Hello from Almería, Spain

[Antonio247]

Hola, Andy
My name´s Antonio Luis but as I had to choose a nickname I used Anlu, which is a clipping of Antonio Luis, my first and middle name. 247 was the number I had at the military service. You can call me Antonio. I´m from Almería, in the south-east of Spain.

My English should be better, since I am a teacher of English at a secondary school but it´s a bit rusty since the level at school is not very high and I haven´t been to UK since 1992 when I attended a course at Liverpool university. I hope you improve your Spanish and can practise it in Madrid if you come to run the marathon next April. If there´s anything I can do to help you with your Spanish or to take part in the marathon, don´t hesitate in asking me. It will be a pleasure.

Madrid marathon is the most important one in Spain as far as the number of runners is concerned. Last year nearly 8000 runners finished it. The atmosphere is very good. When I ran it fifteen years ago, I had a great feeling when some people from their flat played “Chariots of fire” music. It gave you wings. I´ve heard that they still play it.

Well, congratulations for yesterday´s race. It must be great to run in such a beautiful place. I also find it difficult to lower the 60 minutes´ barrier in ten kilometres.

I want to lose a few more kilos. I´ve lost six kilos ( about a stone ) since 1st September but I want to lose 3 or 4 kilos more for Christmas. I was 89 kilos and I´d like to see number seven as the first figure ( 79 would be fantastic! ). I am 170 cm tall ( sorry, I don´t know exactly in feet and inches ).

Bueno, muchas gracias por todo, Andy. Thank you very much for everything.
Hasta pronto. See you soon.