4/29/07, the two Pirates Daniel from Bielefeld and Mike from Rheine decided to take part in the Hermannslauf 2007. The foot race went from the Hermanns memorial in Detmold to the Sparrenburg (castle) in Bielefeld.
19.3 long miles (31km) and about 1969 vertical ft/600hm lay in front of us on Sunday. Unfortunately, we couldn't start together, because we were divided up into different blocks that started at different times. The track along the Hermann should not be underestimated and could be compared to a marathon, due to the altitude. It was a dusty adventure for us, because of all the dry days preceding the race, but we didn't let on to the torture we were experiencing and just kept smiling, like true Pirates.

Two Pirates meet at the Hermann.

Well sorted bundles of clothes.

A big crowd at the Hermannslauf.

There were 7000 "lunatics" at the starting line. Here are our times and rankings:
Mike Sonntag 2:44:04h, 1306th place overall, 364th place in age division 40
Daniel Flöttmann 3:05:44h, 2981st place overall, 742nd in age division 40

Greetings, Mike and Daniel