8. Lufthansa Halfmarathon Frankfurt 2010: 21,1km – 1:12:59h (14th place)

March 14, 2010

Finished my first race in the spring. Really bad time, but after a minor cold starting on Wednesday and still hampering my breathing, as well as a bad general shape, I was not expecting a faster time. I guess I have to live with my performance. I know I can (and will) run faster. Now the conditions are getting better and better in Germany and after I recovered from the cold I’ll add some faster stuff.

The weather and the race organisation was pretty much perfect. Some small hills and some windy parts, but still fast times on this course would be possible.

In the race it was also obvious that several German runners had some trouble with the winter conditions and need to adjust to race-pace, just like me. I ran in the neighborhood of David Karl (3rd placer German Marathon Championships 2009) and Philipp Ratz (German Marathon Champ 2007).

For me it was a normal-good training run and a good hint towards the fact that there’s a lot of work in front of me…