Aarhus City Half Marathon

On a lovely sunny (but windy) day in Aarhus, a friend of mine, Simon, and I ran the Aarhus city half marathon. This was the first year to have a city half marathon, and it was a great day! Simon hadn't run a half marathon before, and had suggested a finishing time of around 2 hours 10 mins. Well, we finished just under 2 hours: 1:59:39 - it was a great feeling running by the 2 hour pace setters roughly 30 seconds before the finish line! Our supporters (Nora, Holger and Esben) were great - they met us at various spots around the course. One of the highlights was that we had to run through an underground carpark in the city centre - there were young guys in there with their car stereo up loud - the atmosphere was excellent :o) A friend of Simon's, Ulrik, also ran the race, but his pace was a bit faster, and he finished in an excellent time of 1:42. Here are a few photos of us during the run (I'm hiding behind a few people at times - you can see my hand though!). We look forward to next year's race...

(photos courtesy of Nora!)

Ulrik getting ready

Simon getting ready

Me checking out the route

The runners are ready!

Ulrik running by....really quickly

Here's Simon....where's Marian?

Holger and Esben cheering us on!

Simon speeding by

The home straight