Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now that I'm finished with my weekend of organising our 50th school reunion, I can start to catch up. Your excellent half marathon photo caught my eye as it seems to be the European Masters Championship, and that Spanish woman runner is no slouch going on the effort in her face and her stride length. She reminds me of Alizia Romero a mountain runner from the Basque region that I used to know whom I haven't met for about twenty years. Funnily enough at the time, as well as being Irish team manager, I wound up persuading the Spanish Federation that Alizia was worthy to go to the Worlds as Spain did not send mountain running teams at the time. I was more than helped by the fact that the Spanish cultural attach? in Ireland used to run in our races, and his brother was head of the Spanish Athletic Federation. I looked after both her and the Irish. I think it was in Telfes in Austria back in '96. I must check. Anyway, good picture Nathan. Douglas On 21/05/2018 17:33, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I live about 5 km north of the centre of Alicante, so when I want to cycle > south to the towns of Elche and Santa Pola, my route takes me through the > very heart of the city. Yesterday was one of those days?I had done a tough > ride in the mountains on Saturday, so yesterday I wanted to ?rest? a bit > with a substantial enough ride, 74 km, but in largely flat terrain. > > In the centre of Alicante I found the main thoroughfare blocked for a half > marathon. Of course, I stopped to photograph some of the runners. This is > one of my favourite images, since all three runners in the frame are > suffering to a greater or lesser degree: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WTNBRCB/A > > After 42 km, I took my only break of the ride, in the fishing harbour of > Santa Pola. I just sat on a bench for a few minutes, drinking my Coke and > eating a banana (standard cyclist snack), and watching the human traffic. > This trio attracted my attention. People say that dogs and their humans > resemble each other; well, sometimes they do, but not in this case: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MxCJgkv/A > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information