New objective : Almería half marathon

[Antonio247]

Wednesday 14th January 2009

Yesterday I felt like doing a different course. So, I went to El Toyo, a new neighbourhood built as the lodging for the participants in 2005 Mediterranean games. It is 14 km away from Almería, near the airport. I left the car at the car park near the hotel Barceló Cabo de Gata and went for a run near the sea towards the airport through mailnly countryside enjoying the soft land quite different from the hard stone at the sea front. I left at 6:15 pm when it was still light. I reached El Alquián beach where there are a few boats on the sand. It took me 25 minutes. Then, as it was getting dark, I decided to go along a path. The atmosphere was great since it is a quiet area and the view is great with the bay of Almería in the background. I got to the car park in 24 minutes and I decided to go on along the El Toyo sea front as far as Retamar main avenue. It is a resort nearly empty in winter. It took me ten more minutes. Then, I came back in 9 minutes and completed to do 70 minutes in all. I liked the experience since it is nice to change the landscape a bit and run along softer terrain.