Lisbon Half Marathon 2009
Update on my running journey. Week and a bit ago, on Sunday 22nd March 2009, I’ve participated in the Lisbon Half Marathon. Starting in Almada, high on the toll plaza of the 25 de Abril suspension bridge, the race run over the bridge towards the city and eastwards along the river Tagus. It then turned towards Belém to finish at the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos.
For me it was a tune-up race before the Paris Marathon. I tried to take this as easy as possible which in race conditions is not a trivial task to do. As a result of this I have beaten my personal best by 11min :) Official time from the chip was 1h 47min 14sec. As always more details on the run together with GPS data is on the Nokia Sports tracker site.
Interesting city, ok organisation of the race, nice route and superb weather. Clearly worth doing.
Countdown to Paris continues. 5 days left, excitement is getting more and more obvious every day. I have to say I am really looking forward for that one. I am really lucky with my health, no major injuries during the prep. As it turns out at the Runner’s World forum there is a quite big group of runners from UK so I believe I will meet some of them in Eurostar on the way to Paris this Friday. If not then certainly in the Corcoran’s after the run!
Race starts on Sunday at 8.45am local time. Target time 3h 55min. Wish me good luck.
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