Because of Grandma and Grandpa's 58th wedding anniversary, I decided at short notice to go to my parents' house this weekend and use the time to finally visit everyone again. After I actually wanted to start a duathlon, which was supposed to take place in the Nuremberg area, I now started without further ado at the Oederaner 10km run near Chemnitz.
The idea came spontaneously after breakfast. The evening before, we were still at the annual witch burn in the neighborhood, including a night of drowning.
So I threw myself into the fray at 11:30 punctually, with my mouth dry as dust and on fire. When I asked about the course and the profile of the route, I got the answer: "At first slightly uphill, then straight and down again" - ok, all right, no problem! Correspondingly motivated, I first ran after the two leaders, about to kilometer 1, then the "recreational run for everyone", initially propagated as harmless, suddenly turned out to be an ultra-tough cross-country run!
Climbing with 15% incline, crazy curves where I got lost twice, roots at ankle height, etc. 🙂 But I was not endangered or endangered because the two "mountain goats" in front of me at some point already had a 30sec lead and no one behind me was seen. For fun I counted about the minutes I ran on the level track, it was about 7 minutes. Otherwise it went either up or down 😉
After following my initial naivety, of course, having fully overtaken the first 3 kilometers, the rest of the run became pretty "hard"! Maybe I should have believed that one runner who previously said that the winning times in the past were 40 minutes 🙂
Nevertheless, as is always the case at the end, the run was still a lot of fun !! The organization was extremely good and with a lot of helpers it was very well positioned. A strenuous, but also very recommendable run.
After 38: 55min and with rock-hard thighs, I crossed the finish line in third place and 2 minutes later I got the call from my grandmother who asked: “Where are you ??? Food is ready!!"
So we hurried and a few minutes later sat in the car, towards lunch 😉
Have a nice Weekend!
krelli