Zevenheuvelenloop...
Daqui a 3 semanas, em 20 de novembro, vou participar de uma das mais famosas corridas da Holanda, a Zevenheuvelenloop. São 15km e "7 colinas" próximo a cidade de Nijmegen, no sul do país. O problema é que deve fazer uns 10 anos que eu não corro mais de 6km, e acho que nunca na vida corri uma distância tão grande. Além do mais, parece que são 7 morros mesmo (embora pros padrões holandeses de morro - Holanda é o país mais plano do mundo - fico desconfiado), e muitos não terminam a corrida. No total serão 25 mil pessoas!O mais interessante é que o prazo de inscrições já tinha terminado quando fiquei sabendo da corrida... bem, nada que a cara-de-pau de brasileiro não desse jeito, e o Guilherme é bom nisso... dá uma conferida abaixo (em inglês).
Nos inscrevemos como sendo convidados "corporativos" do ING (banco, patrocinador da corrida), na faixa!!
Bom, agora vem o "desafio", tenho 3 semanas pra entrar em forma como nunca antes... por isso com licença preciso ir embora e treinar um pouco, hehehe...
In 3 weeks (November 20th) I'll participate at one of the most famous running races in the Netherlands, called Zevenheuvelenloop. There will be 15km and "7 hills" near the city of Nijmegen, southern Holland. The problem is that I don't run more than 6km for over 10 years and I probably never run such a long distance before. More than that, it seems there are really 7 hills (although for the Dutch standards - Netherlands is the flatest country in the world - I have my doubts), and many people don't reach the end of the race. In total there will be over 25 thousand runners!
The funny part is that we missed the registration deadline... well, nothing that Brazilians "wood-face" cannot work it out... and Guilherme is good at it. Check his message:
"Dear Organization Committee,
My name is Guilherme.
Me and two co-workers (copied), we are Brasilians Expats living in Amsterdam and we're most interested in participating in the Zevenheuvelenloop.
We are currently working for ABN AMRO and we have participated from several Marathons in Brazil and also ING [Amsterdam] Marathon last weekend. We are not professionals.
Is it still possible to participate?
From your website I understood " DE INSCHRIJVING IS GESLOTEN! " (...)"
And the response we got was even better:
"(...) I guess you had somebody translating those words. We have a entry limit of 19000 and that limit has allready been exceded, so we stopped taking entrees.
As ABN AMRO sponsors my favourite team Ajax, as ABN AMRO has been the house bank for the Zevenheuvelenloop for many years, as I enjoyed my presence at the adidas trail runs in Gramado and Campos do Jordao, I'm willing to make an exception for you. (...)"
We registered as ING corporate guests (I guess)!
Well, now comes the "challenge"... I have 3 weeks to get in shape as never before... so for this reason I have to leave and go training now, hehehe...




