Marathon #20 or just an ordinary Sunday

Life is full of surprises. I waited for long time for my marathon nr. 20. It was originally supposed to be a marathon in the city of Port Jervis in the state of New York a year ago, but it didn’t happen due to my injury. It was not even a marathon in London in April this year or a week later a marathon in Prague, it again did not happen. It did not happen until Sunday 24 May came. Marathon nr. 20, in the year 20 + 20. It’s a kind of magic.

On Sunday 24 May I took part as a representative of Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the project Run2Reach (www.runtoreach.com), which was organized by a nice American living in Paris, Liz. Among other things, she raised with this project over $ 11,000 for charities. Runners from many countries around the world participated in her virtual marathon. Someone the whole marathon, someone what their strengths could manage. On Friday I was ready for 15 to 21 kilometers. In recent weeks, I have finally gotten into running, it doesn’t mean that my heel doesn’t hurt, I still only run up to 12 km, but the pace is quite nice. I ran out with a small goal, which was to run 15 km, and a bigger goal, which was to decide on the 15th as to what to do next. I was ready for anything, I mapped the route of a full marathon, just in case.

I ran out, without training for long runs, in new shoes, against strong wind, rain and even the sun, but with the belief that everything is possible when I mentally adjust to it. And so it was … I ran my marathon nr. 20, in 3 hours, 25 minutes and 32 seconds. It couldn’t have happened elsewhere than in the city I love. I ran my first ever here 10 years ago, I ran my twentieth here today. And the circle closes. One circle closes to open another soon.

What to say at the end? In life believe into yourself! Because if you believe and mentally set yourself up for success, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Anything…