Overview
- Ricarda Lang, who ran Sunday in Hannover, finished the 21.1-kilometer race in about 2 hours 26 minutes net, according to the event’s results.
- Organizers also list a gun time of roughly 3 hours 16 minutes, which measures from the starter’s horn rather than from when her timing chip crossed the line.
- It was her first half-marathon after about a year of preparation, with the longest training runs reported at 18 to 20 kilometers.
- She said time was not her target and later wrote on Instagram that finishing felt emotional and that she had a lot of fun.
- She kept nutrition simple, using a protein bar and still water, reflecting a year-long fitness push and roughly 40 kilograms of weight loss that she says occurred without appetite-suppressant drugs.