Amsterdam Half Marathon - 21 October 2012

This month of October has been full of commitments. Our stress resistant heroes faced the last challenge of the month with the usual grit.

Amsterdam Half Marathon was scheduled at 13.30 of a grey, windy, unusually cold Sunday.

At that moment full marathon runners were supposed to accomplish their goals, leaving the stage to about 10.000 participants.

On the early Intercity train to Amsterdam our B.I.T.T. delegation, formed by Mr Kostas, Mr Marco, Mr Doug and Mr Francesco, met 2 representatives of the Flanders' Athletics Association, for a brief meeting on antidoping and the measures to be taken to fight against bad practices in sports.

Below the crowd in front of Sporthallen Zuid, on its way to the Olympic Stadium. 

Brussels Acerta Ekiden Relay a.k.a. "2 Teams are better than 1"

Brussels Acerta Ekiden Relay is the biggest relay marathon in the world. In 2012 over 1300 teams composed by 6 runners each have registered.

The term "Ekiden" has japanese origins, and originally referred to a post-horse or stagecoach which transmitted communication by stages. The first ekiden race was sponsored by the Yiomiuri Shimbun in 1917, and was run over three days between the old Japanese capital of Kyoto and the modern capital of Tokio, a distance of 508 km, to celebrate the anniversary of the moving of the capital to Tokio.

Brussels Half Marathon, 7 October 2012

9.30 An incredibly sunny day welcomes this new B.I.T.T. adventure.
        Good old Merode Fountain is waiting for us, for the usual pre-race meeting with Press and Fans.