{"id":1612,"date":"2021-04-14T06:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/09-august-2012-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:11:19","slug":"09-august-2012-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/09-august-2012-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"09 : August : 2012 : uberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-08-09T20:03:57+0000\">August 9, 2012<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/berlin-slowlympics\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Berlin Slowlympics<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8441\/7748238190_e439412dbc_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Last weekend was all about the\u00a0<strong>Slowlympics<\/strong>, Slow Travel Berlin&#8217;s alternative to the London Games. Taking place on <a title=\"Tempelhof on \u00fcberlin\" href=\"\/tag\/tempelhof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tempelhofer Field<\/a>, next to the the big screen showing the actual &#8216;lympics, the Slow Games were more sustainable, more charity-friendly (find out more <a title=\"Slowlympics on Better Place\" href=\"http:\/\/www.betterplace.org\/en\/groups\/slowlympics\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.betterplace.org']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>), and most of \u00a0all, far more fun than the real deal.\u00a0<strong>Team \u00fcberlin<\/strong> (from L-R: <a title=\"Ed Macovaz on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edmacovaz\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/twitter.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@edmacovaz<\/a>, David from <a title=\"andBerlin\" href=\"http:\/\/andberlin.com\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/andberlin.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">andBerlin<\/a>, us,\u00a0<a title=\"Casey Purkiss on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/caseypurkiss\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/twitter.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@caseypurkiss<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Eric Chung on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ricomadiko\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/twitter.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ricomadiko<\/a>; not pictured:\u00a0<a title=\"Sarah Lincoln on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahlincoln\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/twitter.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@sarahlincoln<\/a>) took the &#8220;slow&#8221; theme a little too literally, spending so much time doing our makeup &#8211; I mean, warpaint &#8211; that we missed the first event. Once there, our performance was less than dynamic, with the exception of &#8216;eadless Ed, who placed in the Chicken Run, Casey, who was under-biked \u00a0by some suspiciously professional-looking slow cyclists, and her fellow silly walker Zo, who overcame her inhibitions and monkeyed about with the best of them. Still, it was impossible to beat organiser Paul&#8217;s Silly Walk demo, immortalised here in lolfull GIF format!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 11\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8432\/7748367686_5e1dba3ca0_o.gif\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 11\" width=\"650\" height=\"649\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8433\/7748239434_84d1bde899_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 2\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 3\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7106\/7748240480_2786f13af5_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 4\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8426\/7748241824_6c5fb2bbc9_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 5\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7266\/7748243646_44f4458fa3_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 6\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8431\/7748244528_0625543c09_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 6\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 7\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8283\/7748245782_eaaa8a6f94_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 7\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 8\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8423\/7748246846_6fdea5cec1_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 9\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8441\/7748249046_bc553996b2_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 9\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Berlin Slowlympics 10\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7106\/7748250048_1b99f88f63_o.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Slowlympics 10\"\/><\/p>\n<p>   <span class=\"like\" style=\"height: 40px; 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