Yes, I know, it's been 2 weeks already, but I was too lazy to blog it. Basically, I finished the marathon, not a great time (6:18), blame it on the weather (cold and rainy) and of course insufficient training (the real culprit), since we slacked off the 4 weeks or so before the race. Debi managed to complete 25K, the longest distance she has ever run. The race was crowded, but what can one expect with 40,000 participants. Bad day for the official photographers since most people ran with a plastic cover to ward off the rain. I threw off my transparent plastic raincoat earlier, got wet and cold halfway and fearing hypothermia, donned a plastic coverall picked up on the course. Did not like the fact that there were really no give-aways, not even a race T-Shirt (you have to buy one yourself). Liked the fact that the entertainment (lots of bands) was still playing for us slow runners, there was quite a lot of crowd support, and showers at the end (one has to forget about modesty with the group shower tent, at least it was segregated male/female). We had a great time visiting Berlin, drank lots of beer, ate lots of German food (maybe that was our downfall).
