4 More Days To Berlin Marathon

It's been 1 and a half weeks since arriving in Germany. Andreas was kind enough to show me most parts of North Germany, including the Baltic Sea and North Sea. A friend was here for 3 days and we went out to the beach of North Sea and some smaller towns. Will upload the photos later.

Had a 3 day break from running after our easy long run on Sat. Today did a 1h10m run, with surges of 6 x 1 mins just to get my legs going. Not too sure how I will run the race but just hope I will enjoy it. Most likely leaving for Berlin this Friday morning and will be staying with Andreas's uncle. Me and Andreas will be starting from the same block, 3h 15mins. That will be the 4th block from the elites. Anticipating to take probably a few mins before passing the starting line.

Starting Block

 Some information from Berlin Marathon newsletter:-

Marathon on TV – Live on n-tv and Eurosport

The real,- BERLIN-MARATHON will be presented live on TV once again this year. Both n-tv (8:30 am to noon) and Eurosport (9 am to noon - 3pm Malaysian Time) will be broadcasting the race live on September 26. There will be a new concept for the TV broadcast this year, and we will be presenting the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON from new perspectives to make it more attractive to the general public. A three-hour live broadcast on n-tv and Eurosport will make this possible, for which SCC-RUNNING will be producing the images for the first time.

Marathon live ticker

You will be able to follow the race from the starting shot at 9 a.m. all the way to the finish of the elite women’s runners (approx. 11:20 am) online at www.real-berlin-marathon.com. This is an ideal service for all marathon fans in Germany and around the world who cannot watch it on TV. The live ticker will be updated constantly and is available in English too (on the English part of the marathon website).

Of course there were lots of meat in the menu, but generally, a lot of "makan roti: menu. I miss my rice!  

Currywurst from Kochlöffel



Another of meat spread on toast



Sausage in Hamburg

There's this island we went called Helgoland, is a duty free island. Alcohol are so cheap here that you can become an alcoholic. Imagine a vodka for less than €10 (approx. RM40!!). Bicardi was less than €9.



One of the duty free shop in Helgoland