Exclusive Q & A Runner after she took a 22 min and 31 seconds its 26.2 miles best in TCS London marathon
There is no doubt that this year’s TCS London Marathon has produced unique and sensational stories. Sabastian saw from Sabastian saw Asefan is dominated by the streets of the capital, Alex Yi and Eliish McColgan, 26.2 mile debut debuts, the 45th edition of the event will not be forgotten.
Those in the elite field were starred in hot conditions. However, in the year of massive race participation, there are also quite remarkable fairy tales, in particular, stand out.
Lucy Jones, who had a telephone conversation in London last year, and then he took 12 months incredible. His sign: 2: 30.
Britain was also part of the PUMA PROJECT3 initiative, and runs with Puma Fast-R Nitro Elite 3 shoes, which was spent $ 9,000 in London.
Now, for a few weeks of his run, Jones is negotiating in the capital during that magical day, which was like balancing full-time work with training.
How did it feel to run 2:30 in the London Marathon this year?
I couldn’t be honest about it. I knew I might be formed for 2:34 or 2:35 Run. Maybe a little faster in a good day, but it was unbelievable. It’s something I dreamed about because I was very little.
I had a wide understanding of what I think I could manage the PACE wise and a fairly stable place. After about two or three miles it was what I was waiting and I was really good. So I trust it, and I actually passed 10 miles a little faster than I expected.
I just said some kind of “good, let’s get 20 miles and we will review the situation.” 17/18 Miles Mark Mark, I was really sure and began to get a lot of love from the crowd. I started to see people I knew and I just really enjoyed. I was sure the wheels would not fall.
During the last five or six miles I looked a lot on my watch because I just wanted to send it as hard as I could. I would only train up to 22 miles, as well as I never run at race pace, so it was an unknown period for me. I was nervous how he would feel but I went through it at the end.
I will be honest I don’t know what I felt the line to cross. I just loved it absolutely and poured into tears as soon as the race was finished. I couldn’t stop tears and I was so proud of me. I always knew there was a performance there. It just had confidence and everything that clicked on the perfect place.
I believe it’s a place where I deserve to be and capable of going faster. My body was able to cope with the training block, so if I was given more opportunity to train as a specialist, it hopes that it is a good piece.
You have full-time accounts management work, so what was the balance with the training like London?
Yes, it’s obvious that it’s hard, but I think you’re used to it when you enter the rhythm. I think it can be done, and I don’t think anyone needs to be trained if you work full time. I think there are days where you need to be milder yourself and really understand your body to minimize, I guess, injury and illness. I’m working at the desk so I like to release when I train.
I work from 9 in the morning to 6 pm – three days a week – three days a week, and then I just fit in my training courses. Monday and Wednesday will be easy to start startup days, eight eight ten miles or maybe maybe a little less.
Then it’s a gym like those days. Tuesday will be a trailing session on Tuesday, and I have made conscious efforts to keep the speed of all that. I really like to train with my band in Herne Hill Harriers so that the session of that track is really important. Thursday I may have a middle long or longer session. Friday is a rest day and then a week or Sunday is a long run.
What are the other year now? In the fall you have a goal to do Valencia / Berlin / Chicago.
I don’t really think I will do another marathon in 2025, because I have yet, I hope that so much potential on the track. I have some high goals this summer and really would like to improve my personal best on the board. I’d like to lower my 5000 meters time 15. Something like 30 and I can even dry my feet at a distance of 800 m and 1500 m. I don’t want to label myself as a marathon running, but if they reached the short run, I would definitely give a different crack.
I think that it is important for my personal growth to compete on many distances right now, and I think it’s really interesting and fun. You don’t get so fixed after that if you run the same distance constantly and it becomes quite monotonous and dense.
I would absolutely die in the long run in some major championships and I hope I will just go on the trajectory that I am now. I just love to run, so it’s not everyone and the end.
How did the PUMA project come up with 3 initiatives and you dream of being a full-time professional?
I just applied online in December or January when they published applications. I saw Becky Briggies and several other athletes like some other athletes who advertise it in their Instagram history and say that the opportunity is for London’s marathon. I was like “Well, I run London in any case, so I have nothing to lose.” I put a rather speculative application one morning, I received an email saying I was accepted.
It was amazing when we collected and I got a lot of confidence to you by a little supported brand. Being a part of the initiative definitely gave me something to have a purpose and on time-based bonuses. I was like a “bloody hell moving your legs” in the last few miles.
I wanted to give as much opportunity as possible to notice that I hope to provide a full contract. This was one of the situations where if you dig a little harder, it will post you on the map, so I wanted to do my self justice in London.
The prospect of full-time keeping the brand is a literally the ultimate dream, and I think I thought something because I was literally nine or ten years old. I would now hit your hand with a small or part-time contract.
For example, I went to TONT ROMEU a little bit before the London marathon and spend longer in height blocks that you will receive with the brand support and funding would be really useful. I got a professional environment tasting and it was great.
To complete there are athletes that you are looking for in sports now in the sport, training / attitude / mechanics.
I guess it goes to the marathon twice, but I’m closely following the Haugier-Tak’s journey closely. He embodies such a kind of how I think I suppose, and he is a very cute athlete. He is going down his head, and he is a brilliant marathon runner.
But he is also incredibly deadly on short items and is very open to competing around the board. I just look at Cali and I think he’s very inspiring. I would love to follow suit.
