Hey everyone! Time is flying by and my major athletic objective of 2016 is right around the corner. I’ll run my first marathon (the Zurich Marató de Barcelona) on Sunday, March 13, with the goal of finishing in less than three hours. As mentioned in my last post, I’ve done two main practice runs to…
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote. Let’s concentrate on the most relevant stuff: I was in London three weeks ago, as mentioned in my last post. Luckily, I was able to arrange my schedule so the entire day coincided with a rest day (in case I haven’t mentioned it before, my…
A couple of Sundays ago I ran the 10k race Cursa de Sant Antoni. As I told you in my previous post, my goal was to make it in 36min, and I did! After two weeks of officially training for the marathon, I’m getting the feeling that these long runs are working. I’ve got my…
My name is Luis Jover. I’m from Barcelona and, although I have had the chance of living in five different countries, I still feel most lucky to live here. I am married to a great woman named Elena and we have a wild baby daughter named Gabriela, as well as another one on the way….
I am not a runner. I have never run. Then, one day, tired of paying gym fees and never actually going, I decided to join my local running club. As I waited at the track for the rest of the group to gather, I couldn’t help wondering whether I’d be capable of running round the…