8. Zwickauer Adventslauf: 8,5km – 28:47min (1st place)

December 15, 2008

I’m in Germany for 1 week now and the first competition is already history.
Last Sunday I had a 8,5km race that was organised by my German home club SV Vorwärts Zwickau. As the “local hero” I had quite some pressure to win the race and I could cope with it pretty well. The weather was really good (sunny, around freezing temperatures) but there was partly ice and mud on the flat course – so the time was not an issue for this race.
From the very start of the race I went to the front and made the pace. Until the half of the race I was accompanied by 3 fellow runners but when I continued to run my steady pace, one after another dropped and until the finish I gained 13 seconds to the closest competitor. After all it was an OK-race but nothing too spectacular. I still have to get some speed and leg turnover to my body!
Results of the race can be found here.

During the race (at about 3,5km) with me, Philipp Leipelt, Volkmar Wolfrum and Sebastian Harz (from left to right)

Celebrating victory with my little nephew.