Ljubljana Marathon: President Borut Pahor “Fishing for Compliments”

One of the regular runners at the Ljubljana Marathon is the Slovenian President, Borut Pahor.

President Pahor is also a skilled social media user, regularly informing his followers about his ups and downs, realisations and achievements.

These are the president’s latest reports on his 21k last Sunday.

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Presrečen sem. Letos sem odtekel Ljubljanski maraton samo 4 sekunde slabše kot lani. S tem, da naj bi bil lani kao v vrhunski formi, letos pa sem od poškodbe na maratonu v Radencih sredi maja poskušal teči samo en krat (samo 1 krat v pol leta, halo!). Na startu sem razmišljal kje bom odstopil. Potem pa sta tekma in adrenalin naredila svoje. Tedaj sem se spomnil Taramuhar; tek ni v nogah, tek je v srcu. Ah, fantastično, ribarim za komplimente ?❤ #proud #runner #athlete #goodresults #amazingday #marathon #ljubljanskimaraton #runninginmyheart #healtyhspirit #pahor #president #presidentpahor #slovenia

A post shared by Borut Pahor (@borutpahor) on Oct 27, 2019 at 9:01am PDT

Translation: “I'm more than happy. This year I ran the Ljubljana Marathon just 4 seconds worse than last year. And I was supposed to be in top shape last year, and this year I tried to run only once (only once in half a year, hello!) after my injury at the Radenci Marathon. At the beginning, I was thinking about where I’m going to drop out. But the race and the adrenaline rush worked out for me. Then I remembered the Taramuhar [a tribe of ultra-running Indians from Mexico]; running is not in the legs, running is in the heart. Ah, fantastic, fishing for compliments.”

Tradicionalno, s slovensko zastavo, na cilju! @ljmaraton pic.twitter.com/82mTnnEDvW

— Borut Pahor (@BorutPahor) October 27, 2019

Translation: “Traditionally, with the Slovenian flag, across the finish line.”