2 hours cracked - just!!

At long last, an 'official' time of under two hours for the half-marathon was finally achieved in Dresden this weekend. However, unlike TMM who smashed the two hour mark by over three minutes, my wait for an official time was more agonising, as during the race my Garmin stopped at 21km precisely with me having run 1 hr 59 mins and 3 secs, but not having crossed the finishing line! Not until we arrived back in Offen on Monday afternoon did I finally find out that I'd got under the two hour barrier by a massive three seconds!! The final 200m sprint and the (still) sore legs were worth it!! A cracking weekend all told, which included a sell-out footy game (29,000 for Dynamo Dresden v Hansa Rostock - not bad for a 3rd division game!), but if you ever decide to run in Dresden ... beware the cobbles!! Good luck to TMM in Athens. My next run on the '222 Challenge' is a 10km in a field somewhere in Northern Germany ina couple of weeks time. Keep on running!!