It was a perfect day when I had the pleasure of running Copenhagen Marathon 2008 the 18th of May. In 2002 I managed to carry through Copenhagen Marathon in 3.28 hours, which I consider as an acceptable debut perfomance (I only trained 3 weeks ). My ultimate goal this year was to beat my time from 2002.

The weather conditions was optimal (15 degress), which I believe had some of the saying in my very satisfactory result. I crossed the finishing line in 3.10 hours, and the last 2 km I even managed to spurt even though my legs suffered great pain after 40 kilometres of running.

It was a great feeling to beat my time from 2002. At that time I did not structure my run very well and lost a lot of time on the last 21 kilometres. This year I had another strategy....

I tried to save some "power" for the last 21 kilometres. I ran the first half in 01:32:26 and the second half in 01:37:42 and came in as runner number 392 out of 6557. During the entire Marathon I had great support from my girlfriend and my sister and her boyfriend.

Thanks!

To visualize the Marathon process just have a look at the pictures below.

Enjoy! AM: 7.00:

Running a Marathon is not only about running. Getting up early and have a strong cup of coffee and a lot of porridge (carbonhydrates is the keyword) is very important!

AM: 9.00: Arriving at Vester Voldgade

AM: 9.25: 5 minutes to go. Very excited and a bit anxious about getting started.

AM: 9.30: START!

AM: 11.35: I have just passed 30 kilometres and here I am passing Dronning Louises Bro in Copenhagen giving thumbs up to my great support group.

2/3 of my support group: Thanks for keeping up my rhythm.

Am: 12.30: The support group is waiting for me 200 meters from the finishing line.

AM: 12.38: 100 metres left!

AM: 13.00: Arghhh..Time to sit down after a great run and fantastic experience.

My diploma from Copenhagen Marathon 2008:

Nice video from Copenhagen Marathon 2008:

See the result from Copenhagen Marathon 2008 here and more pictures here.

Download my diploma here (pdf)