Half marathon pics and a vid

So turns out there was a video being taken while we were running, click the link if you wish to see it. There is obviously advertising at the start and at the end it is the route in very fast forward from the lead car, but in the middle you can catch glimpses of me running and crossing the finish line :)

Jill running Swiss City Half Marathon

And here are a couple pics so you know what I'm wearing and might be able to therefore spot me amongst all the runners lol (and yes Dad in the area lit with blue the first marathon runner has overtaken me).

Zurich

So I spent a few hours in Zurich before I flew out on Tuesday, can safely say that I think Luzern is way prettier and definitely more fun to explore.  The pics are all pretty much just random ones that I took cos I liked the look of something, cept for the one with the caption that one I knew what it was, well I think I did lol.

Zurich Opera House (I am pretty sure lol)

Luzern in pictures

One of the old bridges

A cool art piece in a church graveyard

My faithful map reader :)

The Dying Lion (its a carving in a rock face that is meant to be something all imp but is kinda a lil funny hehe)

Missie chilling out at the top of one of the towers along the wall

One of the many random painting along the oldest timber bridge

Taking a break during one of our busy days exploring

I just liked this building :)

Part of the half marathon route, taken the day before the run when we biked it 

Another section of the run, it sure was a pretty run even if I was a lil flat lol

After the run, we are all stoked and proud to wear our hard earned t-shirts :)

Chilling by the lake

Making new friends in a park

I just like the colour of this tree :)

We liked the colour of all the trees in the background but no photo would do them justice :(

Just because and its so true :)

Main goal accomplished, minor goal not quite

So the main goal was to run 21.1km without stopping :) -DONE :) :) :)

Minor goal was to beat my last time - didnt quite get there. Was 25sec off but you know what I'm still real happy :)

Might need to learn to strap my ankles though, they not very happy at all :( 

So stats for ya: 

Time - 2.13.46

Place in age group - 293

Place overall - 1741

Around 7,000 people did the half so I'm mega stoked :) 

Luzern

Had an awesome day exploring Luzern today. Did a walking tour following a map, mostly cos it had pre-marked on it the things I wanted to see and that Ramona and Remo had recommended, and then just wandered some.  The city is certainly very pretty and I liked that though there were some tourists there wasn't heaps, pretty sure it's to do with the time of year lol. 

Saw Kapellbrucke mit Wasserturm (a bridge with a water tower), Hofkirche (a church), Lowendenkmal (carving of a dying lion in a rock wall), Museggmauer (a big wall with towers, you can walk along some parts and up a few of the tours, got some good photos of Luzern from them), Spreuerbrucke (old wooden bridge with random as paintings in the arches) and Nadelwehr (a dam). Then I wandered the shops and found a cute chocolate shop and got a hot choc made with chocolate flakes (so good) and then some gelato :) 

Took most the pics today on my camera but here are some that I took with my phone:

Luzern from the last tower (technically the first if you do the walk in the direction they suggest lol)

At the bottom of the tower :)

Just a cool doorway I walked past

Luzern from the bridge I had lunch on

My amazing hot choc

Almost exploring time

After a long tiring day ystdy Missie and I are both well rested and looking forward to exploring Luzern today :) 

Remo got me some maps and booklets from the tourist center which is awesome and I'm off to do a walking tour of the city, provided I can follow a Swiss map lol. 

Turns out neither Missie or I can read Swiss or Swiss German whichever one this is...

But we managed to figure out which train to get on without having to ask anyone :) 

Some of the pretty scenery we passed...

Hehe there is a town called Zug :)

And this is what we are here for :) well what I'm here for, Missie thinks sleeping in is the saner thing to do 

After a long day bed is what we needed :) 

I'm on my way...

Got up before any sane human should have to this morning to get my first flight (got up at 4.30am for those of you who are wondering), and now get to spend hours in London Luton airport waiting for next flight. We did get to see the sunrise from the plane which I think was the universe saying 'sorry we made you get up so early this morning', and it was an apology I accepted :)

Chilling on way to airport and while waiting for boarding 

Chilling on the plane (someone had a nap hehe)

Pretty view