We went over to the shopping center (the Hoog Catharijne) yesterday to check out the sale going on at V&D. No luck, unfortunately. Then we headed across to the train station, to pick up a few odds and ends from the Albert Heijn To-Go store, which is located in the terminal. Being Sunday, it was one of the few shops open. The station is connected to the Hoog Catharijne via a skywalk of sorts that looks down over the Catharijnebaan highway and out toward the Vredenburg music/theater center. As we were walking across and looking out, we realized there was some sort of race/marathon taking place. It turns out the start/finish line was nearby on the Catharijnesingel/baan, so we were seeing the beginning of it all.
As we walked back through the Hoog Catharijne — which is massive, by the way — and then out across the Vredenburg square where the outdoor market is held, we eventually made it back to the main street running through town. The racers had made it that far and were still coming. Considering our leisurely walk from the station to that point, it gave us an idea of just how many people were participating.
We stuck around for five or ten minutes until just about all of the runners had passed. Moving on, we soon came across the 1 kilometer marker. Only nine more to go!
They still had quite a ways to go, though. You can see the map of the route they took here. It was the 59th running of the Singelloop Utrecht, and this year was won by a Kenyan, Leonard Komon, with a time of 27 minutes 10 seconds.
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