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RE: Almeria 2011 - ladyrunner - 25-01-2011 (25-01-2011, 12:34 PM)anlu247 Wrote: Well, the day D is getting near. So, what time would you like me to meet you at your hotel on Saturday? From there, we can go to the other hotel, which is quite nearby, to pick up the race numbers and then to the restaurant. Hi Antonio, Yes it is getting very close now and I'm getting very excited about coming back to Almeria. I so hope that we get some sunny weather for our weekend. At the moment the forecast for Almeria is looking pretty grim for this week through to next week apart from Saturday which could be sunny. 7pm in the Tryp reception is good for Saturday night followed by dinner. I spoke to Camilla about her eating habits and she eats fish but not Meat (the complete opposite to me)!! Do you think that this is going to be a problem at la Plaza de Canas? Hopefully they can give us a mixture of veggie, meat and fish dishes as it does not seem like we can choose just a meat option or fish option. What do you think?? I hope that we can still go to la 'Plaza de Canas' as this was one of my highlights of last years trip. What do you think?? But 3pm sounds good as we will need to walk to the restaurant. Julie RE: Almeria 2011 - Sweder - 26-01-2011 What about pre-registration? Is that up the hill at he other hotel again? Are we going to do that between 7 and 8.30? I guess so. Sorry I've not bee more involved here this week - work is very challenging and I've barely looked at the forum. Jules looks like I'll pick you guys up on saturday morning & leave the car at LGW. I'll pre-book parking today to get a decent rate. If everyone has their borading pass (and no check-in luggage) we need to be at security by 05:00. That makes pick-up in/ around Brighton at 04:15 - 04:20. RE: Almeria 2011 - Antonio247 - 26-01-2011 (25-01-2011, 11:22 PM)ladyrunner Wrote: [quote='anlu247' pid='20520' dateline='1295958889'] Hi Antonio, Yes it is getting very close now and I'm getting very excited about coming back to Almeria. I so hope that we get some sunny weather for our weekend. At the moment the forecast for Almeria is looking pretty grim for this week through to next week apart from Saturday which could be sunny. 7pm in the Tryp reception is good for Saturday night followed by dinner. I spoke to Camilla about her eating habits and she eats fish but not Meat (the complete opposite to me)!! Do you think that this is going to be a problem at la Plaza de Canas? Hopefully they can give us a mixture of veggie, meat and fish dishes as it does not seem like we can choose just a meat option or fish option. What do you think?? I hope that we can still go to la 'Plaza de Canas' as this was one of my highlights of last years trip. What do you think?? But 3pm sounds good as we will need to walk to the restaurant. Julie [/quote I don´t think there will be any problem with the food, Julie. I´ll try to sort it out soon. Yes, Sweder, the hotel is the one uphill before the Mediterráneo shopping centre. Have a safe journey! RE: Almeria 2011 - Antonio247 - 26-01-2011 I´ve already booked both restaurants. No problem with the fish or the meat dishes. A plate of roasted vegetables suggested at the restaurant instead for Julie and Camilla. Saludos desde Almería RE: Almeria 2011 - ladyrunner - 26-01-2011 (26-01-2011, 10:06 AM)Sweder Wrote: Jules looks like I'll pick you guys up on saturday morning & leave the car at LGW. I'll pre-book parking today to get a decent rate. If everyone has their borading pass (and no check-in luggage) we need to be at security by 05:00. That makes pick-up in/ around Brighton at 04:15 - 04:20. Great stuff. We all have our boarding passes (myself, cam and Simon). I'll tell them to be round at my house between 4:10-4:15 then we should get a swift get away by 4:20am. You okay coming to mine - it makes sense as it's just off the by-pass? See you on Saturday, Julie RE: Almeria 2011 - marathondan - 27-01-2011 Have a great weekend, folks. Safe journey, good weather, smooth running and plenty of rehydration. RE: Almeria 2011 - Sweder - 27-01-2011 Hmm, suppose I should think about packing some running gear. Hadn't dawned on me until today that I'm running a half on Sunday. Oops. RE: Almeria 2011 - Sweder - 29-01-2011 Safely landed in Malaga & transferred to the Tryp Indalo via a lovely seafront cafe somewhere in between. Basked in warm sunshine over racciones, cafe con leche and tortilla espanola before reaching our familiar HQ. I can't remember being this fat or unprepeared for a race. What fun! Off to the Mercado for fruit, unhealthy nibbles & water, thence to the seafront for more coffee & toasting before driving our two Almeria newbies around the course. Antonio at 7, Race HQ/ registration and the RC pasta party. Phew! RE: Almeria 2011 - Sweder - 30-01-2011 Safely home in one piece. For 'live' race updates and pictures visit Sweder's Twitter feed or go to Twitter.com and search #Almeria. Elevation and distance map of new course below. 