Sun, Jan 1, 2012 - 23K - 02:30:00
New Year's Run with 1000 Runners
Every year on January 1st at noon, Berlin sponsors a New Year's Fun Run which is a 4K loop starting at the Brandenburg Gate, so I decided to include it in my run today, running 10K to get to the starting line and 9K back home after the race. I got out of the house at 10:50 and ran on the Berlin streets which were fully trashed from last night's New Years festivities. Got the race starting line with a couple minutes to spare, this fun run is free but donated to the childrens' charity it supports, then took off with the ca. 1000 runners for a fun 4K down and around the Berlin Cathedral and back. Afterwards took off towards Potsdamer Platz for the 9K warm down, and via the magic of cell phones, met Gisela on her bike near Innsbrucker platz, who paced me home the rest of the way, while we enjoyed some quality communication time and some very fresh, wet air. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
got to the start with 3 minutes to spare: 
 
Go! a very nice, slow pace, a fun 4K: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finishing warm tea: 
 
Paper running number which disintegrated by the rain on the way home: 
 
Now for the 9K home: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gisela picked me up at 20K and paced me home: 
Other Runs: First Wannsee Loop, Run On August 28th, Last Run Before Berlin Marathon, Berlin Marathon 2011, 30k Birthday Run, 29k Family/ Britzer Garten Run, 10k Berlin Light Run, First Winter Run, First December Run: Rain and Christmas Lights, Bavarian Castle and Austria Run, Tegel Airport Loop -Personal Berlin Marathon, 5 Christmas Tiergarten 5 Ks Plus 10k, New Year's Run with 1000 Runners, Quick 17k Sunday Run, Half Marathon To Mendelssohn's Grave, Templehof/ Grunewald 30k, 28k Cool Winter Run To the Grimm Brothers' Cemetery, 30k Icy Sunday Winter Run Across Großziethen Crossing, Three Cold, Timed Ikea 5 Ks, 32k Berlin Wall Run with a 23:39 5k, 32k Run To Wannsee and Back Including 5k Father/ Daugther Run, 37k Stahnsdorf Loop Run Including 5k Family Run, 34k Steglitz-to-Friedrichshain Loop, 30k Steglitz/ Brandenburg Spring Run, 20k Easy Teltow Canal and Zehlendorf Suburbia Run, 13k Partner-Run Through Volkspark Wilmersdorf, 19k Run Home From Spandau, Paris Marathon 2012, Hot Weather 28k with Two Timed 5 Ks, 24k Cold Zehlendorf Run, 26k Adventure Run To Teufelsberg, 34k Sunny Run To Stralau Peninsula, 40k Run To Kleist's Grave and E Bay Headquarters, 51k Run From Strausberg To Steglitz, 28k German Soccer Fan-Mile Run, 26k Italian/ Spanish Embassy Run, 11k Kirchberg Austria Run, 35k Austrian Mountain Run, 48k Personal Berlin Marathon, 23k Run: 5k Sprint, 10k As Pacer Bunny, 24k Run with 23:31 5k and Dual 10k, Morning Training Run for Gisi's 10k Next Week, 10.5k Berlin Stadtlauf with Gisi, 6k Family Training Run, 32k Work-to-Home Run Including 13k with Hupsi Laufgruppe, 5k Tierpark Race with Whole Family, 30k Cafe-Reconnaissance Run with Family Run/ Bike Finish, 10k Timed Canal Run with Gisi, Last Run of the Marathon Season, 2012 Berlin Marathon -04:13:46 -My 2nd Fastest Marathon Ever, 28k Griebnitzsee-to-Steglitz Run, Asics Grand 10k Berlin, 7k Autumn Family Run, 21k Teltow Halfmarathon with Family, 13k Brisk Late-Fall Run, 8k with Gisi, Gritty December Winter Run, 10k Dual Snowy Winter Run, 13k New Year's Run 2013, 19k Adventure Run To Berlin's Only " Library Tree", 11k Brisk Winter Run, 6k Anti-Cough Run, 14k Cold Winter Run, 35k Trans-Berlin Run: Buch To Steglitz, 15k Cold Winter Run Together, 33k Potsdam Castle Rendez-Vous Run, 30k Run with First Timed 5k of the Year, 28k Dual Run with Timed 5k (24:43), 11k Last Run Before Half Marathon, 2013 Berlin Half Marathon, 31k First Run of Spring, Fast Pre-Marathon 10k (53:20), Madrid Marathon 04:21:12, 26k Dual Sunday Run with Gisi, SHOW ALL 72