Amsterdam Pride Run

As part of the Pride weekend, the Dutch Gay and Lesbian Athletics Association hosts a fun run on Friday evening. As I am just getting back in to training, and felt in need of a race to clear out some cobwebs, I decided to enter the 10km version.

It is a very nice race, held out in the east of Amsterdam in Flevopark and along the Rijnkanaal. The weather was reasonably nice, the sun was shining, and a good crowd turned out. And before you ask, it was just like any other race that takes place in the Netherlands on any given weekend, the only difference being their were a few more people in rainbow hot pants than you usually see, and they have funky Priscilla-style music at the finish line.

Whilst the results have not been posted on the web yet, I was pretty happy with my race. Ran 40:50, well outside my personal best time, but rather better than I feared, given my lack of any sort of hard training in the last eight months! And it was great to get out there, sweat hard, and know I hard done it at the end. But definitely need some more training...

And today's photo is a shot of the 'Pink Police', an image that nicely highlights Red Bull as the definite drink of choice for many this year.