Ascension Day Run (Himmelfahrtslauf) Walzbachtal is always a pleasure in the race calendar. The special flavor lies in asking the runners to run on all kinds of terrain — grass, muddy off road next to the creek, tarmac, firm and loose gravel sections, forest paths — mixed with a nice hilly profile. This year however the course was slightly altered because of danger of falling branches in the forest. But it stayed a lovely course whose finishing times are not comparable to fast flat tarmac courses. That doesn’t make it easier, but it liberates mind and body, and makes it a holistically more enjoyable experience.
This year I finished the 10 km with silver 🥈 in M55. It felt good. But as last year too, I did not stay for the ceremony after the race, because it was „Father’s Day“ and, being a family father, I rushed home 😊