Amsterdam marathon: training and race report

One of the few events that can be both long and high-intensity. We can run for many hours, and we can run very hard, but doing both the way a marathon requires.. the difficulty might be one of the reasons why it is such a fascinating event, at least for me. I remember the first time I finished one. I was in Napa Valley, in California, and at the end, I was so emotionally overwhelmed that I found myself crying. The marathon drains me, maybe mentally more than physically. The months of training, preparations, miles splits, race-day execution. Not an experience I can live more than once or twice per year. I hope to have a few more of these days, but in the meantime, I’m taking it all in. Below is my training and race report for the Amsterdam marathon, which I raced last week as a backup plan after getting sick in Chicago. <h1>Training</h1> My training at this point is mostly focused on my obsession (the 100 km del Passatore, the last Saturday of May, in Florence, Italy), and in very simple terms, I aim at getting as fit as possible until March, then do two months of very specific work (hills, heat, pacing, fueling) before the race. In the process of getting as fit as possible, nothing is better than training for a marathon, so I try to plan one in Autumn and one in Spring. <a href="https://medium.com/@altini_marco/amsterdam-marathon-training-and-race-report-b15a5c5f7765">Read More</a>