Posted by: Søren
in Sport on Oct 26, 2010
On the 17th of October 2010 I ran Amsterdam Marathon with two friends. The weather turned out to be really nice after some days with rain and a lot of wind. This year 7887 completed the race and I came in as runner 574 in my best time ever: 3.06!
As always I tried to run - negative split - which is a marathon where you run the last part faster than the first part. I ran the first 21.1 km. in 1.34 and the last part in 1.32. A very satisfactory feeling to run faster in the end of a marathon.
Posted by: Søren
in Sport on May 30, 2010
The last three years I have been running Copenhagen Marathon. This year my training has not been optimal since I started out training to late - at least if you want to run a fast marathon and beat your personal record (3.10 in 2008). Anyways - the weather was nice and Copenhagen Marathon has developed a lot - the amount of participants increases year by year. This year 12.644 runners had signed up - but only 9.847 made it to the start and 9.141 completed the race. I thought it was a great run this year - new route and okay weather - and a lot more people in the streets cheering and making a nice atmosphere.
Compared to the last year I had another running strategy. I tried to run - negative split - which is a marathon where you run the last part faster than the first part. I ran the first 21.1 km. in 1.41 and the last part in 1.48 and managed to cross the finish line in 3.27. Not my best marathon - but on the other hand I was fresh and could actually walk after the run. Great!
Posted by: Søren
in Sport on May 24, 2009
From December 2008 til May 2009 (the 20th) I have been running 810 kilometers. Apparently not enough to beat my personal record from Copenhagen Marathon 2008 (3.10). My ultimate goal this year was to run Copenhagen Marathon in less than three hours. A realistic goal according to my training where my long distance running's - 28 kilometers was completed in 2 hours and 14 kilometers in 54 minutes. I was kind of optimistic:-) This year my running strategy was to follow the speed group running with a average speed of 14,1 km/h. (4.16 minutes/km).
The first 15 km was completed in 53.30 and I was feeling really fresh. At about 17 km the weather changed and the rain and wind took over. This year I ran in shorts and tank top and at about 18-19 km I was actually freezing and I was suffering from heavy cramping in my calves. Because of this I had to speed down and stop several times to "cure" my cramping. It did not help.
Posted by: Søren
in Sport on Nov 18, 2008
The Prime Minister of Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Etiopia this week. During his visit he was challenged for a 30 minutes long run by the the world record holder in Marathon Haile Gebrselassie who is from Etiopia. He recently ran Berlin Marathon (World record) in 2.03.59 hours. Wauw.
Have a look at the picture below. I think the picture tell the story pretty well. Normally Anders Fogh has this smiling look (seven years of power), but facing the worlds best runner changed his attitude a bit:-)I cannot blame him. Read more about Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his 30 minutes of running here!
Posted by: Søren
in Sport on Jun 02, 2008
Adobe flash is very unique when it comes down to making cool slideshows. Lately I have been spending some time tracking down/programming a cool slideshow showing pictures in a full screen mode. I have to admit that it takes some nerdy skills to develop a gallery in full screen mode, which I realized when trying to develop my own gallery.
Posted by: Søren
in Sport on May 18, 2008
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.
