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<\/a><\/p>\nThe race course was very visible from the balcony and here is a view of the elite racers going through. \u00a0 The old men from Grass Valley were not expected for \u00a0some time.<\/p>\n
With typical Swiss efficiency all of the racers were issued with large numbered plastic bags to put their spare clothes etc in. \u00a0These were then put into labelled army trucks and driven to the finish. \u00a0Liz took this photo of the military convoy passing the apartment.<\/p>\n The race course goes through a few villages as well as through beautiful open country. \u00a0La Punt turned out in force to cheer for even the slowest participants.<\/p>\n While Liz helped the villagers cheer she took a lot of photos of the fun outfits that a lot of racers wore. \u00a0There was a lot of imagination in costumes and not quite so much sporty lycra.<\/p>\n After a long \u00a0wait I appeared , followed closely by Adam who had started ten minutes later. \u00a0 I had shaved 15 minutes off my half marathon time (from 2008) and was paying for it now. \u00a0Adam kept up a steady pace and passed me with about 7 km \u00a0to go and finished a half hour ahead of me. \u00a0I managed to finished 25 minutes slower than my 2008 time!<\/p>\n After a little confusion in meeting up we all ended up back at the apartment for the celebrations. \u00a0 Larry had finished the half marathon.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n