A Spanish adventure with Andrew, Sarah, and Jon (and Soup and Audrey, Andrew's new sliders).
It was my second time to do the Lanzarote Marathon (first time last year), and again it was great fun!
Flew out early on Friday, and 4 hours after leaving chilly London, we got off the plane into the warm. Admittedly, it was like a monsoon, but at least the rain was nice and hot (and not unlike a power shower).
Headed off to pick up our numbers for the marathon, and signed up to the Santa 5km, too. Happily, the rain stopped in time for the start of the Santa 5km, and it was the best fun running around Costa Teguise dressed as Santas, and the whole town seemed to be smiling! Ho ho ho!
The marathon the next day was also excellent and good fun. Sarah and I were told more than once by supporters to stop talking (even when we weren't at one point, which seemed a bit harsh). Even after all these years of talking our way around runs, we still learnt new things about each other!
It was hot and windy (especially on the way back). I like the route, it's a bit undulating in parts, which mixes things up, and I love running by the sea, past the palm trees and cacti. The atmosphere was great fun, and the aid stations were very good. Each had little 330ml bottles of water, which are my favourite size to carry along. Plus coke, fruit, and electrolyte drinks were available too. We had brought shrimps and Kendal mint cake, to feel at home!
There were so many people there from back home, it was great fun bumping into everyone during the runs, and during the whole weekend.
After the run finished on Saturday, we had a couple of days to relax, which we mostly spent swimming in the sea, climbing volcanos, drinking sangria, visiting the market in Teguise old town, and magnet shopping (which took longer than usual).
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