Basler Half Marathon (aup, aup, aup!)

Ah, another half marathon under our belts: 13.1 miles or 21.5 kilometers, either way, it's a long way. We had a perfect day to run outside, enjoy the weather, and the lovely views during the run. We picked up our numbers and tracking chips on Friday afternoon and the race started at 10:15 on Saturday morning. The Swiss are known for being quite layed back - there was no fan-fare, no music, no pre-race pep-talk...nothin'. Nancy fell on her knee the day before the race, but it was fine by morning - Robert had been talking of 911 and ambulances all week, but made it thru ok. We did a lot more training last year that we did this year although Robert indicated this will be his swan song running event (I don't think he'll miss it). All the people, young and old along the course yell 'aup, aup, aup!' when you run by - we figured it was something akin to 'go-go-go!' =)