{"id":4189,"date":"2017-09-09T12:57:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T12:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2017-09-09T12:57:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T12:57:07","slug":"the-jungfrau-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"The Jungfrau Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s the big day. 5000 runners from 56 countries will run the toughest marathon in the world. The course starts down in Interlaken and finishes up at Kleine Scheidegg.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-346134490.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-346134490.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4178 alignnone size-full\" width=\"1423\" height=\"1001\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a cool, wet day, but the whole village will turn out to cheer on the runners. Athlete&#8217;s view of the main street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-912980596.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-912980596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4181 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2780\" height=\"1797\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Band playing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-843756364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-843756364.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4188 alignnone size-full\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2049\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course lots of locals take part. Here&#8217;s our neighbour Jana. She finished with an incredible time of 4 hours 34 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-741105197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-741105197.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4182 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2346\" height=\"1495\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beanie. 5 hours 38 minutes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-354778340.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-354778340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4184 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2777\" height=\"1772\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sandro. 6 hours 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-12571091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-12571091.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4185 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2140\" height=\"1474\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at all the litter. An hour after the last runners go through it will all be gone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-251881721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-251881721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4186 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2473\" height=\"1699\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the winner. Jose Cardona from Columbia, with a frankly unbelievable time of 2 hours 56 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-368032123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wp-image-368032123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4187 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2720\" height=\"1625\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s the big day. 5000 runners from 56 countries will run the toughest marathon in the world. 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