On Friday afternoon one car after the other filled up the parking lots in front of the sport hall at Reichenbach. Between Saturday and Sunday the 19^th Night of Reichenbach will take place. The most of the participants arrive on Friday. So they have enough time to rest for the hard 24-hour. In addition it is possible to talk with friends and meet new friends as well. The little restaurant next to the sport-resounds was excellent, because it was not a long walk. Saturday morning before the run there was a breakfast buffet, which was organised by the organisation. Strengthened people did their last preparation for the race. The ones which have not achieved a place at the support area had big problems to find a free area. At 10am there was the start. At hot and humid temperatures there was the start signal. The course was mainly in open air, without shadow. So it was very important to protect from the sun radiations. Without question, here very large praise was to be given to the adjacent resident. They provided the runners with tubs of cool water around the course. They refilled the tubs all the time, so that the water always stays cool. It was excellent for runners to cool down their body. However people should drink enough, too. Even the most runners started in a very slowly pace, the sun left her marks. Fortunately the heavy thunderstorms, which were broadcasted for the evening, did not come. At the afternoon it was getting cloudy, which made it much more pleasant. Some times the sun broke through the clouds. But then there were coming up dark thunderclouds and bolts are lighting the air. Even thunder and bolts it was not too bad. During the night it cooled down and there were some short rain showers. Even the next day the sun had now chance to brake through. Not before the award ceremony.

But not only extreme weather conditions, which are traditional for Reichenbach, signed the event. The course by itself is one of the most difficult 24-hour courses in Germany. It is an up and down all the time. There are many stumbles parts at the course. So you have to be careful all the time. Even the course is lighted very well during the night, people can fall worse. But there were no big missions to do for the ambulance. The race was very interesting. Up till the end there were hard fights at the elite. This presented the spectators a very interesting and gripping race.