I am a big fan of the Florence marathon. Awesome views, friendly people and very well organised! I never ran in a marathon through small allies like here or was passing so many jaw-droppingly nice buildings. The conditions very absolutely perfect, only potential difficulty is a bit of uneven cobble stone and stone tiles in the town centre, but they did not bother me. I thought I give it a go and tried for under 3:30. And with these perfect…
I can’t help but take bad weather a bit personal. So when the forecast said rain for exactly the two days of my Florence visit, I was sulking a little bit. Well, the forecast got it wrong. Today the sun is out and I am happy. I guess it is only fair to take the good weather also personal and say a big THANK YOU! The marathon starts in 30 minutes. Florence is great and I am very excited!
The race is over. I am sitting in my hotel foyer and typing these lines. The obligatory start line picture was cancelled this time, due to astronomically high data roaming costs. But I did take a picture an here it comes: The bridge in background leads from Asia to Europe and the Istanbul marathon can claim to be the only one that goes over two continents (well, same way as Istanbul is apparently the only city on two continents). But…