Train 11.5. Race 10.

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0300

Today I was preparing for a 10 km race and finished the workout with a strange feeling. My watch showed that I had run slower than expected, and at first I was disappointed — I thought the training had gone badly.

Then I checked the route on the map and found that the watch had under-measured the distance by about 1.5 km. So instead of running 10 km badly, I had actually run around 11.5 km pretty well.

Why I run

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0300

Honestly, it’s not about getting faster or burning calories. I just like what it does to my head.

There’s a point in almost every run when your heart rate climbs, your legs are tired, and your brain starts telling you to stop. And you don’t. You keep going.

Somehow, after that, the annoying situation or the boring task on the to-do list stops looking like a big deal.

Running reminds me that being uncomfortable isn’t the end of the world. The thing worth training is endurance, and it’s mostly trained against yourself. If I can keep going for another kilometre when I really don’t want to, I can probably get through most other things.

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Train 11.5. Race 10.

Why I run