Week 13

[Antonio247]

Thursday 29th January 2004. I went to the park just opposite my flat at 6.15a.m. I did some stretching and abdominal workouts. I decided to plod along the sand on the beach, which is not as hard as the sea front pavement. There were only two young women and a young man who were speaking a foreign language, perhaps Russian. I plodded along the sand as far as the first part of the sea front in 20 minutes 20 seconds. I stopped to do some stretching and went back along the same way. As it was a little dark I didn´t see a man walking a Husky Siberian dog until I was very near them. I came back in 20´ 10´´. I continued jogging four more minutes in the park. Then, I did some more stretching and abdominal workouts. While doing this, I saw some runners who usually go very fast running slowly. Actually, I saw them at the half marathon last Sunday. It´s great to be able to go for a run again after a few days resting or doing only strength exercises last Tuesday. In all, I did forty-four minutes and around 5,5km.

I went to my physiotherapist ,Paco, at 9.30 a.m. since Thursday is my best day because I start lessons at 11.45 a.m. I had a discharge massage to avoid injuries. I asked Paco how often I should go for a massage and he told me that taking into account the kilometres I do every week, I should go once every three weeks. That´s what I´m going to do then.