My office has a running club that gets together every Thursday night for training. I think it's a good idea, but I never attend. They also participate in some of the local running events, so when one of those events was a 10k (6 mile) run in Haarlem, Lori and I decided to go.
Haarlem is a historic city that I've always wanted to visit but just haven't found the right time. The city has been around for 900 years; it's church was built in the 1400's. The church houses the Muller organ, one of Europe's most famous with three keyboards, 68 registers and 5000 pipes. It is about 100 feet high. I learned all this from a book; we didn't have time to go inside the church. The book also states that the organ was played by Handel and a ten year old Mozart.
The run turned out to be quite fun. The city of Haarlem really turned out to support it; there were lots of people lining the streets to cheer us on. We headed out of town, ran through a large park and retuned to finish by the church. The weather was cool and cloudy (it was Holland after all) so it was a pleasant run. And we got medals just for participating.
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| This gives you some view of the church |
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| Note the official Jacobs jackets. You just borrow them for the race. Afterwards, we had to wash them and bring them back. You can also see Lori's medals. |
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| Photo of our team before the run when we still had lots of energy. |
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