Christa Cain produced yet another superb performance in the Barcelona Half Marathon, which was run in sunny but very windy conditions.
Christa ran a brilliant time of 1:16:58, taking close to two minutes off her previous best set in the local Syd Quirk event last November.
Whilst delighted with her time, she is confident that there is still more to come.
Half Marathon
She finished 35th overall in the women’s race and fourth in the 35 age category.
It was a real family affair for Christa today, as she adds:
“Good day all round, my other half Simon Scott PB’d too with a 1:34:15… and my mum Helen Murray 1:56:08 (14th 60+) and brother Tom Murray, 1:18:25 ran first halfs also.”
Also running extremely well in the race was Caroline Mayers, whose time of 1:28:41 was slightly faster than she ran last year and placed her 200th overall in the women’s race and fifth in the 50 age category.
Great performances all round!
If anyone else from the Isle of Man was running in Barcelona contact Dave via his Facebook page.
Barcelona
The Barcelona Half Marathon, also known as the eDreams Mitja Marató Barcelona, was certified as the best Half Marathon 2020 in Spain by the IAAF.
The route goes from the Arc de Triomf, by the old town to the Plaça Catalunya. From there it arrives at the bottom of the famous Ramblas and along Avenida del Paral·lel.
Then it goes through the modernist Eixample district back to the Arc de Triomf, Parc de la Ciutadella further along the eastern part of Eixample to the Torre Agbar, one of the most striking buildings in Barcelona.
The route takes the runners along the Diagonal then goes to the Fòrum and along the beach again at the Parc de la Ciutadella to Arc de Triomf, which is the finishing line.
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