Snail pace indeed

Hooray! I have finished the 15.2k and I did not walk... ok, apart from once at 10k when they handed out water to drink in plastic cups; I just can't drink out of them while running. The water ends up all over me, but not in mouth.

My official finishing time: 01:37:01
(My own timing was 01:02:27 for 10k, 01:35:50 for 15k and 01:35:37 for 15.2k)

Snail pace indeed, but I have not trained since the half-marathon in Leverkusen. And that was on June 11th! Which means I have not trained AT ALL for 3 months. No running, none, zero, rien. I went on the treadmill in the hotel in Toronto 30 minutes, but the machine was old and I wasn't motivated. So I went swimming instead.

Therefore I am glad, I made it today. I have a blood filled blister on my right foot (diameter of blister (not foot): 3cm) and my ankle is hurting again. But I loved it and the running bug is back in my blood.

I am also glad, I survived the fight for free beer after the race. One of the sponsors is a German brewery and afterwards they hand out alcohol-free, vitamin-enriched, calorie-reduced beer. I was at the front of the mob when a new crate of beer was opened. The stampeded nearly threw me over. Never get between a German man and a beer is the lesson learned.