Copenhagen Marathon Start Op 15km

GOAL NUMBER 3 = COMPLETED!!!  :-)

I ran this morning in the marathon start op and ran 15km in 1 hour, 24 minutes and 13 seconds (official time)!
I was aiming for around 27/28 minutes so am really pleased with this time. Oh and my knee wasn't hurting at all. I did take 2 ibrufen tablets before the race though, just in case.

It was 3 times around Fælledparken on Østerbro and there were pace setters that you could follow. I ran either a little ahead or a little behind the 5.40 ones all the time.

It was a fantastic race and the day couldn't have been better! No wind! No rain! No sun! Just a very cloudy sky. The leaves were falling or had fallen from the trees and the smell of Autumn was in the air :)

15 minutes before the race I took a High5 energy gel to wake me up a little.

Me in the distance on the very left hand side of the photo

The first 5km was pretty easy and I decided not to have any water and just keep running when I had gone round once. There were way too many people at the water depot anyway. The second time round was much harder, probably because I stop for a drink!
At 10km I had some water and also some Powerade which gave me a great boost for kilometres 11 and 12.

At 13km my pace becan to slow down so I took a SIS energy gel and managed to finish the 15km on a high!!

Another great race by Sparta :)

Tårnbyløbet 2010 (10km)

I ran 10km in the Tårnbyløbet this evening in my best time of 55 minutes and 10 seconds :)

It was a 5km route and you could choose to run 5km or 10km. The first 5km was kind of crowded running on the pavements and inbetween other people.

Many people chose to only run 5km so the last 5km was much less crowded. Most of the time there was at least 20 metres between me and the person infront and behind.
I just went off into my own little world until about 400 metres before the end when I put my foot down and sprinted the last bit :)

I'm not sure why but I really love to save a little energy for the final sprint!

I had a little of the Maxim strawberry energy gel just before the race and at the 4km point. This is the best energy gel I have tried yet.

Friløbet 2010

And so I have completed my second goal in my marathon training!!

I ran 10km in Friløbet in Copenhagen today. It's a great run where you start outside Østerbro Stadium, run by the lakes, into and around Tivoli, back by the lakes, through Fælledparken, and then into Østerbro stadium!

The weather was almost perfect. No rain, no sun, just lots of clouds :) I was running a little into the wind on the way back from Tivoli by the lakes but it was nothing that really mattered.

My official time was 1 hour and 26 seconds!!!

Now I know that this time is not so good as my other "10km's". This is because my Nike+ sportband hadn't been calibrated so where I thought I was running a 10km it was more like a little under 9km.

The good news is that I actually beat my old "10km" time by over 2 minutes and did it in 55 minutes and 4 seconds!!

I, of course, have calibrated the sportsband now so am looking forward to my next 10km run to try and beat my time :)

Goal number 3 is calling and that's a 15km race! Probably the Nike Marathon Start-up on 31st October :)

Energy Gel and 10km Times!

I went for a run this afternoon and decided to test out an energy gel as I would be running around 10km. I took it just as I was going out the door.

I didn't notice any difference until I had run 4km when all of a sudden I had more energy than I knew what to do with. And my energy level really did seem to change from one minute to the next. My pace time went from 5 minutes 40 seconds per km to 5 minutes 20 seconds.


I felt fantastic!!
 
The problem was that after I had run 10km I still had so much energy but didn't want to risk an injury by running more.
 
I will experiment with an energy gel again when I run Friløbet on Sunday but this time take it 20 minutes before I start running so it has time to kick in.
 
I ran my best 10km time yet of 56 minutes and 20 seconds :)

12.5km!!! My longest run to date!

This evening in the rain and wind I ran 12.5km!!

I ran the 10km in 57 minutes and 12 seconds which was pretty much the same as my last 10km.

The last 2.5km of todays run was pretty horrible. I was running into strong wind and it was so hard!

I think it's important to run in all weather conditions so I get used to it as who knows what the danish weather will be on race day :)

Have a great weekend!

10km under 1 hour!!

And so I did it.......

10km in 57 minutes and 53 seconds :)

And it still seemed easy and that I could have just kept going!! I have no idea why running seems so easy now. I can only put it down to my body getting used to it and to actually having a great pair of running shoes! My other ones were pretty old (but not very worn down).

The weather this evening was great for running. It was mostly cloudy and a perfect temperature :)

I am REALLY looking forward to running 10km in the Friløbet and getting to run around the inside of Tivoli!!

Come and join me!!

Running faster and faster!!

This evening I tested my Nike+ Sportband for the first time.

I ran 8km in 45 minutes!! That puts me at 10km under 1 hour. My sportband was still in miles so I didn't know how fast I was running. If I'd have know I would have carried on and tried for 10km under the hour mark!

Great evening for running though. The sun was shining, I wasn't hot or cold, and it wasn't too windy :)

10km Down, Just Over 32km To Go!

WooHoo! I ran my first 10km today in 1 hour, 5 minutes and 21 seconds :-)

It was very hot and sunny and also windy.

Well i'm very confident about my 10km race at the end of the month now.

I did a great course through the amager fælled, along by the water at islands brygge, over the bridge, back along by the water on the other side, over the bridge by fisketorvet, through the fælled again and along ørestads boulevard.

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Not quite a Marathon but a 9km Run!

August 29th 2010-I ran 9km this morning!! I ran at an easy pace of 9km an hour. The sun was shining and it was cool in the air.

I felt I could have just carried on running and running :-)
I thought i'd better stop though as I don't want to get an injury.

I know now that I can run the 10km race at the end of september no problem!

I feel so good right now :-)

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And now for my next running goal....!

I just signed up to run 10km in the friløbet!

It's on 26th september and goes from østerbro, around the lakes, around the inside of tivoli and then by the lakes and back to østerbro. It's a really nice route and should be a lot of fun :-)

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