This years’ circumstances for doing the Harzquerung were not as favourably as last time, it was constantly raining, relatively cold and I had some knee problems starting from kilometer 30 on. Otherwise I am sure I would have been slightly faster than last year even with the bad weather (since it was only paths through the forest it was unbelievably muddy and slippery on the steep ascends), but still it was fun to do. I even know this years’ winner for a pretty long time  It took me 5:52:36 hours (8.7 km/h) this time, 11 minutes more than in 2012. It also was a little more challenging than last year despite the weather, because we rode 20 kilometers by bike to the start and after the finish. No pictures because of the weather.

Previous competitions:

• 10km “City-Nachtlauf” in Berlin on July 31st 2010 in 0:41:43 hours (14.4 km/h)
• 22.1 km “Stadtlauf” in Berlin on August 28th 2011 in 1:33:00 hours (13.6 km/h)
• 51km “Harzquerung” in Wernigerode on April 28th 2012 in 5:41:31 (9 km/h)
• 10km “IGA-Lauf” in Berlin on May 20th 2012 in 0:44:45 hours (13.4 km/h)
• 42 km “Santa Barbara International Marathon” in California on November 11th 2012 in 3:42:06 (11.4 km/h)