Hamburg under siege

The Hamburg Marathon is always nice - I can imagine that it's much better to run through the streets for more than 42 kilometers when the public is supporting the runners in the best possible way, to get some extra energy out of muscles and bones. For the audience it is a big party on both sides of the streets, with fast food stands along the course - but the biggest advantage of the race is the nearly traffic-free inner city. If you know the racetrack you can go anywhere on skates or by bike where you would be normally knocked down by heavy traffic. Marvellous. Me and Benni took the opportunity and did some sports ourselves on this sunny sunday.

By the way, the 20.000 or more marathon runners weren't the only ones to crowd the streets this weekend, especially in St. Pauli you could face an uncommon amount of denim demons - I don't know how many people attended the "2. WeltTurbojugendTage" but the impact was - well, blue. Sailor men all over.