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Toral de los Vados 2007, 196 kilometers run.
Three weeks completed. At the moment everything feels fine. Tuesday last I started on the speed sessions, and I need a bit of speed (sniff). 5 x 800m run at 10K pace. This was a nice session to start with, each 800m taking 3'10 with more or less 2'40 recovery between each one. I was set for a five kilometer tempo run on Thursday and a 24 kilometer long run on Saturday but there was a race on Saturday. I decided to do a swap, I ran the 24km on Thursday at a nice easy pace (2h05) then to use Saturday's race as my tempo run.
The race, the 28th Padron Easter Run, was 13.3 kilometers. I had decided to use the first 5.3km as a warm up then to run 8km at what should be about my half marathon pace when I'm in form. Given that it was a hot day I readjusted the plan to only run six km at pace. Pride got the better of me though and I ran those last two kilometers making sure that nobody overtook me. The first 5.5km were run at a pace of 4'37 per kilometer whilst the rest was done at 4'15. An enjoyable morning, and I liked the lilac tee shirt aswell - (although from a previous photo it can be seen that I've no dress sense).
On our cable TV here we had a series of Jamie Oliver programs. On one of those he was preparing tapas for a women's football team. One of his dishes was Pimientos de Padron. The village is indeed famous for its little green peppers. I was surprised to see though that they are now available in the UK. If you happen to come across them they are worth the effort. Fry them in olive oil until they are soft then sprinkle with a little sea salt. Padron was also famous for being the sea port where the body of St James was brought into Spain. The port has long since dried up but St James still remains in Galicia. If I remember correctly he stayed in Iria Flavia for a while before being carted off to Santiago de Compostela, and there he stays in his magnificent cathedral.
This week I'm set for another 81 kilometers, which go thus:
Monday - 8Km
Tuesday - 3 x 1600m
Wednesday - 8Km
Thursday - 16km
Friday - 8km
Saturday - 8Km
Sunday - 21.1km Vig-Bay Half Marathon.
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Toral de los Vados 2007, 196 kilometers run.
