May 2019 - Stats: 121 km (10 workouts + 3 races) and 8 long walks.
In May I have mainly worked on more challenging paths and to recover a bit of speed.
I can say that this was a positive month because the last time that I entered 3 races in a single month was in october 2005.
Unfortunately I had to pay the price of the efforts and now I am off for a boring pharyngitis + tracheitis. For this reason tomorrow I will skip a race organized “last minute” in my city and maybe the next one on june 9th too.
However I don’t complain because I had the possibility to race in these 3 beautiful places:
Moreover, during my workouts, I met some “old good friends”:
I saw beautiful ships berthed in the port:
And some beautiful landscapes:
Old Memories – May 1988
On may 8, 1988 (31 years ago!!!!) I ran in Grosseto (Tuscany) my first half marathon with the finishing time of 1:33:51 and I was 98 of 148 overall (yes, only 148 runners). I am the first on the left.
Do you meet "old good friends" during your workouts? When did you run your first race?
My first race was a four man relay, three miles on the road followed by a 2½ mile fell section. I was anchor man on the fells. We finished 1st pub team and came away with 24 cans of beer.
ReplyDeleteCo-incidentally, in my first ½ marathon two weeks later my finishing time was very similar to your - 1.35.21. One week later I reduced it to 1.32.56 and eventually PB'd at 1.21.23 when I was 57 years old.
Keep on running, consistency is the key. Cheers!
You were and you are very fast. 1:21:23 is a first level finishing time!
DeleteYou do live in such an incredibly beautiful area! And it's always great to explore those areas on foot.
ReplyDeleteOn foot during and also after the race. And exploring local nice restaurants after the event too.
DeleteCorchiano looks really wonderful! I think Corchiano is as nice as Orte, where we will run on 6th July and 1st September. I look forward to visit those beautiful medieval villages.
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DeleteCorchiano has to be a fixed point in our schedule. Everything is perfect there.
Another strong and steady month of training and racing - well done! Hope you feel better real soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I am back "on the road": today 10 km.
DeleteWell done on the racing and hope you are feeling better soon. I have many friends from running, a few from the '80s and who still run. My first race was in 1979.
ReplyDeleteYou are a real pioneer of running!
DeleteYou had a great May with beautiful races! How can 1988 be 31 years ago?? My first half was in 2007. Time goes too fast.
ReplyDeleteTime goes too fast but we have many good running memories!
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