It's always nice to be in Berlin to run the City Night over ten kilometres or, in this case, the Berlin Half Marathon. After we had already been to the City Night twice and Jonas had run the Berlin Marathon in 2013, we now ran our first Berlin Half Marathon. A top event, which from our point of view should actually be part of the international half marathon running series of the Super Halfs.

For the first time, we were at a race together with some Top4Running colleagues and were also able to visit several friends living in Berlin. A cool thing! Besides everything around the race, the race itself was also a great experience. Even though I have started several times in Berlin, I have never been able to run through the Brandenburg Gate due to the route of the City Night. At the Berlin Half Marathon, this is possible shortly after the finish, similar to the Berlin Marathon. A very special moment!

From a sporting point of view, we had planned to build on our performance in Barcelona, which was quite a challenge in the windy conditions on the streets of Berlin. Especially in the second half of the race, the Berlin half marathon became a big battle. In the end, however, I was able to beat my Barcelona time of 1:20:31 by six seconds. Jonas finished in 1:11:55 hours, which he could also be satisfied with.

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