Porto - 3 weeks to go!!

Porto marathon is getting closer and closer.... uhhhh!!

"Sao os Loucos de Lisboa

que nos fazem duvidar

que a terra gira ao contrario

e os rios nascem no Mar!"

This a little bit how I feel at the moment, no great inspiration and no clear thoughts in my head about the marathon, think Porto will be really a though one, today had 32km race in Chon Buri Zoo (130 Km from Bangkok), was a disaster, after 23 Km was totally destroyed, finishing with 2:47!! Not all was this bad, the first 7km of the race was inside the zoo, so literally I been running with the Girafes, Rinos, etc.. great fun and beutiful scenary.

The marathon preparation has not been very regular, with a lot of up's and down, I've started pretty ok during the hills first weeks but then got quit demotivated with the Lumpini training, it is so boring to go around the park several laps, on top of the humidity and the heat of cource.

Well, so far did 3 * 10 Km, 1*12 km, 1*half and 1*32 km as preparation race, which is quit ok, but during the weeks I've been very lasy and the job has been afecting my motivation as well.

This week will do the 2*6km test and from their will calculate my target time for the marathon, let's see!!

"Vou por aí às escondidas, a espreitar às janelas

Perdido nas avenidas e achado nas vielas

Mãe o meu primeiro amor foi um trapézio sem rede

Sai da frente por favor que estou entre a espada e a parede"

Yes, it looks there are no star in the sky to light my way, looking forward for better days... maybe in Porto :)

River Kwai Half Marathon 2009