- There has been some crowd anyway that cheered, and even a fluid check in Vasastan, says Aadu Ojaste.

No, the audience who usually cheer on the runners, shone with their absence at the TV house at Hisingen. But many runners took the usual route and some had put on number tags from previous races to get the right feeling.

How many races have you run?

- 26 or 27, I don't really know, but I couldn't help it when the weather was fine, says Markus Wallander.

You wouldn't take the chance and run the other way?

- No, then it had turned headwind, so I drove as we usually do.