Pffff!!! 21 Kilometers is really a long distance, but I managed in a nice 1 hour, 50 minutes and 30 seconds. Now to get some rest :-)
According to a mailing of the organization my time was even better: 1:49:01 !
The Leidse half (after)
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The Leidse half (before)
Only a few more hours and that it is time…. a little past 12 o clock a shot will be heard am I will start my first marathon. The weather is good, not to sunny. My preparations were good as I’ve been relaxing, sporting and focusing my mind.
The last few days I have consumed huge amounts of sugar in the form of cola, sinas, 7up and cassis. Almost every day I ate pasta or some rice product. My vitamin C consumption is very high.
I am very positive about this race. If this is for just cause we will know in a few hours.
Wrong!!!
Yesterday evening and -night I can still remember because I was the BOB (designated driver). One cocktail was clearly the ruler of the night, the long island iced tea. In the little book describing the preparation they mentioned a warning, that one long island a night was more than enough, but this warning was quickly put aside.
After the 3rd round the precision with the alcoholic ingredients was totally lost. When we arrived at round 6 it was almost 2 o clock at night and one person had lost the ability to walk across the room. We decided to return home not long after.
We were at the 8th floor of a big flat so we wanted to take the lift. When it arrived all the buttons were quickly pressed and we decided to wait a while to left it return ‘clean’. The return of the lift took such a long time so we elected the stairs. As a good designated driver I expressed my concerns about taking the stairs, because I could envision problems, but minds were set.
Once I was down stairs in the central hall it only took a little time for the first drunk to arrive. 5 minutes later the second arrived in the elevator. Then there was a silence for about 5 minutes and we started hearing strange huffing and puffing sounds coming down slowly. The most drunk person had managed to take all the doormats of all the floors down with him. His hands were just able to hold on the the huge collection of mats.
After some clear discussion with his also drunk partner the two most drunk persons decided to correct the mistake that was made and return the mats. Of course it was no longer clear which home had which mat, but the two drunks tried their best. I wonder how the people reacted the next morning.
The returning of the mats took around 15 minutes. Afterward I brought everyone safely home.
Bbq
I just had my last BBQ before leaving on my trip to the States. Ingredients: 10 km run, an old fire basket, a few very dry parts of an old cupboard, chemicals to clean a paintbrush, turpentine, a few sausages to fry, a lot of pepper and meat herbs, aluminum foil, water, a few beers and fire!
Yes yes yes
Frank says:
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Marco says:
HUUUUUUHHHHHHhhhhh
Ajebe says:
ah!! frank!!!
Frank says:
HUUUUU !!!
Ajebe says:
HHHHuuuuuhhhhhhh
Marco says:
HUHHUHHUH !!!
Ajebe says:
HHHHHHHUUUUUHHHHHHH
Frank says:
HuUuUuUuUuUuH !!!
Marco says:
hhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Ajebe says:
HHHUUUUuuuuuhhhhhhhhHHHHHHH
Marco says:
HUhHUH !????
Frank says:
HUH ?
Ajebe says:
HUUUUHHHHH!!!
Marco says:
HUH!!!!
Frank says:
HU !
Marco says:
HU jah !!
Frank says:
UH ?
Marco says:
Uh HU !???
Ajebe says:
HHHHhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuhhhHHH
Marco says:
HuuuuuHHHHHHH!!!
Frank says:
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh ???
A typical example of the primal need to communicate. Even through one of the most modern methods of communication.
Honest trade
Today I arranged for my new car to be parked in front of my parents house for a few months. In return they also got my laptop with Internet, MSN and mail. The only thing missing is Skype. This way we can keep in contact.
Of course I did not forget to install the most useful Windows application.
Buyh!
It is great to spend money.. en even better if the product you are buying is guaranteed to relaxation and happiness. Although some people cannot understand it I just bought a new CD by Gary D with some nice German trance music. It is his 26th CD already.
The actual purpose of my shopping spree was trying to find a little ducky for the bath that I needed for a birthday, but this I did not find. Still, I have a week left to try and find it.
The first steps
I did it! I started reading my Lonely Planet book. This, combined with advice from friends and ex colleagues resulted in a short list with places I would like to visit; San Fransisco, Las Vegas and a big park with lots of rocks. This morning I was chatting with Bar and it bettered my desire to get a nice planning/itinerary.
Preparing the USA trip
How exciting, just one more week and then I have planned my trip to the United States. Armed with a Lonely Planet book about the USA and a map by Michelin. Bad thing is I didn’t open and review the book and map yet.
I wanted to leave in July but a number of things came up.. a less then positive bluesnight (you learn from your mistakes, and I learned a lot), a cocktail event, the birthday of Bar combined with a BBQ and the half marathon in Leiden.
In may I’m free
The entire month of May I was on holiday, but my calling to do nothing was to strong.. I just had fun and didn’t do any investigating. May was a good month. I bought a car, because I had to return my lease car, the liberation festival with some cake in Wageningen, a visit to the petting zoo to make some pictures, a number of BBQ’s after going running ad a very nice Pinkpop with incredibly funny mushroom effect to close the month.