Half-Marathon - New Personal Record!!!

After finishing a half-marathon in quite a good time at the beginning of October - I felt that I even could do faster - I´m feeling to be in a fantastic shape (maybe better than in my best-running-periode 5 years ago.....)!

Through a friend I learned about this half-marathon-event in Palmanova (Italy) - about 150 km from Villach - so, another focus had been defined....

This Sunday, early morning - after a "pasta-breakfast" (traditional for me!) - I left home to drive south to this medieval town. At the car-park I met the first faces I know: friends from my city - excellent runners (much much faster than me.... :-) .....).

This running-event is big - very big for this time of the year! More than 2.000 people on the starting-list! ....although it has been f...ing cold: -2 ° centigrade (28° F) on arrival in Palmanova, 0° C (32° F) at the start - and around 5 - 6 ° C (41 - 43 ° F) at the finish.....

But the race has been quite fast - lots of quick runners, therefore always good pace-makers around you - and it came like I was hoping: I finished with a new personal halfmarathon-record! 1:26,06 hours (breaking my top-time from 2003!!!)..... - I´m quite satiesfied - and already motivated to try again in spring-time....

A new record must be celebrated - of course!

Only 30 minutes driving from Palmanova there´s the City of Trieste - where I´m having some friends from Round Table 9 (partner-club from my local Table) - and I visited them for good Italian food (thanks Gian-Luca for cooking!) and some nice glasses of Italian wine....