July 2017 – 10km Running Event
How about running? Okay?
How about 10km? Okay?
On a very hot day? Okay …
Starting flat and easy, then gradually getting steeper, and then, for the final 7km or so more or less steadily up up up …? O…kay??
And the finish line is at the highest peak around, crossed at lunchtime in the middle of July’s heat! O… Noooo!
But I didn’t know that beforehand. So there I went …
9 o’clock in the morning – starting …
The beginning was super easy. Then we went through the tunnel, and I began to see runners as goof-balls … hallucination??
Then… uphill…
And from then on, basically uphill, all the time!
Then… finally… 500meters to go.
And on top of the highest hill: the finish line…
What a run! Out of breath, out of steps… but glad to having finished…
And then: relaxing, watching other runners finish their race, eating and drinking, and … sweating in the heat.
Very thankful also for the drinks and the fruit …
Waiting for the final runners, and then: lunch!
On the way back (by shuttle bus) to the starting area: a last look at the beautiful scenery of the run.