Ria de Ferrol Half Marathon

[Riazor Blue]

Thanks again chaps.

I suggested to the FGA that they could make prize money available to affiliated (thanks Antonio, i had forgotten the word) athletes. Everybody knows that recreational runners, and the majority of club runners have their own goals in a race, if it were to win or to finish in the prizes, there would only ever be about 30 entrants.

The lady at the FGA didn't want to listen really. She was there to do the admin. I asked her what the foreigner ban was all about but she had never heared of it. She did tell me though, after talking to someone in Ferrol that there is no such ruling. She could not see my problem though. She said to me, " But you ran though? So what is the problem?"

So I informed her of the guys from the Galician Orchestra who could not run because they were told over the phone that they were not allowed. They did not have the luxury of being told later that it was OK.

I also informed her that I would like to know if I was allowed to run in future events.

She then saw my point of view.

I suggested to her that the solution was to make prize money available only to affiliated athletes, whether Spanish or not. I'm sure that even the Spanish would be happy with that. But alas, I don't think that she was listening.

My battles will, I'm sure, continue.