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Javea
Amigos
Update
150 Walkers
Faced The Mirador
Challenge In
Record Time

by Mike Smith
Photos Fay
Hughes Smith

The weather was
almost perfect for
almost 150 walkers in
29 teams who picked
up the gauntlet in
the fifth edition of
the javeamigos.com
Mirador Challenge,
a 29.5 kilometre
route that links all
15 official viewpoints
(called “miradores” in
Castellano) along the
stunning coastline of
Jávea. Sponsored this
year by Bar Quo Vadis
and Villas-Plots.com,
the Challenge was to
cover the distance in
the fastest possible
time
–
without
running
–
whilst
passing through each
viewpoint where, for
some teams, a series It was probably down
of tasks was waiting to the cooler weather
for them.
that, despite the
The event has grown route being extended
in
strength
and by some 2.5 k for
has become one this year’s edition,
of Jávea’s premier the average time to
sporting events of the complete the course
year, attracting great was recorded as 5
interest to participate. hrs 33 mins, only