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Pirate
Moinsen Pirates,

 this I wanted to compete the combi-assessment at the P-way. Before the race started, I was a little bit scared of the half-marathon in the hills, because I never ran a thing like this, and you can´t compare it with running flat. I started my trip on Friday evening in Berlin and arrived in Plettenberg at 3:00o´clock. I slept like Andre, very wonderful in my car, to avoid all the snorkel´s in the gym. The start for my event was really late, so I got some time to prepare myself. Shortly before the start I met Thomas and talked a little bit, before we went to the starting block. Shortly after the start a small Italian guy ran right in front of me, and really with no rhythm, so I got scared again. At the first hill, Thomas passed me and I already thought, that´it, but than I kept a constant gap of about 50m to him, but than I found my speed, after my legs were like rubber at the stsrt, but  now, the lights at the others went out and mine…ON.

On a long ascent I passed Thomas and the small Italian guy again, and I took the lead and some meters in advance of the group I lead before.



Only the small Italian guy passed me on the home straight, with an awesome sprint. I ended up on the 18th place with a time of 1:43:42 and was the 1st Pirate to finish the run, eat this until next year, but I think, Thomas will work hard until next year. <So, I ended up on the 7th place in the overall ranking on Saturday evening and only 10minutes behind the 3rd place, I think, I´m up to no good.
But,…the next day I stsrted with heavy legs from the day before and I really struggled with myself, nothing worked. Until we reached the purple cow, I agonized up the mountain right behind Benita and downhill wasn´t really better for myself, for being such a „good“ downhill rider. And so, slowly the lights went off for me, on this Sunday, and I collected about 6 other riders and we rode together into the pool area, like every year.



Our speed was quite high and I hoped that I could get some profit from the group on the long flat part, but no one wanted to take the lead, so I rode on in front, and to keep me warm, I accelerated a bit in between, but I wasn´t able to get rid of them, but than finally at a long ascent, I pushed the pedals and lost them…


They fastly lost tack of me, and I was able to end this race, in the upcoming rain.


I crossed the finish line on the 29th place after more than 2h, it was quite good for myself, because, I rode faster than last year, but last year I got 2 flat tyres and I did not run the day before.
IN the overall ranking, I ended upmon the 6th place, like Ron already told/wrote you, but it´s not far to the palces ahead of me. Well, I´ll prepare myself for the next year. At this point, I like to say thank you to Barbara from “ Sportograf “ for the pictures and generously I´m allowed to use the facebook-site of „ Sportograf“ 
http://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Sportograf/112833985400944


Afterall, it was a wonderful contest like every year again.

Chain mostright!
Jost

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