March 2010

[Antonio247]

Congratulations, S. You seem to be fit enough to do the ultra marathon. I´m very glad you´re going to do it. I don´t know if I´ll be fit enough to finish it but I´ll do my best. However, if I am realistic, I don´t think I´ll be able to do it under 7 hours thirty minutes. My aim is to try to finish it under 8 hours thirty minutes if I´m allowed. So, you´d better keep your pace since I´m sure you´re fit enough to do it under the cut-off limit in spite of having been injured and not trained specifically for that race.

I´ve thought about what Suzie advised me. She said that I should take one minute walks more frequently, for instance, 4 minutes run, one minute walk. I´ve practised that pace and I found it all right. I think that would be good for me since my level of fitness and training for the distance is not very good. Actually, it has been quite poor. Although last month I did 165 kilomnetres, my longest run was 22 kilometres.

I´ve read that we can leave three items at three different mile markers. As you have more experience than me in ultra races, I´d like to ask you what items we could take and where we could leave them.



Best of luck!

Antonio