I duatlón de montaña Aulago. 1 Oct 2005

[johnb]

My friend Paul has also had problems with the fax - apparently not working?? Not to mention the other issues you point out. I used to work in 'process improvement' back in the UK. Not a popular subject here in Granada!

I suspect that the two courses are pretty similar - the weather was unkind in Almeria I thought (that nasty wind down by the sea under the old mine train bridge), and was better in Granada. That said, I found the Almeria half easier by far, but I was fitter than I had been in Granada - it was my preparation run for the Sevilla marathon. I got round in about 1hr26 and didn't feel too awful, and I saw the great man, El Leon, in person, so I'm bound to be more fond of Almeria. The worst bit of the Granada marathon last year was a couple of loops of the same slightly hilly section near the PMD. They have changed the route of the Granada half quite significantly this year, but the guy at the centre assured me that the new route was pretty flat all around - he didn't look like a runner though...

As far as the weather goes, I don't know about down there by the coast where you are, but a define chill has arrived here! (You could say that today the weather is perfect for a half marathon...)