Thursday, I completed one of the toughest marathons ever for my part, the absolutely brilliant “Underground marathon” in Jutland, Denmark, including 12 trips into two Limestone Mines plus a quite tough hilly route all in all.
We were in the realms of the Danish Robin Hood “Jens Langkniv”…
… and so many of my friends and running mates were present… we had a wonderful and challenging day indeed !
Here we see Mogens Pedersen just leaving his first pass in the Mønsted Mine…
… and here we fully understand what unusual sorroundings this race took place in ! Look at this !!!
Tough hills had to be conqured as well…
… and cute goats to be passed too. Sexy small bastards, eh ? 😉
Later, the Daugbjerg Mine was on the route, this one much more narrow and low, thus the use of a helmet was imperative…
… as you might comprehend by this picture:
After four tough rounds I was a very happy man to finish this one off.. and in a for me good effort, I believe, having overun several of the usual suspects otherwise (almost) always faster than me.
Thus, Im proud to have earned the coolest medal ever, this bat statuette.
You find the complete story from this fantastic marathon here.