On 09/03/2006 the time had come - one of the sweetest marathons was on the horizon.
For someone from the Saar/Pfalz region it's a obligatory date anyway. Contrary to all threats of the weather forecast, it luckily didn't rain. I also have to mention that the track was really awesome in its versatility: numerous trails and a lot of technical gimmicks - rain would not have been good…!
No wonder a lot of celebrities show up at this event every year, e.g. Carsten Bresser, Karl Platt, Kathrin Schwing etc. - they know what's offered here! This time I had only signed up for the semi-marathon, since I haven't slept much in last few days and began the race accordingly sleepy.
The St. Ingbert-Marathon is well known for its narrow technical passages, where any sort of traffic jam should be avoided. This is why I took off with the leading group in the beginning.
Later, towards the middle of the race, I slowed down a bit - after all there were some juicy surprises to come.
The names of these surprises are significant, e.g. "Harry's Club", "Smile-Ascent", "Jawbreaker", "Bomber Descent", "Hamster Trail" and "Hell's Ascent" - just to name a few…

The organization and work on the track was also very praiseworthy: everything was just right! It was impossible to get lost, everything was marked well, even though some ass tried to sabotage the event with various stunts right before it started, but since the leaders of the pack noticed it quickly anything show-stopping was prevented.

In the end, I finished 31st, which was pretty okay for my "4-hours-of-sleep-should-be-enough-stunt". Also:
in 2007 St. Ingbert will be the official host of the German Championship!!!

Amilcar.