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Corrida da Linha – 2009
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
New event added: Corrida da Linha 2009. A 10k race in the Tejo river shoreline – 20th September 2009. I have some further competitions in mind, but the big challenge this year will be to run a marathon in December. I have three months to prepare myself (physically, mentally and nutritionally). Due to work constrains, [...]
Update
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
As you can see in the right sidebar, I have tow more races under my belt: Corrida 1º de Maio and Meia Maratona dos Palácios, both with new PB. My 15k PB is now 1:13:37 and the Half-marathon PB 1:49:33. Improvements lately are the race starts, in a more brisk pace and the fact that [...]
Corrida 1º de Maio
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Going to race another 15k, Corrida 1º de Maio. This time with a not so easy second half. It will be somewhat like a reverse path compared with the former Corrida do Metro. Expectations: Decrease in two minutes my time, which means ending the race in a 1h18min time. Looking forward to it!
XVIII CORRIDA DO METRO – report
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
First race I did with a team, running integrated with them. It was a really enjoyable experience. I managed to race the 15k race in a 1h19min53secs mark. Acceptable for my physical form. The race itself was easy, since I only had to do some effort management at the beginning (first 5 kilometres. The second [...]
XVIII CORRIDA DO METRO (Lisboa)
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Registered today for the XVIII CORRIDA DO METRO (Lisboa), a 15k race in Lisbon. Hope I still can manage to get in the race, as the participants limit is to be reached in no time (20 to go or so). Hoping for the best, I’ll start trainning tomorrow, with a 7k mild-paced race.
Lisbon Half-Marathon – report
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
My second half and it went well. This time, racing with a team – Pernas de Gafanhoto (Grasshopper’s legs in Portuguese). Overall, the race was quite comfortable, always focusing on a balance between a steady pace and saving energy for the last kilometres. I did not had to wait too long in the starting line [...]
Fish, beware of the lift weighters
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Final week ’till it
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
OK, we’re here, the final week before the half-marathon. I must confess I’m having mixed feelings about this. On one side, I’m focused on not overtraining and my working schedule led me to be unable to run as much as I wanted (or as I wished). There’s a drawback: I’m not sure if I packed [...]
10 k for pacing, 5 k for racing
Friday, February 27th, 2009
25 days for Lisbon’s Half Marathon and I’m getting in shape now. So in shape I’ve actually broke my 10k PB, now in a 43’59” mark. Last couple of weeks resulted in some improvements, as I shifted from some painful workouts to more balanced and enjoyable ones. Stretching and abs played a role here, as [...]
General update
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Not writing a post here since September. What happened since then? I ran the 10k Corrida do Tejo in the 19 October in 49’31”. A 4”43”’ improvement since last year (when I made my debut, with a 54’14” mark). I nearly made a two month break from running. I’m now completely out of shape (physically), [...]
