New objective : Almería half marathon

[Antonio247]

Although last night it was very windy, the morning was sunny and hot – 24º Celsius. So, I decided to do my long run as a test for the half marathon next Sunday.

I started at carretera Sierra Alhamilla and got to the half start line at the stadium in 16 minutes, It is 2.5 km long. I thought that next week I´ll be there warming up before the start. Then, I went on as far as the pavement by the motorway and got to the avenue by the stadium car park. Then, I got to the dry river Andarax and took the left bank which is a dirt track. I went along as far as the bridge that gets to the sea front that leads to the university but I took the other way and got to the old sea front where I plodded 800 metres to take avenida del Mediterráneo as far as the bridge and followed the 10 km course to get to the stadium again. Then, I got to carretera de Níjar, just opposite hotel Tryp Indalo in one hour 29 minutes and thirty seconds. I went downhill along avenida del Mediterráneo to get to carretera de Sierra Alhamilla to my starting point in one hour 47 minutes and 30 seconds. Then, I completed one hour 50 minutes and did some stretching.

I felt quite well in spite of not having trained long runs for a long time. I feel confident to be able to finish next week´s half although I´d be glad if I could do 2 hours 9 minutes like last year.