Unlike South Africa where the Pretoria\Centurion region alone has a race on basically every weekend, Berlin does not work like that. There are very few races throughout the year but those that they do have they make a big deal of. The most famous, as far as I know, being the Berlin Marathon.
Last night was the Adidas Runners City Night 2016 Berlin race. Quite a long name for a race. It consisted of both road running and in-line skating, luckily separated though. The distances were unfortunately only 10 and 5km, but the atmosphere made up for it. It was incredible. Basically the whole route had live music along the way; everything from drummers to actual live bands. The drummers especially made a huge difference and I now fully understand why ancient armies always had them to psyche the soldiers up. Take away the live music and you’re left with the cheering crowds all along the route. That on its own makes a big difference. Another major difference between this race and races in Pretoria\Centurion were the distinct lack of hills. It was an extremely flat route and lead to a PB (personal best for non-runners) for me. The route was that flat…
Unfortunately, like usual, I didn’t run with my phone and therefore didn’t take any photos. So with a bit of embarrassment I’m going to provide a link to some people who did and will include some random photos of Berlin instead. What would a post be without photos?
The non race related photos of the city
The old and the new
A section of the river running through the city
