Running in the oldest Dutch Marathon

So...this is me, running in the oldest Marathon in the Netherlands- the Enschede Marathon. The first race took place on Saturday July 12, 1947.

I decided I would take part in this when Eaton posted a request for runners...so I signed up for the 10K. I am not normally a long distance runner, normally I do just do 5K on a regular basis. So I decided to really train...umm...about 2 weeks before, I tried earlier but as most people know- you want to put it off, put it off and then when push comes to shove you do it. So I did and I did a time of 1:07:15. Not bad considering I trained for it two weeks before. Better than I expected myself to do.

Here is a picture of the team before- we were missing a few but- Henk Telman and Carolein Bouhuis were on my team- they were fast!

Here is a picture of me afterwards biting my gold (bronze) medallion. Thank goodness for my fellow running partner- Ronald- a fellow co-worker. We pushed each other through it. Overall- it was a fun time. Off to the next one!

Also- special thanks to Niels Keller and my dad- Papi for coming out to support me- I really appreciate it!