Na žalost sem moral odpovedati maraton v Valenciji. Vzrok so težave z mišico in neizpolnjen plan priprav. Ocenil sem namreč, da bi bil nastop preveč tvegan oziroma bi bila možna dva scenarija. Ali bi tekel počasneje in z rezultatom ne bi bil zadovoljen, ali pa bi tekel do 25-30km, kjer bi v odločilnem delu maratona zašel v težave, ki bi lahko pomenile tudi odstop. Vse to pa bi bilo za nadaljno motivacijo in samozavest slabo.
Mislim, da sem sprejel pametno odločitev. V septembru sem imel zelo slab tekaški mesec. Zaradi Covida skoraj en mesec nisem mogel normalno trenirati. Ko sem začel s teki sem moral “hiteti” s programom, saj sem bil v velikem zaostanku, pred mano pa je bila še zahtevna organizacija Novomeškega 1/2 maratona. Nato sem se nekako v dveh tednih spravil skupaj in nekako odtekel 21km na Ljubljanskem maratonu. Na priprave sem se odpravil z namenim, da naredim en zelo kvaliteten blok ter da dvignem formo. A žal se pričel čutiti levi adduktor, ki nikakor ni popustil. Moral sem spustiti 6 dni tekaškega treninga in trenirati prilagojeno. Ko je bila noga bolje sem naredil teden zelo kvalitetnega treninga. Žal pa se je težava ponovila in po nekaj dneh pavze sem obupal nad Valencijo.
Sedaj sem težavo saniral in preprogramiral glavo na novo sezono. Sem zelo motiviran in prepričan sem, da bo naslednje leto moje najbolj uspešno leto. Cilje imam zelo visoke. Sedaj bom pričel s temelji, saj mislim, da v drugem delu sezone nisem imel pravih temeljev.
Jutri bodo v Valenciji nastopili tudi Neja Kršinar, Mitja Krevs ter Rok Puhar ter hrvatici Bojana Bjeljac ter Ana Štefulj. Vsem tekačem in tekačicamv Valenciji lahke noge in srečo. 👍
Maraton v Valenciji lahko spremljate na Eurosport 2 ob 8:05.
VALENCIA MARATHON MEN ELITE FIELD
| BIB NUMBER | NAME | COUNTRY | PB |
| 1 | Lawrence Cherono | KEN | 2h03:04 |
| 3 | Herpasa Negasa | ETH | 2h03:40 |
| 4 | Kinde Atanaw | ETH | 2h03:51 |
| 6 | Abebe Negewo | ETH | 2h04:51 |
| 7 | Chalu Deso | ETH | 2h04:53 |
| 8 | Gabriel Geay | TAN | 2h04:55 |
| 9 | Nobert Kigen | KEN | 2h05:13 |
| 10 | Sondre Moen | NOR | 2h05:48 |
| 11 | Philemon Kacheran | KEN | 2h06:05 |
| 2 | Geoffrey Kamworor | KEN | 2h06:12 |
| 12 | Tadu Abate | ETH | 2h06:13 |
| 13 | Olika Adugna | ETH | 2h06:15 |
| 17 | Yohanes Ghebregergis | ERI | 2h06:28 |
| 19 | Michael Kunyuga | KEN | 2h06:43 |
| 16 | Samuel Tsegay | ERI | 2h06:53 |
| 14 | Hamid Ben Daoud | ESP | 2h07:03 |
| 18 | Alex Kibet | KEN | 2h07:09 |
| 15 | Ghirmay Ghebreslassie | ERI | 2h07:11 |
| 20 | Amanal Petros | GER | 2h07:18 |
| 21 | Maru Teferi | ISR | 2h07:20 |
| 23 | Koen Naert | BEL | 2h07:39 |
| 24 | Bethwell Kipkemboi | KEN | 2h07:41 |
| 25 | Japhet Kosgei | KEN | 2h08:08 |
| 26 | Goitom Kifle | ERI | 2h08:09 |
| 27 | Polat Kemboi | TUR | 2h08:14 |
| 28 | Daniel do Nascimento | BRA | 2h09:05 |
| 29 | Nicolás Navarro | FRA | 2h09:17 |
| 31 | Stephen Kiplimo | KEN | 2h09:54 |
| 32 | Iván Fernandez Anaya | ESP | 2h09:55 |
| 33 | Yago Rojo | ESP | 2h09:56 |
| 34 | Eulalio Muñoz | ARG | 2h09:59 |
| 35 | Peter Herzog | AUT | 2h10:06 |
| 36 | David Nilsson | SWE | 2h10.09 |
| 37 | Carles Castillejo | ESP | 2h10:09 |
