Massimiliano
Iannotta
Malaga (Spain) 7 april 2013 ore 10,00 Half Marathon (21,098 km)
Time: 1h 39 m 43 s Position: 981/3400
Cat:
Lots
of Spanish runners and very few foreigners. Thus begins my comment of
this race, which strangely enough, is not highly considered out of
Spain, and yet, thanks to its proximity to Morocco it allows you to
run in a very pleasant climate even at the beginning of April.
Probably the fact that the organizers are not get used to the foreign
runners participating in this race, I had a few problems with the bib
number. The organizers couldn’t find me on the list and eventually one
of them gave me the new number (in the final results I am Maximiliano
Sannotta 1913). Another little problem was finding the stadium where
there was the start and the finish. It was located in the extreme
suburban area and it was not easily accessible by public transport.
All in all, the run was not so bad which shows the massive
participation, especially of men, and the great turnout of mothers
with prams and pushchairs on the stadium, which applauded their
husbands. The route, which was not very nice in the beginning, became
very interesting especially in the historic center and close to the
sea with a few climbs and traps close to the Cathedral where the
pavement vas very smooth. My race was not very satisfactory once again
because of the physical problems, and that's why I started the race
far behind losing at least one minute at the start and then running
constantly not forcing myself, almost never without going under 4
minutes and 30 per km. However, my goal was to get under an hour and
40 minutes running fluently and without forcing too much. This race
was probably my last before September.
Details of my
race
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