Tor Rønnow

6 Star Finisher 7 Continents Finisher 75 Marathon countries Author of best-seller running book Mountain hiker Off-piste alpine skier Chess player

World Run II

This past Sunday, my running friend Jesper Kenn Olsen payed a visit…. running, of course. Indeed, we ran a whole marathon and not quite alone…. no, +100 runners were signed in to the ‘Strandvejsmarathon’ from Helsingore to Copenhagen. Jesper is the first runner on the planet to run across the Globe passing 4 continents and +26.000 km… this was his historic achievement in World Run I.

Jesper Kenn Olsen at World Run II / Strandvejsmarathon 2008

Now, Jesper and Sarah Barnett is up to +40.000 km during WRII, believe it if you can ! Well, I can not ! But it was a great pleasure to follow Jesper and Sarah this nice, sunny Sunday…. which is clear from the pictures here.

Keep up the good work, Jesper and Sarah… and best wishes for your trip ! You are truly awesome and amazing !

08.08.08 08.08 AM

CANNONBALL !!!

My friend and marathon race organizer Michael Nielsen thought that we should run a marathon including the details in the subject line. So we did ! It was a beautiful little race wih 21 participants and a quite tough route including a very sneaky hill… we had to run the roundtrip 12 times ! We did !

In FRONT of the pack at Cannonball marathon 08/08/08

Next day… my ‘own’ race GARMIN Rudersdal marathon. 46 participants and a great day on the fantastic RudersdalRuten just north of Copenhagen. This marathon is actually one of the absolute tougher ones in Denmark… so doing a double including this one is no joke for sure ! But as often before, Anders and I endured and could thus sign up additionally two races on the scorecard. Boy, what a long ‘long’ weekend…

… 84 km and a lot of experiences richer ! WE WANT MORE 😉

The fast runners at GARMIN Rudersdal marathon 09/08/08

Check the many pictures from my list ‘MY MARATHONS’ as always.

The Prayer

I call upon ye, the Dimensions I sense but cannot justify.
I call upon ye, you Guides that lead with unhearable voices.
I call for help !

I was warned not to go into the Naked Forrest,
the Fortress of Hell, the Home of Deciet, the Garden of Lies.
But I did. And now I suffer. For too long, now.

I lost the Faith I was brought up to believe in.
Now, I can’t settle Peace with myself for my own bad Judgement.
Nothing was taken from me but yet I have lost everything.

The Irrationality of Feelings is truly perplexing ! Make it stop !
Please, hidden Masters, show me the Path and I promise
not to enter the Naked Forrest again. Ever.

Whisper me the Map.
Hint me the Direction.
Let the White Light Shine in my Heart again.

Swiss Alpine marathon 2008

Yesterday, I completed the most beautiful and demanding marathon for me to date: Swiss Alpine 42K.

The sceneries cannot be described in words, the toll on the body cannot be read… it must be felt end endured by yourself ! So you marathoneers out there, be aware !!! You MUST go to Davos, Switerzerland, and participate in the Swiss Alpine marathon sometime in your life ! It is a HUGE experience.

Swiss Alpine 2008 

For now, though, you can get some impressions from the race here.  

Our Personal Shawshank Redemptions finding Hope ?

Did you ever read Sartre’s Novel Nausea ? If not, please try !

Did you ever feel apauled by the tyranny the Others (remember again Sartre… “Hell… that is the Others !”)  ?

The Others conventions on Good and Bad. The Others teachings of Corporate Bullshit and the God of Profit ? The Others Garden Fascism of manic Housecleaning and the Persuit of Boredom of looking nice. The Others mainstream Orbituaries… ‘straight’ and all the same. Hell for sure !

Can we break out of such Walls or are we institutionalized by our own habits, beliefs and disbeliefs to such a degree that Prison is the proper word of our State of maintaining our Personal Status Quo of non-Action and no-Change. Are we even inclined to ? Do we have the courage and strenght to hold on to our Personal Values and the Hope of a good Future Life ? 

Or are we just Prisoners ?

Me … I’ll cut my Chance on Hope … just like Tim Robbins in the Shawshank Redemption.

Hope is a good thing !