Guimarães in 2015
Back to the index This year I chose to run the Guimarães Half Marathon . My wife and I arrived in Portugal a week before the race and did a lot of sightseeing in Lisbon before going up to Guimarães. Sightseeing before the race We had a lot of fun before race day, we visited these places, among others: Arco do Triunfo Palácio Nacional de Sintra Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Museu Nacional do Azulejo Mosteiro dos Jerónimos Torre de Belém Oceanário Castelo de São Jorge Feira Afonsina Castelo de Guimarães Race Day At the Expo, in front of the race m ap: Early in the day, ready to run: We went early to the starting point: All communications from the organizers had stated that the race would start at 10:30 am. We got to the start line a few minutes before ten, we thought that we had ample time for all the pre-race preparation... As soon as we got there, we heard the announcer say that the race woul