Although I haven´t trained much lately, I was eager to take part in this race which is really interesting since it is in a course with no traffic, at the port, the views are great, the atmosphere is wonderful and it is very flat and the organisation is really good.
On Saturday afternoon I had picked up my race number and technical orange T-shirt. On Sunday morning I was very happy since UD Almería had beaten Sevilla 1-4 in their stadium. We are close UEFA positions, just three points away and five matches left.
At the port I met Javier, Pepe´s son, Pepe, Encarna, Felipe, Mario, Santiago. We were all very glad to take part at the race although it was a bit windy. I also met Alejandro, a brilliant former pupil of mine ,who was there to cheer his brother David and take photos.
The race started at 11 am. I started with my running mates but soon I saw I couldn´t keep their pace so I decided to go on my own. This year the course was better since we didn´t have to go round some parts of the port but ,instead, we continued along the fishing port. We were given a bottle of water at km 4.5 then we reached the lighthouse and on the way back, we were given another bottle at km 7. The view of Almería with the Alcazaba in the background or the bay of Almería was wonderful. In the last kilometre, as I felt great, I went faster overtaking a few runners. At the finish area, I was given a bag with a cap, a bottle of water, and other things. There, I met Carmen with her son Paquito, and all the other mates who had arrived before. There was a ballot in which Felipe was lucky and got a pair of Saucony trainers voucher to get them at a sports shop. After the race, I went home to have a shower and at 2 o´clock we had paella at a restaurant where Felipe had booked it. We had a very good time and were ready for the next race, the Red Cross race, on the following Sunday.
