Zurich Marathon, April 13th 2003

Now this has been the first Zurich Marathon in the last couple of years and of course the first in the new millenium. It appears to be early in the year, as April over here in Europe can still bring back Winter, which the week before the marathon, it actually did...
However the day was awesome. We started out 8:30am with a comfortable 7 degree Celsius (about 44 Fahrenheit) and from there it got warmer... ending up at around 16 Celsius (about mit 60ies Fahrenheit).
Enough said below you'll find impressions of a great run, perfect weather and most to mention, a great crowd !!!

See for yourself

race horses at the start

Credits on a GREAT marathon weekend in Zurich & Bergdietikon

At this point I would like to thank two friends whose support was absolutely necessary to get me through this:

Joerg Wilczynski (alias Iron Man)
with his ever support as a great training advisor, running partner and, not to forget >>frustrator<<.
He managed early on my running comeback to frustrate the heck out of me on hills - to the extend that my ambition got triggered ;-)) Just kidding - but over the course of my preparations he had lots of good advice.
Joerg, the KM milestone timings written on the back of my hand worked out great !!!
Ruth Schoenleber
Ruth was scheduled to run with us, but due to a severe cold she actually ended up to be our support team, camera crew and, not to forget, perfect host for the weekend. The pictures you see on this web site wouldn't exist else.
Ruth, what great show you put on for us, from >>VIP Pasta Party<<, shuttle service to great host - we definitely owe you !!!

Pre-Start Impressions

[am I really going to do this ?...]

click here am I really going to do this ?...

[nervous preparations...] click here for nervous preparations

[... from left: Petra, me, Juergen - ready to rock & roll...] click here ... from left: Petra, me, Juergen - ready to rock & roll...

Meilen - about 10 miles into the run

[only a 1/3 of the way, already behind ;-) ...]

click here only a 1/3 of the way, already behind ;-) ...

[... Juergen leading the pack click here ... Juergen leading the pack

Finisher Impressions

[... can you spell relief...]

click here ... can you spell relief ...

[... after 42,195 meters...] click here ... after 42,195 meters...

[... and still smile ???] click here ... and still smile ???

We did it !!

[yeah, THAT's what I'm talking about ! ;-))]

click here yeah, THAT's what I'm talking about ! ;-))

[...what a feeling...] click here ...what a feeling...

Holger's Running Stats

For those of you who made it down here, you might be interested on how I did perform on the run.
Well, you could follow the link to the Zurich Marathon (at the very top of this page) and look up my name. You'll find pretty detailed statistics. However if you like the more graphically oriented results, then just follow this link and you'll get some impressions on how I did.

For more informationen contact: info@homa-net.de

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