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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Intermezzo #14: Rescue-G Gulfman in Action

It took me a few days struggling through pages of thumbnail photo's, but finally I found a photo of me, riding through the dunes between Oostkapelle and Domburg as "Broom Bike" of the coastal marathon.
As written in G#40 and Intermezzo #13, you can see me wearing my orange Gulfman.

It was a great day, fighting against sea water and sand, blown up by a storm. I even became trapped between a stairs railing and my bike, when I was blown away by the 8 Bft winds. Driving 70 km/h through a hole, dug by some German tourists was also a pretty scary experience.
Bram ran his first mini-marathon. As far as he thinks, it was also his last...
The new Lifeguard Terrain Vehicle of the Zoutelande Lifeguards.

Cheers,

Sjors
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3 comments:

  1. RileyOctober 8, 2009 at 4:27 PM

    Nice job Sjors. How long was the marathon?

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  2. UnknownOctober 8, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    42 kilometer and 192 meters (runners and walkers). For Bram it was 4200 quarter meters (1050 meters). He had trained a little for the distance, but not for running up and down the dike twice, so he was really exhausted.

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  3. RileyOctober 9, 2009 at 5:21 PM

    OK, so that's about 26 miles for us Americans. :)

    Bram does look a little tired in the pics. I'm sure he'll grow up to be a great athlete though (like his dad).

    I'm glad you made it all the way through without breaking anything. :)

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