Race Report - Seville Marathon

Seville, Feb 14^th 2010

And the D day came, what a better way to celebrate S.Valentine, first marathon experience with family there to support.

Fair to say was a little bit scared before starting, but, hey, big animal in front of me, and a lot of respect to be paid.

Weather conditions were ideal, fresh and crispy, as you would not expect in Andalucia, overcast and bit windy, some sweating, but not too much expected.

Start at 9 am and sensations at beginning were great, easy run with a lot of people, everybody enjoying the first ks, a lot of chatting and laughing around.

When we got to the first 10ks, the situation changed a bit, still enjoying, but less chatting around, everybody just worried about breathing and going on.

The strategy agreed with Ian was to spit the marathon into 5ks slots, varied with 2 minutes walking when drinking and eating at the refreshment points; have to say worked fantasticly.

So with this plan in place, I thoroughly enjoyed the run upto the 38^th k, listening to music, my body, my brain; after that it was a real pain till the end, but, you know, only 4 ks to go… and we got to the end.

Just finished within my target (below 4 hours)

So great day, and looking forward to repeating this experience soon.

Ciao, Max