XX Medio maratón de Almería 20th Almería half marathon

[Antonio247]

I remember that race, EG. I found your eagerness to get to the finish line heroic and really great. When I saw you at the Rambla looking tired and still many kilometres away from the finish line, I thought you wouldn't be able to get under the 2 hours thirty minutes cut-off time. It's a pity that in Spain, as you say for the 9 K, there aren't many people interested in just finishing the race no matter how long it takes them. In fact, the 9 k can be done in two hours and a half, and the aim was for people to do it walking if they felt like it but very few people do it that way. The fear of looking ridiculous is, in my opinion,  one of the worst features of  the Spaniards. I'm sure you can do the 9 K even if you had to walk the whole course. I remember when you did Connemara half marathon walking briskly in just a little longer than if you had done it jogging.