Toral de los Vados 2007. The training starts today.

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There's just time for a quick update:

Sunday's race went off fine, a smaller field than usual; I blame the clocks going forward an hour. There was also a race close by Saturday afternoon, so some went to that one, others to Ordenes on Sunday. I ran slower than all but my first running of this race, but the good thing is that I felt fresh, the running was easy although the heart rate was higher than other times. I blame this on my lack of fitness. As usual the organization was great in Ordenes, the tee-shirt OK, etc... I do like this race. It's 9.5km and I finished in 40 minutes 17 secs.

Sampedro: Toral de los Vados is a nice little marathon. I like it. Last year there were only 190 finishers or there abouts. The winning time was fairly modest, but they said last year that they want to attract more quality athletes. There is lunch after the race, which consists of ham, cheese, botillo, empanada, chorizo, fresh fruit, wine and other drinks. The only thing missing was the coffee to finish. there's the fluvial beach and pool aswell in the villiage, the water was freezing last year but sure feels good. Why not give it a go? BB will be there aswell.

Bierzo Baggie: That is the Santa Cruz, one day when the sun's out and I'm running in daylight I'll take a few pics. Did you sign up for Vig-Bay then? They say it's one of the big four, there are over a thousand runners, which as you know, for our part of the world is a lot of people. The course is fast, there's a small hill at KM4 but the rest is flat or slightly downhill. The route starts from Samil beach in Vigo and heads for the main road to Baiona, there is a little diversion in Nigran to the Playa America then it's full speed ahead to finish in front of the 'Pinto' - the replica of the boat that brought news of Columbus' discovery of the Americas.