The Spanish athlete Ayad Lamdassem41, this Friday this Sunday he hopes to improve his mark in the distance of 42 kilometers (2:06:25) and lost in 2:06 at the Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Marathon.
“I will not run for the Spanish record, but to get under the barrier of 2:06”reiterated Lamdassem, who added in the previous press conference at the Hemisfèric of the City of Arts and Sciences that he really likes the city and that the Valencia Marathon is special because of the climate and treatment.
Lamdassem said it was a world-class race so it was an honor for him to run in it and he trained hard to try to improve his personal best this Sunday.
For his part, the athlete Javi Guerra (2:07:27) said that, without running in the European Championships this year, he set December 4 in his head to prepare the test “honestly, with enthusiasm and new ideas”.
“The preparation is perfect, with a lot of desire and motivation and hopefully on Sunday I can cross the finish line with a good score. You have to have respect for the marathon, it is a difficult test that puts you in your place, I will be careful and I will look for the minimum for the world championship, this is my fifteenth marathon and I will be in mark 2: 08 or 2:09 would be a good result for me,” he added.
In the women’s event, the great favorite is the athlete marta galimanywho was the best runner of the Spanish marathon in the last decade (2:27:08), who declared that “my goal is always to improve my personal bests and improving my score is close to chasing the record, they say that the third time is the charm, and this is my third time to beat him.”
“I’m in love with Valencia, I want to run in this city and I’m happy. I am a better athlete every year, every year I add training sessions and I improve, even if the record is a number, we don’t have to be obsessed with it, but I want to improve as an athlete and improve my grades ”, he added.
As for whether he feels pressure to be the leader, Galimany expressed that he wants to. “When I started in athletics, I had no idea, seeing that people look at me and they know if I will make a mark or not is a source of pride”he said.
“I have no pressure, for me it is motivation to see that people are aware of me and if with my work I can motivate other people there is nothing better,” he added.
Finally, the national elite coach, Jose Antonio Redolat, pointed out that “the race was designed to break the Spanish record. We are proud that the national elite can be here, we try to give the best possible deal not only in economy but close and circuit and that is why we have become one of the best marathons in the world”.
Source: La Verdad
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