Hello again, upright and home! An event of mixed feelings I guess. The 50 mile drive there was pretty bad due to the Autobahns having not been cleared of snow at all. Managed to register with 10 mins to spare! The route had been altered due to the snow and this had not been announced, so I was expecting 2 laps of a 5 mile course. However, after the 1st 2 km or so, I realised that this was not going to be the case as we passed the start again, so the route must have changed. As I'd had no idea this was the case, I had no idea how many laps I was meant to be doing, so guessed at 10. I got to 5 laps and my garmin was showing over 5 miles, so I asked 2 sets of marshalls how many laps we were meant to be doing and no one knew! I then asked a man I overtook and he said 8. This was confirmed when I ran through the start the 6th time and the lady said I had 2 to go. The course was a bit odd, about a third of the lap was on cleared tarmac, the remaining 2/3 on 4cm of compacted snow. There werte no water stations for the whole 10 miles either, luckily I had my water bottle. However, for my final 2 laps a guy who was on a cool down lap came and chatted to me, and he decided to run the remainder of my race with me (apart form the very end). This spurred me on and these last 2 laps were a lot quicker than they would have been without his help. He also had a dig called Mr Higgens...I have no idea why! Anyway, hot tea at the end was the final spur I needed and non-official time was 1:24. My Garmin reckoned it was just over 9 miles. A pb if it was indeed 10 miles! Even if it was 9, it's on track for a 2 hour HM which is what I'd recalculated to be a realistic HM time after the training I've had this year. It was cold, -5C so running in 3 layers, tights, hat, nack warmer, gloves.
Don't think I'd do this one again, but I feel really good having overcome my fears and getting out there 
Oh, and trying to speak German whilst knackered is even harder than normal!
LMH glad you have come to a decision. Hope you're feeling better tomorrow.
Now I'm going to warm up and probably fall asleep!
Have a good one all.
