EPIC Marathon

Today I (Henrik) decided to run the Epic Crew Half-marathon in Palma. The route was not really marked out, but the directions was pretty easy: follow the bike trail, or the water, it's almost the same. First through the port, pass airport with airplanes flying over your head and then run alongside all the nice little beaches and all the way to the 'German beach', where supposedly there are only Germans residing (which was true judging by the numerous beer tents we passed). Anyway, after that there is a turning point where Steffen, the instrument tech from Blue Man Group, is waiting with the second water point (the first one was after 10km). When you have turned around, after the last 4km there will be a Norwegian cruise line tent which is the finish line.

I followed Andy (a blue man) a couple of kilometers, but after a while I was warm and feeling good so I took the lead. After the turning point I started to meet all the other runners going the other way which was very pleasant, and after 1h 39min I actually won the whole thing. Although we were only 12 people or so that ran it, but still. I had been training for several weeks though, starting at 10km going up to do 12 and even 16km some times.

Here's a photo of the 'medalists' (no actual medals though) with the Captain of the ship who had come to the finish line on his bike, going maybe half of what he usually does in every port. From the left: Inez/Shakira, me/Dolce, Sverre/Captain and Andy/Blue man. The flags are ours, Sofia and Bea literally just made it by the bus when I finished. Captain Sverre actually mentioned the marathon in his daily speech over the PA system to the guests at dinner time, we were dining and were very amused by this!

Sofia didn't run so she didn't finish, but she's Finish nevertheless!

/Henrik