I Intend. to run Madrid marathon on 25th April 2004 and I want to follow Hal Higdon´s novice schedule,
http://www.halhigdon.com ,in order to finish my first marathon after fifteen years. I want to adapt it to my circumstances, so I may change something depending on how I feel one day or if ,due to work, I can´t do all the distance but , in general, I´ll try to follow it. However, I think I´d rather rest on Tuesdays and run on Mondays since I don´t like running three successive days.
If you don´t mind, I´d like to write a weekly report on my training so that I feel more motivated to accomplish the plan. Although I´m not good at writing unlike Andy who is a very witty writer, I hope you won´t get too bored when you read my weekly reports.
First of all, I´ll give some data about me. My name´s Antonio López. I´m forty-five years old. I come from Almería, Spain where I live. If you want to have a general view of this province in the south-east of Spain, you can have a look at
http://i1.dipalme.org/Servicios/Municipi...rismo.html I´m a teacher of English at a secondary school. I´m married. We´ve got a six-year-old son. I´m 1 metre 70 cms tall. My weight is 80,3 kilos. Although I´ve lost 9 kilos since 1st September, I´d like to reach 77 kgs for the marathon day. This won´t be my first marathon since I ended two in Madrid in 1988 and 1989 but I stopped running regularly several years ago because I had a calf injury and I preferred riding on bicycle although not regularly. My BP at marathon fifteen years ago was 3 hours 46 minutes, however, I´d be very happy if I could do it under 5 hours. I started training regularly again in September 2002 in order to finish my hometown half marathon on 13th October. As I hadn´t trained well, I got a calf injury which made me go to a physiotherapist and a chiropodist who advised me to use insoles because he noticed that I´ve got a leg a little longer than the other one -6 mm- which made the longer leg suffer more and get injured more easily. I´ve finished four half marathons and other shorter races so far. My BP in half marathon in this new stage is 2 hours 17 minutes. My goal is to be able to do it under two hours six minutes three or four weeks before the marathon, at a six minute pace each kilometre.
