It’s the time of the year again where I think about the plans for the coming months. This has nothing to do really with setting up new year’s resolutions or anything. It’s more a necessity in order to set some targeted events in my yearly calendar, which then allows me to rearrange my life around them. Sometimes this works out, other times I’ll have to skip them.
Last year I had 7 races on my list and managed to participate 4 of them, which is not that bad I guess. Therefore I’m aiming at the same schedule (one race per month) this year.
As last year, I welcome anyone who wants to join me for any of these events. I’ll happily provide food/acomodation and even throw in a free city tour for people who haven’t been to Finland/Helsinki before. :-)
Below are the events I’m planning to attend, most of them are longer distances, but some of them also offer shorter alternatives (Plan B options…). Hoping that these will keep me motivated to keep on excercising.
09.03.14 – Engadin Skimarathon
Continuing the family tradition. Thanks to last year’s success I will be starting in the green class again, which should allow me to further improve on the time I achieved previously.
27.04.14 – Länsiväyläjuoksu
17.4km around the bay between Helsinki and Espoo. A truly scenic run with a very familiar atmosphere. 2013 I somehow misjudged the ending part a bit – let’s see if this year I’ll remember the trail better.
07.06.14 – Helsinki Half Marathon
A new half marathon in Helsinki. Leading into the north-eastern part of Helsinki, this run will take me back to the roots of my early Finland-times.
02.08.14 – The Summer Run
Another run I haven’t heard of before. Seems to be a relaxed 10km run in the heart of Helsinki. Not much information has been released so far, but I’m always up for a 10km race.
30.08.14 – MidnightRun Helsinki
After last year’s visit, my sister already per-announced that she will join me for this race again. For me this will be the third time already participating :-)
20.09.14 – Espoon Rantamarathon
After having missed it last year, I will try again this time to participate this half-marathon along the coast in Espoo.
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