Me and my good friends Rupio, Cesar and Calisto join in Porto the Saturday to have lunch in Ribeira, beautiful view through the Douro river to Gaia but the service is really bad. After lunch we went to Calem Porto wine caves to taste a couple of wines, really good!! Some sightseeing, couple of photos here and their, pick up dorsal from my friend Hebil, short chat with my Spanish colleagues and we end up the having dinner in Norte Shopping to have some pasta, how fun is that??
Sunday, 8th of November wake up with sad face, was cloudy, cold and bit rainy, ideal temperature for a Marathon pro runners but not so nice for amateurs as me, specially on the last km's when the pace is that slow :-) Pain, this is pretty much the summary of this marathon, even tough I felt quit strong up to the half (breakfast pasta effect) which I pass with 1h38m (not really sure since I forgot my watch in Lisbon), the second half was not bad until km 33 when i felt the first cramp, then it was pain until the end, the only reason I not gave up was Sandra that I met at km 33 "forced" me to keep going.
Regardless, it was a good preparation for the Bangkok marathon in 2 weeks and Lisboa marathon in 4 weeks.
My friends participated in the 14km race, Rupio and Cesar finish with 1:15 and Calisto with 1:25, overall we all have enjoyed the participation in this event that is getting more and more popular every year thanks to the determination of the organizer Mr. Rui Teixeira.
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