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Week 3
Thursday. I started at 10 am. It was a cloudy morning but it wasn´t windy. I went along the sea front in 16´45´´. Then, I continued towards Costacabana. It started to drizzle but after a few minutes it began to rain but it lasted only a few minutes and later the sun was shining brightly. There were many runners and cyclists along the sea front. By the way, I saw a group of cycletourists on bicycles loaded with bags heading towards Cabo de Gata. I got to the palm tree just opposite the university in 41´45´´. I continued as far as the place where Almería half marathon turns back. It is around 6.5 kms away. It took me 45´45´´. Then I decided to go back doing several one-minute breaks to see if I lose much time. The first walk break was when I turned back in minute 45 - 45 seconds. The second one-minute break was in minute 61- 45 seconds. I usually go more slowly in the second part of the run, but this time that I was doing one minute break after only 15 minutes, I felt stronger. When I was getting to Almería promenade, I met a friend of mine who is also a teacher of English. His name´s Juan Pedro. He was in his girlfriend´s car and called me because I hadn´t seen him. He has taken part in several half marathons doing them around one hour 45-50 minutes. I told him a few days ago that he could come to Madrid marathon and he told me in the car that he would like to take part, which would be great. As we had been talking for around one minute, I decided not to take the one-minute walk break. Then, I continued along the sea front arriving at the starting/finish line in 92 minutes, thirty seconds, doing around 13 kilometres. I felt quite well today especially in the second part. I think that as Suzie says it is very good to do walk breaks to feel better and avoid injuries. I´m trying to find how often I should have a walk break at the marathon. Probably every two kilometres and a half, which involves that if I went at a 6 minute pace,it would be every fifteen minutes. As I´d go on walking, I´d do one hundred metres walking instead of one hundred sixty-six metres plodding. In time, it would mean 428 seconds more in the marathon, that is, seven minutes. I think it can be worth taking the one-minute breaks since I´ll feel better at the end, I´ll avoid injuries, I won´t suffer the wall so much and I could even make up the time lost since you feel stronger after walking and the fact that you have mini objectives such as every 15 minutes makes you feel less exhausted and go faster for a few minute
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