X-Socks

Supportive socks for long distances

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Pocket-wonder adidas Supernova tights for long runs

Yesterday my potential 3/4 tights arrived for cold and rainy marathon day.

There are special pockets for keeping my nutrition. It was not easy to get such a tights with in total three pockets.

And for the case it is warm and sunny, I ordered short tights also.

See also:

adidas Herren Supernova ClimaCool

Ronhill Infinity Cargo Contour Capri - SS17

Berlin, I am ready!

Now, I am really relaxed. 37 Kilometers in 3 hours is a good basis. Only 5 Kilometers to go for a complete marathon. That shows the last training from 06.08.2016. Some weeks for training are left.
I lost a little bit pace during the last run because my escort vehicle from my wife had a spokes damage. So in the second half of the long run I was alone. My heart rate was very low at the first half, the second half I saw the impact of my worries regarding my wife.

I ran home to fetch my car to bring her and hers bike back. So man wins against machine.
In Kornburg we decided to have some sausages with "Sauerkraut". A good end of a successful day with obstacles. Yeah, the family record goes to Runnibal. During the run I lost one kilogram. So a long run is an effective diet. 😎

Now there is no way back

SCC Events - the organizers - officially confirms today on 29.07.2016 my participation at the 43. BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2016.
The registration was easy. But now 42 km I have to run - a hell.

I ordered a film of the marathon and me in main role. They guarantee that I will be seen on the video at least 16 times. Probably only if I manage to run until the end. I want to see how my smile vanishes with every 10 Kilometers.

Back to the registration process. There was a chance to order event shirts from adidas. Shall I really buy one and show everybody that I did the impossible. I don't want to animate more people to try this also. May be I think different after the event. And may be I do not think anymore.

Then I rented the ChampionChip for time measurement which I will receive together with your starting number at the Expo BERLIN VITAL at STATION Berlin (Luckenwalder Straße 4-6, 10963 Berlin).

So now I am officially a marathoner. I hate and love this for the moment. During registration they asked if it is my first marathon. And yes it is (of course). I can't provide an official time to them. With this answer I start from the end of the human queue.

The first kilometers are going to be slow and the service points for water and bananas might be overcrowded. But this will be the only a small part of the 42 problem.
42 is figure that is also mentioned in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
42 is the answer of all my questions. And that's may be the motivation why I want to be part of it. If you ran a marathon you can answer all questions about running - all "do" and "don't" topics. As owner and author of several running groups, it is more or less an duty and the same time an accolade.