Posts Tagged ‘event’

Gold Marathon – 12th April

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Ok, getting slightly addicted here. Prior to yesterday’s race, I’ve found an interesting event to help me prepare for a half marathon: a 15 kilometre race in an easy course: Carlos Lopes Golden Marathon’s 15 kilometre race. The event is organized by the former Olympic champion’s foundation (Fundação Carlos Lopes) and will take place in [...]

New PB and preparation for race

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Seems like I stepped into a new performance level. Last races seems quite easy and I’m controlling myself not to speed up. Strangely, this seems to traduce into better and better times. My 5k

18th Lisbon Half Marathon trainning

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

So, after checking the half-marathon’s website, the distance for the Vodafone Mini-Marathon is not 8k as previously indicated, but 7.2km. Approximately, so they say. Obviously, my target-time must change. I’ve done a 7,2k race in 38:51, but that’s too much as a real goal. So, 37:30 will be my target for the next month. If [...]

18th Lisbon Half Marathon trainning

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Done my first 8k today, as a preparation for the Vodafone Mini-Marathon. Time: 43:27 Since it was done in a 5:25 pace, I’m predicting that a 41:30 mark will be an obtainable goal for the upcoming mini-marathon. With almost two months untill the event, I may change this goal, but for now, its going to [...]