Today the day had arrived; Enschede in the spirit of running.
Everyone could sign up for different distances:
-Marathon (42km)
-½ Marathon (21km)
-CityRun (5Mijl)
-FitRun (3Mijl)
-KidsRun (1km)
There was a distance for almost every type of runner.
On the Marathon distance a new record was obtained by Stephen Kiprotich. He surprised everybody by doing this since it was never the idea he would run the entire 42km. Originally the plan was that he would just motivate the others and quit after 30km. Though his manager allowed him to continue, given his great condition, which resulted in a new record of 2.07,22 almost 2 second faster than the old record of 2009.
It was also the day that I had to run 3 Miles. Just 3 Miles? Yes, just 3 Miles.
Though for me this is a big distance. I remember the time when I wasn’t able to climb up the stairs of my own house, slept at any possible time and felt tired all the time. Knowing that I can run 3 Miles now, is for me as would be running the marathon for someone else.
Together with two lady-friends we started at 11.05h and I managed to reach the finish in 30minutes and 8 seconds. It would have been nice to stay under the 30 minutes, though I am very pleased with an average speed of 9.617km/h.
Maybe next year I dare to push myself even more and sign in for the 5 Miles…
