27. August 2014

Thuringian Forest Company Run 2014

The 2014 company run was held this year on 27 August in the town of Oberhof in Thuringia. With nine runners and a strong fan base, the company made its way towards Grenzadler. We met in the DKB Ski Arena in great running conditions. After a few gentle jogging and warm-up exercises and an entertaining general programme, the race started at 6 p.m. on the dot. The ‘Büchner Metall-&Kunststoffprodukte’ (Büchner metal and plastic products) team ran alongside the other approximately 4,000 runners and walkers on the 4.5km-long course. For the most part, the course was on the demanding biathlon circuit. After less than 16 minutes, our strongest runner had reached the finish. The whole team gave it their all up to the finish line. This very good team performance earned us 12th place overall (men’s teams) with a time of 1:14:25 hours, thereby doing our slogan justice: ‘plastic in shape, team in shape’.

After this strong result, we were able to enjoy our time at the after show.
The 2014 company run was such a successful event for all of us that we are certain to have a team at the starting line next year as well.