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As some of you may have noticed, the graphic for the post about the cross-country run changed to a different event (since corrected). Anyhow, I was actually invited at short notice to take part in that very event.

It was a relay marathon, i.e. a team of 5 men (or 6 women) run a distance of 42.2km divided into 12k (or 6k & 6k for women), 10k, 5k, 10k and finally 5.195k. We did it in a time of 02:58:37 and I did the 12k in 0:55:04! We finished 47th out of 591 male teams mainly due to the super fast times of my teammates:

Conditions were ideal, I increased by distance and shortened my average time marginally so I’m quite pleased. We also went for a buffet brunch afterwards in Prenzlauer Berg (€6.50 excl. drinks). They even had some Christmas cake
After this I think I’ll just do some casual running at the weekend and think about doing the half-marathon or marathon next year.

It seems a norwegian ISP started limiting the amount of data from a TV station broadcasting over the internet. This is the equivalent of Eircom and RTE having a spat and not being able to watch the news or budget broadcasts without interruption. Suddenly net neutrality is not just a business model but a matter of public interest!

Read more: Goodbye network neutrality in Norway

Recently, some friends of mine were horrified to see a man smell his underwear after taking it off in a nearby apartment. This might be enlightening;

Let me now distance myself from approval, disapproval or promotion of any of the above opinions and suggestions.

To explain the table above - I finished 122nd overall and 60th in my age category (20 to 39) with a time of 41min and 47sec. I’m glad I ran and I had a good time but it’s certainly not one of my better performances - it was soaking wet and I had breakfast a little too late (for the last 3K I had a stitch). The race was either 8.8 or 9K and timing was done precisely by little chips strapped onto your ankle with velcro.

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It’s official - it’s Arschkalt (cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey). Yesterday on the way home it snowed! It suddenly went from being warmer than Limerick to pretty frosty and this is just the beginning! Last year was supposed to have been terribly long and cold…

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