Berlin Wall 100 Miles - Back-To-Back Journey

Followed by last year’s great experience of running the Berlin Wall 100mile Race, I decided to participate in this race again for the reverse route.

- Gigi Tsang

It would enable me to experience the race, the city and The Wall from a different angle and I wanted to get my back-to-back medal! Also, this was going to be my 10th Ultra Marathon and my whole my family - John, my two daughters Nadia, Claudia, and another 3 wonderful friends - Nick, Lesley and Callum decided to come along for the ride as my support crew! 6 crew members for ONE RUNNER!

This year we weren’t as fortunate with the weather as last year. We didn’t get the glorious sunny days, in fact the rain started right from the start of the race, and seemed to follow us for hours as we worked our way out of the city limits into the forests and along inland waterways. Within the first 50km I already needed to change my running gear, both John and Nick paced me for 1.5 hours each, and experienced the heaviest of the rain. We could barely see the view, just stuck together, dug in, heads down and very focused on the directional markers as some of them were already getting washed away by the rain. It was a shame that as a result of the bad weather we missed many of the scenic views, the beauty of Potsdam turned into a very bleak and rather chilly welcome, and not many people came out to enjoy their weekend. We even missed the nudist colony and their members coming out for their sunbathing!