That’s how quickly a “let’s do more sport in the new year” conversation during a breakfast break at the beginning of January turned into a registration for the first joint team run at the end of April.

A total of 9 colleagues from different departments were immediately enthusiastic about the idea of regularly lacing up their running shoes. Regardless of fitness level and running experience, they all trained for the same goal: to take part in the 5-kilometer castle and village run in Nordkirchen.

After almost 4 months of preparation, it was finally “race day” on April 30. In the early evening, in beautiful sunshine and a cozy 26 °C, the team set off in uniform team shirts on the 2.5 km circuit, which led from the center of Nordkirchen through the castle park via Schlossstraße back to the starting point and had to be run twice.

Once at the finish line, everyone agreed that the first run together would definitely not be the last. And so, the next working day, five colleagues quickly signed up for a 10-kilometer run in Hamm in mid-May, which they ALL finished in less than 1 hour. Hats off to them for this great achievement!

A final team run is scheduled for late summer before the well-deserved winter break.