Nike Marathon Test 2

I ran the Nike Marathon Test 2 yesterday which is 15k!

I had a great run even though I was still ill with a bad cold and could hardly talk :-)

It was harder to run though because it hurt to breath but I was still very happy with my time of 1 hour and 28 minutes. The last official 15k I ran was in 1 hour and 24 minutes so with not much training the last two weeks and being ill I was only four minutes slower!

The course was round the Østerbro area and through Fælledparken. It was quite nice weather as there was hardly any wind and it was raining just a little bit.

I'm really looking forward to running the Nike Marathon Test 3 in April which is a half marathon :-)

New 10k Time!!

See my run at http://go.nike.com/a4trjju



Today I ran the first of the Nike Marathon Tests :-) It was 10k.

I beat my old 10k time by 6 seconds!! My new PB for 10k is 54 miuntes and 45 seconds.
My old 10k time I got in October in perfect running conditions. Today was cold and windy at times so I confident I can improve more when it's springtime.

The race was a 10k route around Østerbro and a little bit in Fælledparken.

I started by running with the 5:40 group but they took off a little too fast for me and by 3k I was trailing way behind them but still infront of the 5:50 group. At 5.5k there was the water depot so I stopped for a couple of seconds and had some Powerade. As usual this gave me the boost I needed :-)

I started speeding up slowly from this point and by the 8k mark I was running between 5:18 and 5:20. At 9k I had caught up with the pacesetters for the 5:40 group and by 9.5k I was ahead of them. With 300 metres to go I started sprinting as normal. I was very tired when I crossed the line!

It was a great race and I'm now looking forward to running the 15k in March :-)

Not Much Running This Week!!

I've been neglecting my blog a little this week :-(

This is because I've started a new job in a shop that is opening this weekend so have been working long hours helping to get it ready for the grand opening day.

I didn't run on Monday as my muscles and foot were aching after my 20km run on Sunday so I decided to let them rest!

The next time I had a chance to run was yesterday evening. I didn't have long so ran 1.5km as quick as I could :-)

I'm looking forward to running 10km on Sunday in the Nike Marathon Test!!

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 :)

Copenhagen Running Events

I've made a list in the sidebar of the best Copenhagen running events coming up in the next year.

The ones I'm running in are:-
Friløbet
Marathon Start up (hopefully 15km)
Nike Marathon Tests 1, 2, and 3
COPENHAGEN MARATHON 2011 :)