Pregnancy and running

Without a doubt, when a female runner is pregnant the question that she most does is it possible to run while I am pregnant?   Read more

Training by functional areas

When referring to the Functional Area we refer to those areas in which a determined level of intensity to direct and quantify the training loads of a runner. They are of great importance since their knowledge allows us to apply training loads in a more effective way, which will be closely related to the intensity and volume of them and their respective functional responses in the body of the athlete.   Read more

Altitude training for long distance runners

My first altitude training experience corresponds to a concentration together with a group of companions of the national pre-selection of Venezuela for the Pan-American Games of Caracas in 83, this concentration was held in Mexico City.   Read more

Less than 2 hours 12 for a woman in a marathon, reality or utopia?

It has been a little more than three decades since the women made their first foray into the marathon at the Olympics level. At that time and under the effects of heat, the humidity and pollution, on a summer day 1984, Joan Benoit from The United States, whom a year before won the 3,000 meters at the Pan-American Games held in Caracas, Venezuelan, became the first woman to be an Olympic marathon champion in Los Angeles with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 52 seconds   Read more

Muscle cramps

One night of November 86, along with my friend Juan Díaz, excellent 5,000 and 10,000 meters Venezuelan runner, we went for dinner with the rest of the cross country team of the Western State University of Colorado, that dinner was at restaurant in the outskirts of Chicago, the city where we had spent the night after our participation in the NAIA´s national cross-country championship, which was held at that time in the border state of Wisconsin.   Read more

What would be the best time to run?

In 1991, after many years in athletics I decided to made the jump and to run a marathon for firstand only time in my life, along with my coach for that time, the Spanier Antonio Serrano, former best time of Spain in the marathon and coach of some Olympic finalists we chose the race where I would make my debut, the Marathon of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Spain.   Read more

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