Saturday 3 October the ninth edition of the Alpine Marathon Al-Mudeyna in which participated the Athletics Club athlete of Totana, Ismael Martínez Rubio was held.
This test is characterized by its hardness, with a cumulative drop of 2018 mt.
and his long journey of 42km.
The first part of the test, is quite bearable until the start of the ascent to the Sierra de las Cabras.
Started the most technical and demanding part of the test but also the most scenically beautiful, arriving at the Hoya de la Cabras, turn right through a scree, a stretch of 250 m.
of certainly demanding slope, we reached the summit of the Sierra de las Cabras, the views are stunning from this point to mix with fresh air and the scent of thyme and rosemary.
For a few kilometers we will be traveling across the ridge of the mountain through the various hills, past the Collado del gutter begin a rapid descent to the Collado del Puerto, again a strong upward slope leads to Collado bowling game, again overcome the 1000m and landscape gives us a new picture, in the fall with bare connect the Catalan mountain and height of Pinar
The road leads to the corral of cones before arriving there turn right to increase the firewall shedders.
Passing through the Cerro de la Calera reach the farmhouse Pinar, from here and visualize the houses of La Almudema and end point.
The next day three athletes Totana Athletics Club traveled to the city of Alicante to compete in the sixth edition of the Half Marathon City of Alicante and organization made.Perfect career with ideal room temperature.
The course is tough and demanding, through the center of Alicante and by the sea.
Excellent also the result of our athletes, remain seventh overall, Federico García Lorca with a time of 1:17:09 and eighth Bartolomé Sánchez Muñoz, with a time of 1:17:21, also good performance of Antonio Jose de la noble, with a time of 1:26:06.
Source: Club Atletismo Totana