Berlin Marathon 2009

For my holiday, went to see Berlin Marathon.
Running is one of the sport I hate the most, however, seeing this marathon made me want to run a little. (well, very little though...)
At the end of the marathon around 35-40km, people seem to be really tired, make them think to stop and quit at anytime. However, most of the people do not stop. Why is that? Why do people run even though they are really tired and cannot move even 1 step??
One answered "There's only 2 choices for marathon, either proceed or stop. You can stop anytime, but if you stop it's the end. Therefore, I proceed until I have no choice to stop."

I saw lots of people from Denmark and Swiss. Are there many marathon runners? Very few Asians, btw.

I really respect all the people who finished to goal 42.195km, no matter how fast nor if they walked. Achieving is the most important thing any not many people can do that till the end.

I didn't get to do much sightseeing, but got a chance to see Berlin Cathedral. It was amazing! One of the biggest and most powerful Cathedral I've ever seen. Too bad we couldn't get to go inside due to the Sunday misa.

Berlin was a little different from what I imagined, modern and clean city than I thought. Since Berlin is one of the city that was destroyed in WWⅡ, I was expecting more of Middle Ages, European style. My impression was mixture of US and Europe. People were... not so nice.. :(When I asked for direction or something, people either said no or answered with unfrindly face.)