Right before my ten-year anniversary in Holland, on Easter Monday, the castlerun De Halve van De Haar has taken place. I’ve been participating in it since the very beginning (one, two, three).
![The medal of De Halve van De Haar.](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/eftkwnhz3i5m1628.jpg)
Yet again I’ve been lucky to have beaten my previous half marathon (21.1 km) record:
![Half marathon results.](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/oye9l7lhr4rd1407.png)
The outcome is as follows: 1:45:56, the 271st place out of 794 (which isn’t entirely fair because it’s based on the gross time, adding 23 seconds to my net result). My previous record was 1:47:54, so it’s a two-minute improvement, quite unexpected for me. My average pace was 5:01, which almost corresponds to 12 km/h.
As mentioned before, there was a total of 794 runners. A hundred fewer compared to the previous run, but still pretty crowded at the start line.
![The start of the half marathon.](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/8a5umaogfui73203.jpg)
![The start of the half marathon.](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/zq9gyijuat222085.jpg)
In terms of running the weather was perfect: cloudy, cool, with moderate wind:
![De Halve van De Haar.](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/ao05ia3dv6jz2550.jpg)
To be honest, I’m not that eager to take part in competitions, but they do motivate me to improve my results.
![‘I’m better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow’.](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/qwu6sqoj3lo31091.jpg)
My current goal is to run that same distance faster than five minutes per kilometre. ■
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