OCR... more than running

         

“Strong Viking Trail” also and better known as “Emergency Run” because we all were ill. I had headache, throat and earache in advance and I have surrendered several times. Yes, I know: I had promised myself to better take care about myself and hear to my body. Normal, this had to mean I had to stay in bed. But I had such a big desire to run. And I would not be disappointed. Four more or less healthy runners met in Wanroij, Niederlande. Two of them were going to run the marathon and two of them a half. The long distant started an hour before the short and because of construction sites and road closures it was at the end very stressful. There were only a view minutes left to the start. But everything gone well. I had registered for the half-marathon. The trail was nice. Even if it was more a forest run and totally flat. We had parts to run over sand, and we ran past some animals. The weather was good to run, but the wind : Wind gusts with 70km / h were no rarity. I almost n...