Shaking out

Yesterday I did my bread and butter route without a watch and felt really good  and strong. Kept the effort easy and just complete the distance at the same effort throughout. I would say  I did  35 mins something. The run was at 12:30p.m. and wore my gloves and my hat.

Today I did the same route, but decided to keep the effort even easier than yesterday, but felt very heavy. The run was done pretty much at the same time as yesterday, I d rather to run earlier, but the breakfast in this holidays is being served at 9 a.m. and I need a bit of time to digest. I felt really heavy today. First half was in 17:34, so slow, but I did not do anything to speed up.

Then loosened up a bit in the second half and came to Guadalupe in 34:29, then did the extra meters that I always do and finished in 36:29. This is the slowest time that I have run in this route, when I do measure it.

I wont run till race day, but I have been told that too many people run in that race and probably the race first km will be very slow, if that happens then then I will just do the race for fun.

Tomorrow I travel to Valencia to visit my brother and hopefully We will have fun there and in the race.

Have a great Thursday and since I wont have Access to a computer to post, then happy new year as well!! I ll be back on Tuesday!

Zapping the zero

Yesterday went out to run at 6: 00 p.m. already dark these days and with a cold weather, the feel was 0 degrees, I wore my gloves and hat, but was very cold in the nose and in the breathing, I felt that I never warmed up and the halfway Split reflected that. I did the same route getting to the halfway in 17:37, then on the way back I did 6 x 20 second strides and could make up a lot of time getting back to Guadalupe in 33:50. Then in the couple of mins I do extra , did a 7th 25 sec stride. Finishing in  35:50 total time, basically the same time as Sunday.

I felt good on the strides, but felt cold . I am somewhat heavy because I am eating like a pig, We will see how the race in Valencia goes on Saturday. I have not decided one hundred percent to run, but its a 5.3k race and I will do it with my brother or will race against him.

I ll run in a few mins, so stay tuned for my second post of the day.

Merry Christmas

Saturday I ran at 10:00a .m. without a watch, kept the effort easy, because I felt breakfast in my stomach still. I hurried up with my run because I left the residence before 12 p.m. We were going to watch the football game between Real Madrid and Barca, the barca won. We end up watching the game in an irish pub close to the stadium. I downed a few beers there and had a good time with my mates.

I did the same route and kept the effort easy, but felt full. 35-36 mins total time.

Today I ran at 5:20 p.m or so but again I had stomach problems, felt full for basically 80% of the run. First half in 17:00, back to Guadalupe in 33:51, then completed my route finishing in 35:50. Felt good at the end, but again not finishing digestión.

5 runs this week and a good week of running.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

On Vacation

Yesterday I took the day off, as I was doing homework for my last class of 2017. I am on Vacation till January 8th, that is  the day that I get back to the master. In the meantime, I ll stay here in the residence and on December 29th I ll go to Valencia to visit and to celebrate the new year with my brother and his GF.

Today I ran at 11:00 a.m., I  ran without a watch and kept the effort easy. Did the same route as always, but as I said I will mix things a bit and will explore new routes.

Felt good and easy. Around 35-36 mins. Wore my gloves and hat for the 7 degrees celcius.

Have a great Friday!

Happy Humpday!

Yesterday was off, because  I was studying for classes.

Today headed out the door at 11:45 a.m. or so, did the same route, halfway in 16:59 although thought that I was going slower because I was not feeling very good. Then after the 31 min mark I started to push the pace till the end of the run, got here to Guadalupe in 33:03, then the last 350-400s were fast were in 1:32 to finish the total run in 34:35.

I felt tired at the end, but I really pushed the pace in the last 2.5 mins of the run. I was surprised to see mid 34s. I wanted to push the pace a bit today because tomorrow I ll rest again before taking christmas vacations and the master resume in January 8th. So on vacation will keep running but will get back to the gym.

Happy humpday everyone!

Zapping the zero

Today I ran at 10:30 a.m. so that I can get my run out of the way, because I have some homework to do and have classes in the evening.

Did the same route getting to the halfway point in 17:09 and getting back to Guadalupe in 33:33, then did the 200m extra and finished my run in 35:29. To this date I have no idea of the distance that I run, I am just running by time and effort.

However, I will have to change my route so that I can explore a Little bit more of Madrid. I am a creature of habit as you can see, but I have to get out of my confort zone and explore new routes.

Have a great Monday!

Salvaging what could have turned in to a disaster week

Today I ran at  6 something pm. I wore my gloves, watch and hat. Did my normal route, got out at an easy pace, but I picked up the pace a couple of times during the run. I got to the halfway point in 17:04 or so, then did around 1 min pick up when I had around 22 mins.I got to Guadalupe in 33:13, then ran the bit more and finish my bread and butter route in 35:11.

I felt really good and feel that I did not lose any fitness in this week. This week I ran 3 times, but as I said yesterday I was somewhat busy, but next 3-4 weeks will be very consistent because I ll be on vacation mode, I ll resume my gym training also.

Happy to have run once again, running makes me feel alive.

Have a great Sunday!