Did I do my 28 km?
No. Damn.
I started off well, got through the first 15 km great and then had to battle some hills which left me a bit knackered. About km 20 I stopped for a drink for a minute or so and comptemplated taking a shortcut home (about 3 km at that point). But, first long run so I decided to push on through....bad move!! By km 22 I had to walk a little, feeling very weak, sweaty, and a bit dizzy. I got running again and hit about 23.5 km before my eyes ceased to focus and I had to sit down!! I swear I thought I was going to faint, which at the time even seemed funny to me. Unfortunately I had no money and couldn't sneak onto a metro so I had to walk home, another 6 km (I only found a ~30 km route). Tried running for the last 2k but had to sit down very soon after.
Well, the moral of the story I think is don't go for an uber run at 8 pm if you only had a sandwich, croissant and two coffees all day!! My symptoms match well with hypoglycemia, looks like I used all the reserves - I did 22 km before without this problem so i don't think it's a big deal.
Anyway, good news is I can still walk fine today and my legs were a lot less painful than usual!! I'll go for it again next week, and hopefully nail it this time! P.s the route is here, it was 3.5 km, then the first 20 km of the marathon. I'll put my thoughts about the route up later
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