III 10 km de Laujar 13th September 2009

[El Gordo]

Well done Antonio. I think finishing in 64 minutes is really good given how little you've been running. I can't believe you were last with that time though - as in the UK, we'd also have a lot of people coming in after you. It seems like only the fast people in Spain enter races. I love the picture of all of you around the table at Pepe's farmhouse; looks so very 'Spanish'.


Suzie

It's definitely true that races in Spain, and probably elsewhere, have far fewer slower runners. In the UK and North America, there's a stronger culture of 'fun running' (a term I don't like, but it fulfils a purpose). I very nearly finished last in Almeria one year, in a time that was slow, but nothing like the slowest in a typical UK half.