Juan Céspedes - running 

This is the day. After exactly one year without running, today is December 31st, so I went to Vallecas by car, I got the subway to Santiago Bernabéu, I ran 10 km and I went home again by car.

Just like last editions of the race, my results were the worst to date: 1:16:50, almost 3 minutes slower than last year. However, I didn't feel bad. Next year, my time will be better.

This year I recorded part of the race with a SJ4000 camera, with a chest mount. The result has not been very good, but I will try publishing some videos.

My last San Silvestre races:

Last year I didn't run San Silvestre Vallecana, for the first time since 2005: my son Manuel was born a few weeks before the race, and I didn't run it, even after having payed the money for it.

However, I had to run it this year... so I did! But the results were far from good: my last San Silvestre was my worst time, and today it has been worse yet:

Once more, I run the "San Silvestre Vallecana": a 10 kilometer race from the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to the Vallecas Stadium.

This time, I run next to Pablo Sánchez Torralba and his daughter, Álex.

The main difference between this race and previous years' has been that this has been my slowest run: more than 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Last day of the year and, once again, we must run San Silvestre :)

Today I went with my brother Sergio, my cousin Iván, his friend Jorge, and my friend Pablo. Pablo was the quickest of we all (as always; 48 minutes). Sergio, Iván and me began together, but we soon split up. However, got together again and ended the race at the same time (57 minutes). Jorge was a bit slower (1 hour and 2 minutes).

Up to now, this has been my best time in 10km races:

Just like last year, today we had a race called "Carrera de las Empresas", and IMDEA Software took part of it. This year there were two different runs: one of them was 6km and the other 10km length.

Caro, Javi and Juli run 6km; Manuel Clavel, César, Begoña and me run 10. And, my time was the worst of the four of us: 59:44. But I am improving :-)

The Melonera is a popular race held for 15 years in September, coinciding with the festivities of La Arganzuela.

It's a race of about 10 kilometers, and the more remarkable thing about it is that at the end of it, a slice of melon is given away to all who have finished it :)

This year the race was 10060m long, and my time was 1 hour, 10 minutes and 41 seconds.

Yet another time, my family and I run 10km through Madrid. My score was not very good; and that could be mostly due to the fact that I have not run at all during 2009 (until today, of course). I would like to get in shape during 2010 and improve that score.

However, the final position in my category was not as bad as I expected, because I am no longer a senior, but a veteran (!)

Previous times in 10km-long runs:

Today we had a 6km run called "Carrera de las Empresas". All the runners must be part of a team of 2, 3 or 4 people, all of them working for the same company.

In may team, from IMDEA Software, there were 3 people: César Sánchez, Manuel Clavel and me (well, Manuel said in the last minute that he couldn't go, and in his place we had Alejandro, César's brother).

My time wasn't good at all: 36:11 in 6 kilometers. It was the worst time among all the male runners in IMDEA.

Like every 31st of december, we celebrated this year the traditional "San Silvestre Vallecana", a 10km run that takes place in Madrid, starting in Santiago Bernabeu stadium and ending in Teresa Rivero stadium (Vallecas).

I went with:

• my father (Juan)
• my brother Sergio
• his wife, Cristi
• my sister, Gema
• his boyfriend, Alberto
• my cousin, Iván
• two of Alberto's cousins
• Jorge (Iván's friend)
• Pablo Sánchez Torralba

...and other 25000+ people.

The first of us to finish was, of course, Pablo (about 47 minutes), next to Sergio (52), Iván (55), myself (1:02:56), my father and Cristi (1:15), Gema and Alberto (1:17).

My previous times in 10km-long runs were: