In the drivers seat with Lee Troop
Exclusive patcarrollonline.com interview
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PC:
Were you aware that your pace was dropping over the final 5
kilometres?
LT:
You bet I was.
PC:
Can you remember exactly when you felt like you really had to
start concentrating and working to maintain your pace?
LT:
Over the cobblestones at 36km. Up till then I felt great. I felt
terrible over them and lost some ground on
Baldini. Once we hit
the road at 37km I was really concentrating as we had a headwind
and it was still raining. I was tired and as each km went by I
was getting slower. The last 6 km was so tough.
It got real tough
PC:
What was this feeling exactly like? Was it like you were running
out of steam, legs cramping, nauseas, light headed maybe?
LT:
It was a terrible feeling. Everyone dropped 2 mins the last
section. I wanted to run 2.07 and did everything in my power to
do it. The thing I could not control was the weather so as I was
battling into the headwind and dropping in time I kept asking
myself how much I wanted this and when things get tough I rise
to the occasion etc. I was working twice as hard and slowing. My
body did not cramp just was running out of steam and the
headwind was making me feel even worse.
PC:
At this point when it started to get tough. What did you do to
convince yourself to keep going and plough through those closing
kilometres? What was going on inside Lee Troops head in the
closing stages of the London Marathon?
LT:
DONT GIVE UP!! I just kept running hard. All the guys in front
were slowing and I could not make up ground. As each km went by
I was getting a little disheartened that I might not even run
under 2.10. I was hurting and kept pushing.
Benoit Z
passed me
1km from home, and then I passed
John Yuda 500m from home. I
turned into the straight with 200m to go and I had nothing left
and tried to sprint to break 2hrs 10min. I ran hard for all of
the 42.195km!!!!
"I will always finish
................"
PC:
Was there any point in the race where you felt that you might
not be able to finish?
LT:
Never. I will always finish no matter what the result!
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