Whilst most of us dodged rain and snow recently. Nestled among hundreds of palm trees on one mile of unspoiled Punta Brava Beach. There was an award winning resort where you could, once a week, on a Friday Work off some of the guilt of your gourmet vacation in our weekly 5K run along the beach, mangroves and jungle within the property, every Friday morning. Just Relax. It’s not a race. Whether you’re a casual runner or an Olympian, you’re still on vacation.
Well not if you are from the UK!. We have now had the report from our Worldwide correspondent Angie who stayed at this racy place with it’s own swingers bar!! Report:
It was called the El Dorado 5k. To be honest we thought it was just a jog around easily in a group, or that’s what Tony told me. Anyway, we turned up 8.45am the sun was growing stronger. There, we were told we had to race the trainer! Where was my easy holiday jog??
The trainer set off really fast with a couple of men trailing him. They eventually slowed down but the trainer carried on running. I was now in second position only to have Tony come up behind me and overtake; how rude! I watched them neck and neck; Testosterone at its best or worse. 6.22km in 32:29.
I heard pounding behind me but thought I’m not letting this guy overtake me. Not that I’m competitive. 🙂
Result: Trainer came first, Tony second and me third. No official results to look up. We were timed and I did use my Garmin and I now have another tee-shirt.
Entry cost went to the local cat and dog shelter so it was definitely worth it.