The 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race (6 km), Gran Canaria
Distance: 6 km
Date: December 31, 2025
Our Time: 1:01:34
By Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo
My wife Gisèle Diallo and I had planned to wrap up the year 2025 by participating in the New Year’s Eve 6 km race in Las Palmas—the capital of Gran Canaria, but we had to do an unexpected race against the clock to the start of the race.
In the morning of December 31, I was still 48 km short of fulfilling my goal to cover at least 1,000 km (621 miles) during the month. So, I first ran a marathon in Playa del Inglés. After the race, my wife and I boarded a bus to Las Palmas scheduled to reach its destination in the San Telmo Bus Terminal at 3:47 p.m. From there we’d just walk for a half an hour to the start of the race, scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Or so we thought.
Unfortunately, as soon as we reached the outskirts of Las Palmas, we got stacked on the highway GC1 in an unusual traffic jam, due to road closures in the city, which I could have anticipated. I checked our position on Google map: we were 8.5 km (5.3 miles) from the start line of the race. We still had enough time to run the distance, if we could, but it was not possible to get out the bus before its first stop in the city.
When we finally reached the stop, we left the bus and set off running on the waterfront promenade, and we made it just in time for the start of the popular race. So we ended up doing 15 km (9.3 miles) in Las Palmas: 6 km before the race, 6 km for the race and 3 km after the race.
My book Running Barefoot for Human Survival is available on Amazon in paperback and e-book format (French edition: Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains).
Date: December 31, 2025
Our Time: 1:01:34
By Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo
My wife Gisèle Diallo and I had planned to wrap up the year 2025 by participating in the New Year’s Eve 6 km race in Las Palmas—the capital of Gran Canaria, but we had to do an unexpected race against the clock to the start of the race.
In the morning of December 31, I was still 48 km short of fulfilling my goal to cover at least 1,000 km (621 miles) during the month. So, I first ran a marathon in Playa del Inglés. After the race, my wife and I boarded a bus to Las Palmas scheduled to reach its destination in the San Telmo Bus Terminal at 3:47 p.m. From there we’d just walk for a half an hour to the start of the race, scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Or so we thought.
Unfortunately, as soon as we reached the outskirts of Las Palmas, we got stacked on the highway GC1 in an unusual traffic jam, due to road closures in the city, which I could have anticipated. I checked our position on Google map: we were 8.5 km (5.3 miles) from the start line of the race. We still had enough time to run the distance, if we could, but it was not possible to get out the bus before its first stop in the city.
When we finally reached the stop, we left the bus and set off running on the waterfront promenade, and we made it just in time for the start of the popular race. So we ended up doing 15 km (9.3 miles) in Las Palmas: 6 km before the race, 6 km for the race and 3 km after the race.
My book Running Barefoot for Human Survival is available on Amazon in paperback and e-book format (French edition: Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains).
Dr. Sidy Diallo and his wife Gisèle Diallo participated in the 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race.
The 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race (6 km), Gran Canaria
Gisèle Diallo’s 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race Results
Dr. Sidy Diallo’s 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race Results
Gisèle Diallo did the 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race
Dr. Sidy Diallo did the 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race
Dr. Sidy Diallo (the shade) and his wife Gisèle Diallo running to the start of the 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race.
The 2025 Las Palmas New Year’s Eve Race: Dr. Sidy Diallo and his wife Gisèle Diallo ended up doing 15 km (9.3 miles): 6 km before the race, 6 km for the race and 3 km after the race.