week 16

[Antonio247]

Week 16. 5th - 11th January.

My weight is 82,1 kg. Nearly two more kilos than when I started this marathon schedule. I think I´ve eaten too much at Christmas, mainly “mantecados” and “turrones” and also the fact that I don´t have to work makes you get up later and rest more. I hope I´ll manage to reduce one or two kilos in the next weeks before Almería half marathon on 25th January. I think I should have a light dinner based on fruit and/salad and continue with mornings on only fruit. Besides, avoid sweet things such as biscuits, cakes, Christmas products and so on.

On Tuesday I went to Aguamarga http://www.indalia.es/playas/cabogata/ca...a=cabogata to go for a run with Riccardo, the Italian friend I went for a run with last Sunday. I went with my wife and son. They went for a walk with Riccardo´s wife, Anna, while we went for a run to Cala Enmedio, a beautiful beach near Aguamarga. We went along a ground path that you take one kilometre ahead on the left on the road towards Almería. It was a wonderful sunny day with no wind. It´s a bit hard because there are some pebblestones which make you slow down or even walk but it is good because you get less tired. Besides, there were tough uphills and sometimes, the ground turned into sand. I felt very well in that landscape free of buildings and people, surrounded by mountains and sometimes in the background the sea far away. We felt far from the maddening crowd in that loneliness. By the way, I like Thomas Hardy´s books about rural England quite a lot. Then, we got to the top and went down to Cala Enmedio. After stopping there one minute and watching that hidden empty cove, we went up again and finally came down to the village. It took us 82 minutes doing about 11 kms. Then we went to Riccardo´s house where they offered us a cup of tea and some biscuits. We had a very good time together.