Penelope Cruz, attentive to developments in my career
Third race circuit. We are running out. The race in my neighborhood. My streets, my travels, my back, my holes in the pavement. Heat a while. Some progressive and out. Kept a minute of silence for deceased Avila corridor. The shot is a rocket. One of those rockets so much hate on Sunday morning at 8:00 calling spree. Quick exit. In the curve of the Basque Institute Zarza terrified lady looks like a pack of riders abandoned the road, invades the sidewalk to cut the curve and pounces on it. It has just enough time to hide behind a billboard. Down the street paved Ajata downhill one chants the thousand "go to 3:10." I do not quite believe it. It is true that we are fast but do not see myself running at the time. The rise towards UNED puts us on our site. I go with Jorge and Alfredo, my young companions. We finished the climb and turn ... you stay here I hit a stretch and I leave. Breeding ravens. Finish the first round. History repeats itself. I'm on a group dating back some positions. On the climb to reach UNED Oscar and two other riders. We got together seven or eight and still "hunting." Last 500 meters. I try to change, but is uphill and upwind. Not due to notice the change. For ale, the sprint. Activity for 38 º and 7 º 17'45''veteran B, nine seconds more than last year. Vale. According to the known first law of thermodynamics athletic (Will compete as coaches), the result is excellent.
And yet the best of the day is not that. The best thing about truth is that I greeted, chatted, laughed and said sixty or seventy people who share the same hobby, Julio, Oscar, Paco, Longi, Rosalina, Jose, Javier, Carlos, Eduardo, Jose Luis, Juan Carlos, Diego , Alfredo, Jorge, Luis Miguel, Alfonso, Roberto, Claudio (sorry, Claudio did not see you, caught me), Chusmari, Carlos Thomas, Aurora, Miguel Angel, Francisco, Vicente, Cecilio, Mercedes ... Anyway, do not follow, I have left many.
not follow, but I insist that this greeting, words of encouragement, that how about after the race, all that's what the circuit has more value, from my point of view. That bit of competition in which all try to make the best of our ability, to reflect the hours of training, our effort to contrast against the other and share, before and after the race. This is the best reward. And the best gift. That which does not enter the runner's bag and you have to climb the podium to collect.
This is the gift I most grateful to the organization and I most value. Everything else is secondary. That's why I bust someone protesting for a bottle of water or better or worse if measured circuit.
See you on the climb to Sonsoles to finish.
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