10. Zwickauer Adventslauf: 8,5km – 31:35min (6th place)

December 14, 2010

Last weekend I had my first race after about 3 months, i.e. after my accident when I twisted my ankle. It was my “home race”, the Adventslauf in Zwickau. As usual I was involved in the organistaion and invited some elite runners.
Unfortunately I could not test myself in a “normal” race against that. Why? Because I missed the start! I can tell a lot stories that happened during the last 20 years in the Adventslauf and this year a new story is added: Never before I misses the start in my race. When the gun went off I was still about to dress myself. That was the reason why I ran without my competition shirt and you can’t see the fabulous red and yellow of my club.
The race itself felt ok. Since I had to run on myself all the time I had to make my way and could push all the time. I caught runner after runner and ended up in 6th place. If I would not have “missed the train” I would have placed even better, but I was more dissapointed about not the fact that I was unable to run with the fast guys Marc Schulze, Clemens Silabetzschky, Jörn Harland & Co). in the first part of the race. Unfortunately the conditions were really poor, with one part being very icy and the rest being approx. 5cm of snow mud, i.e. not the best for my foot. After all it was a good start and the result was not unsatisfying after roughly 4 weeks of specific training.