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Motivated by brilliant sunshine with 25\u00b0C and a good friend whom I met four times during the run I finished the 51km Harzquerung<\/a> successfully on Saturday, April 28th 2012.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that although I did train for about two months in preparation my largest training distance of 32 km was more than a joke compared to the actual run. I wasn’t sure whether I would make it to the finish line in an acceptable time both before and during the race. Nevertheless I had thought about what time might be possible and concluded that based on my training experiences I might make it in 6 hours which would be 8.5 km\/h overall.<\/p>\n

During the run my main problem was the altitude changes, because I was not used to that at all, so I underestimated the uphill parts. For the first 15 kilometers I really wondered why everybody walked uphill instead of running, so I surpassed several runners (which was difficult on those small paths) only to see them again when we got back down, because most of them sprinted downhill which I considered too risky (I care about my knees). Of course running uphill didn’t continue when I reallized how energy-draining it really was.<\/p>\n

So in general it was a huge success and another important milestone, I met nice people, had a nice trip through that wonderful area and enjoyed the good weather. I finished after 5:41:31, so my average speed was 9 km\/h for 51 km (1300 meters ascending and 1400 meters descending).<\/p>\n

Thanks a lot to the organizers and volunteers who supplied us with food and drinks along the route! I’m pretty sure I’ll do this again \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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