OCR... more than running

  Some weekends are more exhausting than others. So was this weekend: On Saturday we ran the Xletix in Wuppertal and on Sunday we were at the Stolrun-OCR. It’s a small local run but not less funny! Unfortunately, I have to say that you have to pay more and more for your photos. Last year the pictures could be downloaded for free. But this year they have to be paid and with 5€ per picture they are not cheap. I’m thinking they might be included in the start price but for commercial reason they are not :-(  But let’s not spoil the mood: I’m there to run and for fun not for the pictures. It was a very funny run and, different than expected, my  legs carried me as if I had not run yesterday.

Local and for the first time does not mean it will not be good! This thinking was the reason we register at the StolRun. StolRun is located in Stolberg, Rheinland, a small town only 15km far away. They tried really long to make Stolberg a bit more glamorous. Maybe this run was part of these plans. Anyway…. Fantastic sunny weather, good mood viewers and a good team. The run couldn’t start better! We had 2 laps to do. Sadly each only 7km. But if the track will be as expected, it will be enough. We started down in the city. We past and we ran through the Stolberg Castle and up the Donnerberg and had to overcome many stairs and other obstacles.   The obstacles were better than expected. Okay, they all had enough headroom and potential for next year to be bigger, better, harder. But for the first time - congratulations! I had only really to wait at one obstacle. All others were great enough to handle the amount of runners. Also, this is very good!   I can’t wait f...