Today was the day for a special run here in my home town of Stavanger. For the last years they have been working on a quite long under sea tunnel, to make it possible for people to travel without using a ferry across the fjord.
All that is left before the tunnel is ready to be opened is some testing and little fixes. So a while back someone got a good idea to arrange a race in the tunnel before it opens. It was a great success and 7000 people are signed up to run a undersea half marathon today. 20 of 21 kilometers is run inside tunnels and it is quite a steep hill to start and finish.
The weather was wonderful, not that that is the most important when you are running in a tunnel, but it was nice for me. I went for my walk to see some of the life and action around this once in a lifetime run.
It looked like a very well organized run and people were very happy to be part of this once in a life time run, as you should only do something like this when there is not regular traffic in the tunnel. I only saw people before the run, I did not take the ferry across to the other side to see what the people out running now thinks when they arrive at the finish line.
Hope you’re all enjoying a lovely Saturday.
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That is some tunnel!
It really is!
What a great event, Mas. It was fun to learn a little about your town and the tunnel. Hugs on the wing.
It was a great event. Glad you enjoyed hope you have a good weekend. Hugs
Once in a lifetime event. That’s really cool.
Yes, it was for all those who ran!
That’s fantastic! What a terrific idea – thanks for sharing this, along with the great photos!
Thank you, it was a good idea!
Thanks for sharing a small part of where you live. What’s not to love about somewhere different to run?
Thank you. Personaly I don’t run much, I prefere to walk. But this was quite a good event.
I much prefer to walk than run.
sensible 😉
I thought so 😊
Now how cool was this! That a long tunnel!
That is a very long and deep tunnel indeed!
One might say the participants were running under water…sort of.
Oh yes, they did promote it as that.