Week four

[Antonio247]

Summary of week 4. This has been the week with more kilometres I´ve done so far. I had to do 40 miles ( 64 kms ) but actually I did 66 kms. I´ve followed Hal Higdon´s marathon schedule to the letter doing the runs in the advised days and I also did cross-training by riding on bicycle on Saturday. This was the week that he advises to change the long run to Sunday and cross-training on Saturday because the long run was a 20 miler, which is quite demanding not only physically but also psychologically. Although I thought it would be harder, I ended better than I´d expected. In spite of doing that distance in four hours which, if I followed that pace at the marathon would mean more than five hours, I expect to be able to go faster impelled by the atmosphere, the adrenaline, the eagerness to finish as soon as possible but trying to run with my mind and not my heart to avoid injuries. If I´m lucky, I expect to do Madrid marathon under 4 hours 30 minutes.