These BVs and politicians ran the Antwerp 10 Miles, and this was their time: « I have seen people sink down and vomit with this heat » (Antwerp)

Tine Embrechts and Guga Baúl, or Laurent Bailleul, have also crossed the finish line together. Embrechts participated more often in the past, it was his debut for Baul. « We have just walked hand in hand. It is strange, but then it feels like 1+1 = 3.”

It was not a ‘walk in the park’ for both of them, they admit. « It was abandoned. It was very hot in the Waasland tunnel, we even saw people resolving and others broke. » They took 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Prime Minister Bart De Wever set a time of 1 hour and 47 minutes. « That is not what it should be, fifteen minutes under my target time. I still have some work to do, » he says. « But eight months without sport while negotiating, that completely undermines your fitness. »

Party mate and Flemish minister Annick de Ridder (N-VA) finished after the prime minister. She set a time of 1 hour 58 minutes. « However, during the competition he was proud that it was not running, but with me the condition is not what it has been after a difficult year full of elections and a lot of negotiations. »

Joris Brys, presenter at Studio Brussel, also made his debut in the Antwerp 10 Miles. « A great experience, » he says at ATV. « Everywhere it was three to four rows thick and that pushed you forward. It was super heavy, really hot. »

Brys finished in a time under 1’20 ”and he is quite satisfied with that.“ My watch says that I now have to do recovery for three days. Unfortunately I have to work tomorrow. « 

‘Runfluencer’ Julie Vermeire has also crossed the finish line. She is an experienced marathon runner, but she too abandoned the warmth.« The warmth did not make it ideal, but there was so much atmosphere again and that is the most important thing. » Julie took 1 hour and 38 minutes.