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.
Congratulations on your successful come back. Don't worry about the time, your performance certainly will improve when training regularly again.
ReplyDeleteApropos free beer: Why not come to our www.sterntaler-lauf.de on Sept 24? We will provide 960 bottles of free beer which will make approximately 3 bottles per runner. There should be no queuing at all I hope.
What Uli said: Sounds like the plan! :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations indeed. Well done. More than old couch potato me can achieve ...
My blogroll shows you as having updated Monday ... but apparantly it lies.
ReplyDeleteI have had fun reading some of your posts I missed before (the one about shoes I particularly enjoyed.)
Well bloglines is apparently screwed up... it was not showing you as having posted anything new in quite a while! So I've just now looked at all your Canada pics - very nice! I especially liked the shoe museum, even though I own no fashionable shoes whatsoever. :)
ReplyDeleteHope your blood blister goes away quickly - I really hate those.
Oh, I forgot to say - thanks - you got the day exactly right. :)
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