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Windsor Half Marathon, 21.09.2003 |
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The town of Windsor
certainly is dominated be the Royal Palace, just due to the mere size of
the castle thereof one little corner is shown here. And of course there
is the tourist crowd pouring in to visit the palace. |
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"Long Walk" is
a proper name for this straight lane which connects the castle with the
statue of George IV 3 miles away. |
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The sponsors provide comfortable marquees for their runners. BP, my employer, stepped in as a "silver sponsor" and engaged the British Airways Band who made an attractive appearance both to ears and eyes. |
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Many thanks to Sarah and Jackie
who cared for their running colleagues not only on this sunday but all
around organizing the special comfort for us. |
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Minutes to the start! No
sweat to get into the pen just seconds before the gun. |
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Looking back there are waiting more than 4.000 runners to take off. Everyone equipped with an electronic chip at their ankle to transfer personal timing. |
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We are off. Far back the castle can be spotted 2 miles away. |
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Half an hour before deer
strolled around here. Now we are controlling the Royal grounds. |
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The first circle is
already completed at mile 5. The pack is dense but lets enough space to
everyone to keep to their own speed. |
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During a half marathon
in Britain you are likely to experience several kinds of weather. |
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Reduced daylight makes
the photo shaking as I refrain from stopping for the snapshoot. |
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This already is the home
stretch. Definitely far too long as it is still a complete mile to go
when one already sees the finish gate seeming close-by. |
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It's done. The clock stopped at 1:35:04 for me. I didn't think of the chiptime otherwise I might have tried to make up for the 4 seconds. |
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The Royal Army advised the runners all over the route and kindly showed us the way. |
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And very kindly distributes the particularly nice medals.
Without all the busy volunteers such a runners' festival would not be possible. |
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Cheered by the BA band the winner of the BP Helios Harriers team is already named. Being the third in the team I finished not too far behind. And I am proud that I was able to contribute to the team's performance: Placed 12th of 69 male teams and third athletic team. For colleagues: |
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