Almería 1/2 Marathon.

[Seafront Plodder]

I’m sure I speak for all the RC Team when I say that we had a fantastic weekend in Almería with a superb host in Antonio.

Better reports than I could do have already been posted, so instead…..here are my overriding memories:

§ Time a-marching on the morning of the race, and the concierge getting the wrong car out of the underground car park!

§ Andy getting a PB

§ Andy’s first words when he crossed the finishing line after his PB

§ The quality of the field. I usually have hoards of runners behind me, this time I was easily in the last 10%

§ The above point doesn’t matter!

§ The smiling ‘M’ with that darn video camera – about 4 times!

§ Excellent company, good food and average Guinness.

§ Being passed by Haile Gebrselassie, and the twit I was running next to deciding to try and keep pace with The Great Man – which he did before pulling up about 30 metres later, his own race in tatters!

But if there is one image that sums up the weekend, then I believe this is it. Sadly it’s taken on the way to meet Antonio for lunch after the race so he’s not in it. But what you see here is post-race runner’s high in each of us. Looking back up La Rambla, knowing we have all had a good run and we’re now looking forward to the more relaxing part coming next.

May we have the opportunity to get together and run again.