The year passes by and is about to end and also the long, hard season. But a final high-point, like a marathon, would be a good thing I thought and maybe I could reach a new personal best time. I told my liege lord (Capt´n Speed) of my plans, and he told me the terms andconditions: 1. at least 3:30h or….
I decided myself for or....and that was...I shouls accompany his femal workmate ”secretary”( Susanne P.) on her first marathon nd bring her safely to the finish.

Just after the start, all things went well…

The course went all across thru Bremen, from the north to south and from the east to west, passing many of the places of interests of the town, but I forgot my camera... After many kilometers, neverending talks and lots of water stations later, it was about time, and we reached with a big smile the finish.

A few meters before the finish-line, Susanne was untameable...with 4:24h we reached the finish. We reached our goal, Susanne finished her first marathon and I had my year-end-closing marathon.

Finally I gotta say, Susanne felt better than I after the marathon and registered herself for the Hamburg marathon on the 25.04.2010. The next day I had to suffer with hurting knees and problems with my achilles tendon( I never ran that long in my life), but now I`m looking forward for the off-season and the (almost) exercise-free-time.

Having said this to all of you, take care during the dark months of winter and good luck for all of you for the next season.

See you next time

Your Pool-Attendant (Bademeister)

Bjørn Henschke