Helsinki City Run - 10.700 runners in the rain

A great running event and by now the largest in Finland that brings the atmosphere of the bigger European running events to Helsinki. Start and Finish at and in the Olympic Stadium of 1952 is the right frame for this happening. For it being a half marathon it’s definitely not an easy run. Partly for the Finnish spring weather has always a surpise in store. This time a cool (8-9 degrees C), windy and rainy one-day package in a period of 2-3 weeks of warmer than averge sunny and dry spring weather. Guess which day the weather god chose. He doesn’t like runners, that’s for sure. Read the rest of this entry »