Marathons are huge events in the Netherlands and in Europe. One of the more famous one is the Marathon Rotterdam. It is a yearly event where thousands of local and international participants were seen trying to out best their personal best time to win the marathon, etc. This year it was held on the 5th April in no other than the city I'm living in, which by the way we managed to catch a glimpse of this event by chance ;)The winners (1st, 2nd & 3rd) were all from Kenya. They did a 42km run in about 2hours!!!
Winner 2009: Duncan Kibet (KEN) 2.04.27My Hubs and myself were in a birthday party last weekend where by chance we had a good chat with 2 of the participan
ts in this marathon. It was interesting to know that running a marathon is more than just physical fitness, it's also to test one's mental fitness. Mind and willpower vs physical strength. Of course, needless to say, one has to train up as well in order to run 42km, definitely not for the faint-hearted ones!I'm wondering how many kilometers will I be covering in 2 hours time :) Did you know!
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