around the world with ipuenktchen

there had been inscripted 41.224 participiants from 127 different countries!!!! - 41.224 Läufer aus 127 Nationen hatten sich für den BMW BERLIN-MARATHON angemeldet.

me, I was following at german TV Das Erste, and it was so fantastic to see all the high motivated ppl!!!! best weather, great atmospher!!!! and great results!!!!

the winners had been from kenia and ethiopia among the men as well as among the women!!!! the best german men had been the #16 and 19 and the best german woman #13!!!!

the winner time was 2 h 4 min.

but our PERSONAL HERO is dear PAULO, the creator of postcrossing, who participated, too, and reached the goal at 3 h 12 min!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and this was really a fantastic result for a hobby-runner and his first marathon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! supported by - of course - dear meiadeleite *smile* and also dear KROETE (c) and smoky1972, both of the NKM gang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







https://www.postcrossing.com/user/paulo

******CONGRATS!!!!******

thanks a loooooooot @dear KROETE for the gorgeous pics!!
thanks a loooooooot @dear Smoky for the fantastic flag!!

eine Superleistung !!!!!!!!!!