Al-Andalus Ultimate Trail - PreRace(10-11 July)
Posted On Saturday, July 10, 2010 at at 7:52 AM by warriorsofwindThe Al Andalus Ultra Trail is one of the most challenging routes in the world of the ultra trail running which held in Spain, Granada. The race spread across 5 days, in which the runners have to run across mountains, woods, trails and roads under the temperature of 38-43 degrees with semi-support from the organizer. There were a total of 65 participants for this year with 9 Singaporeans participating.
Most of us met at the Granada airport where the organizer was kind enough to pick us up and drove us to Loja, a small town in Spain. Chantel had an unfortunate experience where her luggage was lost in the transition of planes. At the hotel, the organizer held a welcoming dinner for all the participants where we got to know each other from other runners around the world. We were honored to have the Widy Grego (10 times winner of Marathon des Sables) to run with us this year. Although Widy couldn’t speak English, but he was very friendly and communicated with us in every possible way by hand gestures and looking up a translator to talk to us.
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The registration started at the next morning, 10am where we collected their number bibs, submitting our medical form, and signing indemnity forms. There was one small counter setup to sell limited gears. At 5.30pm, there was a briefing on the course. By 8pm, we had our dinner by the organizer where we watched over the World Cup Final at the same time. It was fun watching over the participants from Holland and Spain supporting their country, and at the end of the match, both countries’ participants end well with a good gesture and a hug.
