[Leica] Nathan's PAD 20/5/2018: two very different scenes from yesterday's bike ride

[Douglas Barry]

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 attaché 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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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