2010 (old course) rise/ fall +/- 268 metres 2011 (new course) rise/ fall +/- 200 metres Summary: very warm, light breeze, big turn-out RC squad Times (unofficial): Simon: 1:41 Moylebird: 1:42 Santi: 1:44 Sweder: 1:51 Ladyrunner: 2:01 (race-walking) Antonio: 2:16 Race report to follow. Next: re-hydration El Cuckoo: I've tried to embed this code to offer a Yfrog feed. Clearly I'm a Luddite and so have failed miserably. Kindly have a (very quick) look and see what's up. <script src="http://yfrog.com/static/scripts/widgets/YfrogWidgetClient-v1.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><script type="text/javascript">new YfrogWidget({username: "Sweder",type: "vertical",count: "20",width: "300",height: "500",theme: {tweets: {color: "#444444",links: "#1985b5",backgroundColor: "#ffffff"},shell: {color: "#444444",backgroundColor: "#eeeeee",backgroundImage: ""},header: {avatar: "true",name: "true",color: "#444444"}}}).render();</script> RE: Almeria 2011 - Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 30-01-2011 Wow, 1:51 for someone who is fat and unprepared (your words!) is pretty astonishing Sweder! But congrats to everyone; another excellent result for RCers! RE: Almeria 2011 - marathondan - 31-01-2011 Great work, people! I ran my own 13 miles last night in homage to you all. Hope you have now taken on lots of carbs, in both liquid and solid forms. I see that the official results are already up. Search for "RUNNING COM" to find our boys and girls. RE: Almeria 2011 - Antonio247 - 31-01-2011 Gracias, MLCM and Dan. We had a good time both at the race and at the restaurant and Molly Malone.We had a lot of liquid and solid carbs and enjoyed them a lot. This evening we´ll continue with rehydration at "El Quinto Toro". Saludos desde Almería Antonio RE: Almeria 2011 - ladyrunner - 02-02-2011 Thank you to Dan, EC and MLCM for their good luck wishes. You guys missed a brilliant weekend. I will probably still be talking about our weekend this time next year when we are due to travel over for El Medio Maraton Ciudad de Almeria 2012. Having spent 6 months learning Spanish before leaving for Almeria I really enjoyed attempting to have a spanish conversation with the locals. I met a few interesting characters for a chat. The lessons commence again tomorrow. A big thank you to Antonio (1) and Manolo for organising our evening entertainment of lovely food, cerveza, vino tinto, guiness, and interesting very late night establishments. And also to Sweder for his brilliant driving skills (especially after sleep deprivation ) and joint co-organising of the trip. Julie . RE: Almeria 2011 - marathondan - 02-02-2011 Welcome back Julie, I guess you've answered the question about whether you'll be going next year! Would be interested to hear sometime how your race went, particularly considering your tantalising finish time - were you tempted to run the last mile to get sub 2? Good to hear that it was a memorable event. RE: Almeria 2011 - Antonio247 - 02-02-2011 (02-02-2011, 09:39 AM)ladyrunner Wrote: Thank you to Dan, EC and MLCM for their good luck wishes. You guys missed a brilliant weekend. I will probably still be talking about our weekend this time next year when we are due to travel over for El Medio Maraton Ciudad de Almeria 2012. Hola, Julie I´m glad you enjoyed your weekend in Almería. We also had a very good time with you, Cam, Sweder and Simon. It was a pleasure to meet Marian and her friends and I also liked seeing PaulK and Heather although we were together just a few minutes. Congratulations again on your fantastic race walking time. It was great to keep your pace for a few kilometres. I wish I could have kept it for the whole course to have done the same time as you. Wel, I´d love to be able to achieve it next year. ¡Mucha suerte en el campeonato de España de marcha en marzo, Julie! Best of luck at the Spanish championship in March! Saludos desde Almería RE: Almeria 2011 - Antonio247 - 02-02-2011 You can have a look at these photos from the medio maratón. http://micarrera.ideal.es/ Merged - posts about new forum - El Gordo - 14-09-2011 Too early to raise this topic? I must get there this time. No idea if I'll be taking part, but I need the vibe, man. Any other early takers? And while I'm at it, any interest in a Swiss race? RE: Almeria Medio Maraton 2012 - Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 14-09-2011 (14-09-2011, 12:08 PM)El Gordo Wrote: And while I'm at it, any interest in a Swiss race? Oh yes - what races are there? RE: Almeria Medio Maraton 2012 - Sweder - 14-09-2011 (14-09-2011, 12:08 PM)El Gordo Wrote: Too early to raise this topic? Yes and yes. RE: Almeria Medio Maraton 2012 - Antonio247 - 15-09-2011 (14-09-2011, 03:59 PM)Sweder Wrote:(14-09-2011, 12:08 PM)El Gordo Wrote: Too early to raise this topic? It will be great to meet you here next year, EG. Let´s hope you can do at least the 10 km race.I´ll phone late to find out if the race will be on the last Sunday of January. I´m also interested in taking part in a race in Switzerland. Saludos desde Almería |