Another Half Marathon Completed!

This morning I decided to run another half marathon if I could so I got ready, put on my head phones (I like music on long runs), and off I went :-)

I ran almost up to Sydhavn station and then headed towards Fisketorvet Shopping Centre. I stopped here for a quick drink. Then I ran all the way along by the water past the Royal Library, and then over the bridge into Christianshavn. From here I ran the long way down towards the beach, got lost and turned around and headed back down to the beach.
I decided to run along the road next to the beach today as I didn't much feel like running on ice. Once I got to the SAS Hotel I headed up Kastrupsvej and then onto Vejlands Alle and then home.

I ran this half marathon in a little over 2 hours. I'm not sure of the correct time as I actually ran just over 22km. This I did in 2 hours and 7 minutes so I suppose the half marathon was in around 2 hours and 5 or 6 minutes.

This time I managed to get to 20km before I started to have trouble so I must be getting better :-)

I forgot to mention that I have read lots about the benefits of Beetroot Juice for runners so I tried some before my run today. It did seem to help my energy level lots and now I have really cool red wee!

Running with my Son :-)

I had to pick my 7 year old son up from cubs/scouts today so I had a 5.5km run beforehand. It started snowing as soon as I stepped out of the door.

When I had got him we decided to run home so ran 1.25km together :-)

He is training up to run 2km as he wants to run the last 2km of Copenhagen Marathon with me and help me cross the finish line!

Marathon Running Planner

I've just been working out a marathon running schedule for the 16 weeks before Copenhagen Marathon!

It looks like a lot of hard work!

I'm starting off easy (ish) and end up running 30km just before I begin tapering off. I will be running 3 or 4 times a week. Mostly 3 times until it gets lighter in the evenings.

Once I've worked out my planner properly I'll make a page at the top of the blog with the whole schedule on it :-)

Just a Little Run....

I didn't make it to the Sparta Fællestræning today as I had to pick up my son from his grandparents where he sleep last night.

So I ran to go and get him instead and ended up having a 6km run. The surfaces were once again very icey and I nearly fell down!

I can't wait for Spring :-)

I Hate Ice!

I had planned to have a 10km run this afternoon but it was so icey and dangerous that I stopped after 4km and took the metro home.

I was really upset as I had so wanted to have a good run today.

The Sparta training is 18km on Sunday so I'm thinking about doing that now. 18km should be reasonably easy as I wasn't struggling too much until 19km in the half marathon last week. The only difference then was that I had a great Scottish guy to talk with :-)

Unless I'm lucky again to find someone nice to chat with I'll be talking to myself on Sunday.

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 :-)

Socialmarathon 2010 = Ice, Accidents, Champagne, and Lots of Fun!!!

My First Ever Medal :-)

Running the (Half) Socialmarathon 2010 was a really great experience!

I decided to run it with the 2 hours, 15 minutes group and was really glad I did as 2 hours would have been too hard for me.

As it had rained the night before this had then frozen on the roads and pavements and made the going VERY slippery and icey. This called for much more concentration than usual just to stay upright.

We were about 50 to 55 people running in my time group which was a really good number. At the start line I started speaking to a Scottish man and we ran together talking all the way round.

Around about the 10 or 11km mark we were all running on the bike path or pavement when a garbage truck came around the corner too quickly and skidded on some ice. It hit a car on the other side of the road! Me and another man ran over to make sure the people in the car were ok. They were and there wasn't too much damage to the car.

I keep thinking that it was so lucky for us that the garbage truck slid towards the other side of the road as it would have hit us runners if it had gone the other way.

Ice, Ice, and more Ice!

I was finding it quite easy going until we got to Amagerstrand around the 13km mark. As soon as we got there the path was just thick ice that was packed together. I choose to run by the side of the path as much as possible as I found it a little easier and not so slippery. It was still hard to run on as every step you were dipping in and out of other peoples iced up footsteps.

When we got to the next water/tea/cake stop I realised that we were only at the 16km mark. How was I going to run another 5km? I was beginning to control my breathing properly and not speak so much as it was becoming hard to breath in the cold.

I was actually ok after the break and had no problems until 18.5km when I felt the need to look at my watch for the first time. This spurred me on when I realised there was only another 2.5km to go. At 19.5km I was dead and just watching the feet of the Scottish man infront of me. When I looked up I could see the building by the finsh line. When I had the finish line in sight I said to the Scottish man 'let's do a sprint finish'. So we both zoomed over the line :-)

I then got my medal and my diploma and spent the next hour drinking champagne and eating cake and chatting! I think I had 4 glasses of champagne in all :-)

When I arrived home my husband was at the door taking photos of me! My boys and hubby gave me a 200kr gift voucher to a sports shop for being 'The Worlds Best Running Mum' :-)

I was so tired and worn out that I had to have a sleep before our New Years Eve party.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!