OCR... more than running

         

 Everyone said “You must be crazy!” while they were shaking her heads. But this wasn’t new for me and, yes, I have to admit, I’m crazy! For this Xletix I had to cross the country. The event was 600km far away from my home. Sorry Greta, I know it’s not very eco-friendly, but I had already heard a lot about this event and only very good things! And so I had to go there! Okay, I only have participated at 3 Xletix but on many, many other OCRs. And so I think that I can quite allow myself a judgment. The Xletix in Grömitz are one of the top ten event I have participated! But it was sure one of the harder runs too! The sand was an obstacle in itself. Not the whole track but enough of it we were running at the beach. The scenery was extremely beautiful: The sea, the beach, the sun …. Very nice to look at! I started at 9:20 with the first wave. Not at least because I had to drove home at the same day. We started with the obligatory warm-up. After that we started the track. I hadn’t