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RE: A streak runner?
Last Monday, I did only 3 km because I think that running every day can make me get injured. So, I take it very easy as if it were a rest day. However, on Tuesday I did 13 km along the sea front. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 7, 7 and 6 kilometres respectively while on Saturday morning I did only 4 km because on Sunday I was going to take part at I Medio marathon de Mojácar. It is the first marathon held in this beautiful Moorish town in the east of the province of Almería. My wife and I spent the weekend at Marina playa hotel near the beach in Mojácar. On Saturday, it was a wonderful sunny day but on Sunday it was rainy. After having a buffet breakfast at the hotel, I went down to the start that was very near the hotel. There, I met some friends who were going to take part at the race such as Antonio G, Antonio L. and some others. There were two options: 10.5 km or the half marathon, The course was along the road by the seaside. We had to go towards Carboneras around 2.5 km and back to the start and a little further on four times. Then, we took another lane to the finish. I started with Antonio G. but I felt I could go a bit faster so I went on my own at a good pace for my level, around 5´30´´ per km the first 11 km. Then, I had to slow down a little but feeling fine. In the last 3 km a girl reached me and we went together as far as the finish. It was her first half marathon and when we got to the finish we held the arms up. We finished in 2 hours 5 minutes 54 seconds. Antonio G. finished five minutes later while Antonio L. was quite fast doing it in just one hour 35 minutes. We were given a beautiful cloth bag with “Mojácar” on it, a technical T-shirt, a bottle of water, some Hero Muesli bars, a ball pen, etc. After the race, we went to the hotel café where the awards were given and the atmosphere was very nice.
I’m glad with yesterday’s race since I finished it without feeling very tired and I think that if I manage to go on training around 60 km a week, if I can do an 18-21 km run every other week, if I’m lucky with injuries and illnesses and if I can weigh around 77 kg for Almería half , then I can succeed in doing my local marathon under two hours.
2nd week of November: 3 + 13 + 7 + 7 + 6 + 4 + 21 = 61 km.
Streak running: 470 km in 62 days.
YTD: 1112 km.
Weight : 80.5 kg.
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