Hello from Almería, Spain

[Antonio247]

Hello, Andy
It would be great to run with you at Almería´s half marathon. This is the first year it´s going to be held in January. The previous years used to be the last Sunday of May or the first of June, although in 2002 it was in October. This will be the seventh edition. I think January it´s a good month since the weather is usually neither cold nor hot. The average temperature in January must be around 15-20 Celsius. It is mainly flat along the city´s main avenues and the sea front. The number of participants is not very high, around 600. The atmosphere is good among the runners but there aren´t many people cheering in the streets except at the end in the stadium. On Saturday there´s a pasta dinner, included in the inscription, at the youth hostel next to the stadium. There are usually some lectures on running, injuries and some films. You get a T-shirt and several souvenirs with the inscription fee. Last year it was 6 euros ( about 4 pounds ).

I´d love to meet you in Almería and show interesting places to visit in the town and the province. There are charter flights from Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham and regular flights through British Airways on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, I think.

Well, Andy, I hope you can come. If you do, I´ll be very glad to enrol you in the race.

Well, go on running in a safe way!
Hasta pronto. See you soon.
Antonio