The Leuven Marathon
After the European championships running organized in Leuven for the first time, the city council announced that they'd organize a yearly marathon due to the success. Hmm I heard that decision with mixed feelings since we live in the middle of the event zone. While it is actually fun at the moment (even more so with the crazy UCI world championship cycling a full week in 2021!!) , it also brings a lot of logistic preperation and challenges. Usually it means that we can't drive and park home for multiple days and we need to search parking space elsewhere in Heverlee and walk the last kilometers home. So no grocery shopping in that period: you need to have all you need already at home. And now quick leaving as there's a walk involved. It also means that the neighbourhood becomes an event construction zone for a full week...a complete transformation with a tent village built up, and banners and signage etc. The fun part is however a few days no traffic in front of o...
