, at least this didn’t happen to you. http://tinyurl.com/nw6qky
@geirls mente “You should have made a deal with G*d.
” http://bit.ly/N2Y43
Det gjorde Kate Bush.
Or as Aina said on Facebook: You quitting the race made me feel less lazy and you more human
. Anyway- next time you´ll beat them!
Thanks, everyone!
georgina // 02/06/2009 at 5:12 pm
Feel so sorry for you. But it was the best you could do in that situation.
It was very hot indeed. I ran in 2h04 but felt like I was going to die.
Take care.
georgina // 02/06/2009 at 5:13 pm
Forgot to say that I’m Katrien from BGGD. Bye!
Linda Kalsnes // 03/06/2009 at 3:27 am
Kjedelig! Skulle ha tipsa deg om isbit-trikset.
Fyll en caps med isbiter, da holder hodet seg kaldt.
Bedre lykke neste löp.
Saludos