OCR... more than running

A runner year of the extra class comes to an end. But not without topping all again! On 31.12.2018, the last day of the year and thus the last chance to change the annual statistics, six top athletes which Aachen has rarely seen met at the DLC New Year’s Eve 2018. Fortunately for the other participants, some top runners and members of the “ Lustlauf - Mein Verein e.V. ” fell injury unfortunately out. We met at the headquarter of the “ Lustlauf - Mein Verein e.V. ” where we prepared for the race together. After a short refreshment with home-baked carbohydrate-dripping cakes and a personal purchase consultation first our sprinters started: Ralf and Gabriele started in the 4.8km challenge. Of course, thanks to perfect training in the club’s weekly sessions, this was hardly a challenge for both. Of course, top times and placements were achieved here: Ralf ran faster than ever, leaving far more than 75% of the total field behind. With a time of 24:17 min (5:03min/km) he rea...

As I have already told, and you certainly know, most events are yearly events. So, in 2018 it becomes the third time I ran the “ ATG Winterlauf ”. It’s a big event with over 2000 starters in the running scene in my hometown. Even if it’s (in my opinion) not the most beautiful run, it is more or less part of the compulsory program. If you think you are a dedicated runner, you are taking part! So I did! Many friends from “ Lustlauf - Mein Verein ” took part. It was cold because especially at this event you have to wait up to an hour outside in the winter weather for the start. But sure it was again fun pure!

  Holy Hill…. Sounds after many meters of altitude. We were curious, but prepared! We were (I like to say) as usual a little group. It’s good to do things with friends, and more than I could wish, we are good friends! Meanwhile, we know things about each other which are very private. I love you all and want not loss one of you!  They made advertising with a unique obstacle: they called it “zip line”. First we had to climb up on a skyscraper. Okay, only five floors. From the top of it there was only one way down: A harness, a rope and a brake roller. It was good and unique, but it sounds like more adrenaline than it was. The Race was good, like it was advertised. And one more time the Netherlands showed us some extreme positive things: The starting fee was (as usual in the Netherlands) cheep and the organization was very good! Parking? Normally you have to pay extra for it. Not in the Netherlands. They told us to park at the stadium, from where we were picked up ...