Showing posts with label Nike Marathontest 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nike Marathontest 3. Show all posts

17 Apr 2011

Nike Marathontest 3

And so today I ran the last of the Nike marathontests. This was a half marathon.

Copenhagen Lakes

I had forgotten to buy energy gels so only had one to take with me :-(
I had an energy drink before I left home which perked me up a bit
It was cloudy and a little windy while we were waiting to go and then the sun come out and I knew I was going to have a great race :-)

I wasn't really aiming for a time to finish in. I just wanted to be done before 2 hours and 15 minutes.

The run started off great and there were a lot of  drinking stations which had water and Powerade Energy drink. I, of course, had the energy drinks :-)

The course was really good as it went round the lakes. These are beautiful to run around especially with the sun shining and swans swimming on them.

I started having trouble around the 16k mark and then just concentrated on running from drinking station to drinking station. This worked well as the kilometers started flying past!

When I turned the last corner and saw the goal in sight I 'opened up the throttle' and sprinted over the line!!

My official time was 2 hours and 13 minutes. My watch said I'd run an extra 1k over the half marathon distance and that my half marathon time was 2 hours and 8 minutes so that's the one I'll go by :-)

All in all a great race. Bring on Copenhagen Marathon!!

11 Apr 2011

Some Great Runs in the Sun!

It's actually been warm and sunny the last few days so I have had a couple of runs :-)

Nothing major just a 7k  and a 10k.

It was just so nice to be running in the sun again!

I have the Nike Marathontest 3 on Sunday which is a half marathon this time. I can't wait for it!

6 Jan 2011

Nike Marathontest 1, 2, and 3 and MalmoMilen

I've signed up for Nike Marathontest 1, 2 and 3 in Copenhagen.

Nike Marathontest 1 is 10km on 6th February
Nike Marathontest 2 is 15km on 13th March
Nike Marathontest 3 is a half marathon on 17th April

I've also signed up for MalmoMilen which is Sweden in June.
It's only a 10km run but it goes right through central Malmo so I thought it would be great for sight seeing :-)