Egyptian Marathon, 42 km, Luxor, 12 February 2010

Inline skating

For years I have wanted to participate in this race but the ice skating season always kept
me in Sweden. Now it was time for a change.

A very nice event with lots of local residents watching and cheering.

Picking up the number bibs the day before the race.

Unfortunately not many skaters had entered, in all
20 skaters stood on the starting line the next day.

Start and finish at Hatshepsut's temple outside Luxor.

--> Link to a photo by Frank Räcker showing the race course. We skated four laps = 42 km.
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Start of the inline skating race.
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Start of the inline skating race.
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Ulf Haase passing the Colossi of Memnon.
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Ulf Haase.
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Below are some photos I took while waiting for the prize ceremony.

A self portrait taken while waiting for the prize ceremony.

Prize ceremony, inline skaters, men: 3) Wilfried Bader, 1) Ulf Haase, 2) Klaus Moritzen.
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The three top women and men inlne skaters.
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The prize ceremony from the other point of view.

The fame lasted only for a short while.

After the prize ceremony I was invited to go with the german group from TNS* to the boat
they had rented to bring them back to the hotel where we all were staying.

*Tuesday Night Skating (TNS), Frankfurt a/M. (Opens in separate window.)

The skating photographer Frank Räcker.

We actually skated along on what had been the race course.

At the Colossi of Memnon.

TNS-president Dirk May in front.

Entering the boat on the Nile River.

By boat on the Nile River.
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The Nile River.

The Nile River.

Photographer Frank Räcker.

Back at the "official marathon hotel", self portrait.
Notice the Nile river in the background.

Mr Gasser Riad, race director of the Egyptian Marathon.

I got a nice cup from the Egyptian Minister of Tourism...
Photo: M. Anell.

... and gifts from the Misr Company for Sound, Light & Cinema who was sponsor.
Photo: M. Anell.

Charlotte Heller (winner of the women class), Ulf Haase (winner of the men class) and Dirk May.
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More: Tuesday Night Skaing (TNS) in Frankfurt a/M 2006.