| 38 | Derlys Ayala | PAR | 2h10:11 |
| 39 | Ben Preisner | CAN | 2h10:17 |
| 40 | Hendrik Pfeiffer | GER | 2h10:18 |
| 41 | Tomas Rainhold | NAM | 2h10:54 |
| 42 | Juan Luis Barrios | MEX | 2h10:55 |
| 43 | Krystian Zalewski | POL | 2h10:58 |
| 44 | Joaquin Arbe | ARG | 2h11:02 |
| 45 | Daniel Chaves | BRA | 2h11:10 |
| 113 | Emmanuel Roudolff | FRA | 2h11:20 |
| 114 | Mariusz Gidzynski | GBR | 2h11:20 |
| 46 | Ricardo Rosado | ESP | 2h11:38 |
| 47 | Jami Jami Segundo Oswaldo | ECU | 2h11:48 |
| 115 | Thomas de Bock | BEL | 2h11:54 |
| 116 | Ageze Guadie | ISR | 2h12:06 |
| 117 | Ngonidzashe Ncube | ZIM | 2h12:25 |
| 48 | Soufiane Bouchikhi | BEL | 2h12.39 |
| 49 | Tom Gröschel | GER | 2h12:45 |
| 50 | Christian Vasconez | ECU | 2h12:50 |
| 118 | Kamil Jastrzebski | POL | 2h12:58 |
| 51 | Patrik Wägeli | SUI | 2h13:13 |
| 52 | Tefera Tekletsion | ETH | 2h13:14 |
| 120 | Reece Edwards | AUS | 2h13:26 |
| 121 | Hermano Ferreira | POR | 2h13:28 |
| 53 | Mike Sayenko | USA | 2h13:34 |
| 54 | Primoz Kobe | SLV | 2h13:36 |
| 122 | Tesema Moges | ISR | 2h13:40 |
| 55 | Taoufik Allam | MOR | 2h13:45 |
| 56 | Eneko Agirrezabal | ESP | 2h13:51 |
| 57 | Bayron Piedra | ECU | 2h14:12 |
| 58 | Kostantinos Gkelaouzos | GRE | 2h14:44 |
| 59 | Miguel Angel Barzola | ESP | 2h14:52 |
| 123 | Bugatha Srinu | IND | 2h14:59 |
| 125 | Sergiu Ciobanu | IRL | 2h15:14 |
| 60 | Alejandro Jimenez Vicente | ESP | 2h15:15 |
| 61 | Gilmar Silvestre Lopes | BRA | 2h15:32 |
| 126 | René Cuneaz | ITA | 2h15:32 |
| 127 | Pierre Denays | BEL | 2h15:59 |
| 128 | Edwin Kipruto | KEN | 2h16:08 |
| 129 | Gary O’Hanlon | IRL | 2h16:29 |
| 62 | Remigijus Kancys | LTU | 2h16:34 |
| 63 | Valdas Dopolskas | LTU | 2h16:35 |
| 130 | Mitja Krevs | SLO | 2h16:36 |
| 131 | Andreas Sjurseth | NOR | 2h16:37 |
| 64 | Rune Bækgaard | DEN | 2h16.38 |
| 132 | Armin Flückliget | SUI | 2h16:53 |
| 65 | Marcos Sanza Arranz | AND | 2h16:59 |
| 66 | Norman Shreeve | GBR | 2h17:11 |
| 133 | Justin Kent | CAN | 2h17:22 |
| 67 | Rubén Palomeque | ESP | 2h17:40 |
| 68 | Alessio Terrasi | ITA | 2h17:41 |
| 69 | Peter Jenkei | HUN | 2h17:42 |
| 70 | Aki Numela | FIN | 2h17:57 |
| 134 | Marcel Berni | SUI | 2h18:12 |
| 135 | Rok Puhar | SLO | 2h18:20 |
| 136 | Moath Alkhawaldeh | JOR | 2h20:08 |
| 71 | Tim Ramdane Cherif | GER | 2h20:14 |
| 137 | Ben Fletcher | USA | 2h20:24 |
| 72 | Ferenc Burucs | HUN | 2h20:53 |
| 73 | Cristhian Zamora | URU | 2h20:58 |
| 77 | Konstantin Wedel | GER | DEBUT |
| 78 | Ayala Gashu | ISR | DEBUT |
| 79 | Necho Tayachew | ISR | DEBUT |
| 80 | Jeff Lastennet | FRA | DEBUT |
| 81 | Iván Fernández Illán | ESP | DEBUT |
| 5 | Andamlak Berta | ETH | DEBUT |
| 82 | Angelo Vandecasteele | BEL | DEBUT |
| 84 | Jorge Blanco | ESP | DEBUT |
| 85 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | ESP | DEBUT |
| 86 | Lehsen Sidahmed | ESP | DEBUT |
| 97 | Bernard Kibet Lagat | KEN | DEBUT |
| 142 | Dorian Boulvin | BEL | DEBUT |
| 143 | Francesco Agostini | ITA | DEBUT |
| 87 | Alexander Mutiso | KEN | PACER |
| 88 | Bernard Ngeno | KEN | PACER |
| 89 | Victor Chumo | KEN | PACER |
