I cannot believe the level of my fitness! I ran home from work today and within minutes I had an asthma attack brewing deep down in my lungs. I was not going to go for a long run, only five or six km, but I don’t think I have ever struggled as much with such a distance. I held a very moderate pace, about 12-13km/h but I had to fight for each step.
And this is the day after I signed up for running the Jungle Marathon! 200km through the rainforest in Brazil. Deep into the Amazon we will start with three days jungle survival before the actual race starts. I can only hope that in 11 months time I will be in a better shape then today. I have promised myself to never enter a race as unfit as I did for the Al Andalus Ultra Marathon.
If nothing else it gave me a huge reality check. I need to get my butt in gear and start running. Luckily I am schedule to run tomorrow morning again!
