15 km lunch run

9 days ago

Today I went for a lunch run with a colleague close by our work. We work together on a large project so we could brainstorm and reflect during the run with regards to the corporate transition that we are managing. Next to business chat, it was very nice to run together as he will join me on both the Coast Marathon in februari aswell as the Jungfrau Marathon in september.

We didn’t really discuss the route today but just made a call on each crossing to go to the direction that looked the most fun.

The run was very relaxed and fun and we crossed some cool places that I had not been before. While I ran on my road shoes, I think I would switch to trail the next time as we had to cross quite some mud pools during this run.

In the end we did roughly 15km and noticed that we had quite a similar range of speed that we could combine running and chatting.
What I liked the most was that we shared the ambition for the Jungfrau marathon - as my run partner from last Sunday completed the Jungfrau in 2025 he noted that 95% of the runners power hike the steepest climb of the race, this will not be our goal. We will ensure to complete the whole race running without walking regardless of the nearly 2k elevation gain (it is supposed to be hard right ;) ) great motivation for my hill workouts later this week!