| 90 | Keneth Kiprop Renju | KEN | PACER |
| 91 | Abraham Kipyatich | KEN | PACER |
| 95 | Noah Kipkemoi | KEN | PACER |
| 92 | Adam Nathan Lipschitz | RSA | PACER |
| 93 | Erick Kimaru Tirop | KEN | PACER |
| 94 | Alex Kibarus | KEN | PACER |
| 99 | Andreu Blanes | ESP | PACER |
| 100 | Edwin Kiptoo | KEN | PACER |
| 22 | Javier Guerra | ESP | PACER |
VALENCIA MARATHON WOMEN ELITE FIELD
| BIB NUMBER | NAME | COUNTRY | PB |
| 151 | Guteni Shone | ETH | 2h20:11 |
| 152 | Azmera Gebru | ETH | 2h20:48 |
| 153 | Bornes Chepkirui | KEN | 2h21:26 |
| 154 | Bedatu Hirpa | ETH | 2h21:32 |
| 155 | Juliet Chekwel | UGA | 2h23:13 |
| 156 | Rahma Tusa | ETH | 2h23:46 |
| 166 | Jessica Augusto | POR | 2h24:25 |
| 165 | Meseret Dinke | ETH | 2h25:31 |
| 167 | Fionnuala McCormack | IRL | 2h26:47 |
| 168 | Daria Mykhailova | UKR | 2h27:29 |
| 169 | Bojana Bjeljac | CRO | 2h27:42 |
| 209 | Iwona Bernardelli | POL | 2h27:47 |
| 170 | Failuna Matanga | TAN | 2h27:55 |
| 171 | Laura Hottenrott | GER | 2h28:02 |
| 172 | Giovanna Epis | ITA | 2h28:03 |
| 173 | Sonia Samuels | GBR | 2h28:04 |
| 174 | Nazret Weldu | ERI | 2h28:07 |
| 175 | Paola Bonilla | ECU | 2h28:24 |
| 164 | Elena Loyo | ESP | 2h28:25 |
| 176 | Kokob Tesfagaber Solomon | ERI | 2h28:37 |
| 177 | Irvette van Zyl | RSA | 2h28:40 |
| 178 | Marcela Cristina Gómez | ARG | 2h28:58 |
| 179 | Úrsula Sánchez | MEX | 2h29:11 |
| 180 | Majida Maayouf | MOR | 2h29:24 |
| 181 | Irene Pelayo | ESP | 2h30:07 |
| 210 | Risper Gesabwa | MEX | 2h30:49 |
| 211 | Gulzhanat Zhanatbek | KAZ | 2h33:25 |
| 212 | Aydee Loayza Huaman | PER | 2h34:48 |
| 213 | Fortunate Chidzivo | ZIM | 2h35:19 |
| 182 | Emma Mitchell | IRL | 2h36:00 |
| 183 | Nuria Lugueros | ESP | 2h36:21 |
| 157 | Nancy Jelagat | KEN | 2h36:22 |
| 214 | Neja Krsinar | SLO | 2h36:27 |
| 215 | Fanny Pruvost | FRA | 2h37:51 |
| 184 | Ivette Mejia | USA | 2h38:00 |
| 185 | Alexandra Marina Rosa de Oliveira | POR | 2h38:20 |
| 186 | Yesica Más | ESP | 2h39:36 |
| 187 | Aicha Bani | MOR | 2h40:00 |
| 188 | Cristina McKnight | ESP | 2h40:29 |
| 189 | Cristina Giurcanu | ESP | 2h42:01 |
| 190 | Stefania Leontiadou | GRE | 2h44:43 |
| 217 | Patricia Schreurs | NED | 2h44:44 |
| 191 | María Isabel Vélez | MEX | 2h47:25 |
| 192 | Barbara Ramon | ESP | 2h48:23 |
| 193 | Juana García Pérez | ESP | 2h48:44 |
| 194 | Emilia Siltanen | FIN | 2h50:00 |
| 218 | Mandana Nouri | IRN | 2h54:28 |
| 158 | Dorcas Tuitoek | KEN | DEBUT |
| 159 | Miriam Dattke | GER | DEBUT |
| 160 | Etagegne Woldu | ETH | DEBUT |
| 161 | Beyenu Degefa | ETH | DEBUT |
| 162 | Adanech Anbesa | ETH | DEBUT |
| 195 | Fadouwa Ledhem | FRA | DEBUT |
| 163 | Sarah Lahti | SWE | DEBUT |
| 196 | Katarzyna Jankowska | POL | DEBUT |
| 197 | Loreta Kancyte | LTU | DEBUT |
| 219 | Alice Wright | GBR | DEBUT |
| 220 | Camilla Richardsson | FIN | DEBUT |
| 201 | Simon Stützel | GER | PACER |
| 202 | Jeremiah Kiptoo Cheserek | KEN | PACER |
| 203 | Scott Overall | GBR | PACER |
| 204 | Nacho Giménez | ESP | PACER |
| 206 | Luis Agustin Escrich | ESP | PACER |
| 207 | Javier Moro | ESP | PACER |
| 205 | Houssame Eddine Benabbou | ESP | PACER |