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3100 Miles

By Tor Rønnow on Wednesday, July 8, 2009

If I ever were to run a spectacular ultrarun, The Self-Transcendence 3100 Miles run in New York could be the one. Normaly, we marathonrunners are quite happy to book a double or triple marathon… but hey, 3100 miles !!! As they would say in the States: OMG (Oh My God) !!!

I like the explicit connection between running and spirituality envisioned by Sri Chinmoy, the founder of the race. What I like about Chinmoy’s teachings is that he thought that “that real spirituality is not a retreat from the world; everything we do can be done from a spiritual perspective.” Well, you can read more about this one the referred website.

Anyways, Im delighted to actually know one of the runners this year, namely my German running collegue Purna-Samarpan Querhammer, whom I have spoken with several times at the Teichwiesen and Öjendorfer marathons in Hamburg, Germany. Purna is doing well in the 3100 Miles race and I wish him the best of luck for this extreme challenge.

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North Sea Beachmarathon 2009

By Tor Rønnow on Monday, June 29, 2009

Yesterday Sunday, I had the extreme pleasure and also very tough challenge to complete the renowed North Sea Beachmarathon, one of the toughest marathons in the World.

Imagine, 42 K in sand, that is really surreal when you think about it… for sure a big task both to body and perhaps especially mind to handle. However, the day and the race felt out perfectly, nice warm weather, indirect sun, a refreshing wind… and enough energy to pull through the race. Awesome ! You find the pictures and video from North Sea Beachmarathon 2009 here.

Furthermore, I was happy to book my first two-day triple.. as I actually ran two (!) marathons Saturday in Hamburg, Germany… the first starting at 05.00 and the second at 11.00 leaving me less than 50 minutes between finishing the first and starting the next. Imagine that ! You find the pictures from these two races via the list ‘My marathons’ in the menu at left. Enjoy !

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Copenhagen marathon 2009

By Tor Rønnow on Monday, May 25, 2009

Yesterday, I had the honor to complete Copenhagen marathon 2009 together with many, many of old and new running mates, including the two new members of the Danish Klub 100 marathon, Claus Christensen and Peter Seider. Congratulations !

During the race, however, I owed thanks to Stephan Grabow for ‘pulling’ me through to a good time in my Spiderman suit… we had a great and amusing event running side by side for 42.195 km. Well, almost.

You find pictures from the race here.

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End of Year Five

By Tor Rønnow on Monday, May 4, 2009

My first marathon was in Copenhagen, Denmark almost five years ago, ie. the 16.05.2004.

Thus, my personal marathon year spands from the 16th of May each year. Due to rest the next few weeks, I have now completed my first five years of marathon running :

Year 1: 4 marathons – including Berlin and London !
Year 2: 12 marathons – including Stockholm, Amsterdam, Dublin, Elbtunnel, Paris and Hamburg.
Year 3: 28 marathons – including New York, Boston, Rome, Barcelona, Vienna and ‘my own’ event GARMIN Rudersdal marathon.
Year 4: 36 marathons – including Chicago, Magdeburg, Paris, Zürich as the biggest events. Notably, I collected the last of the World Majors with the completion of Chicago Marathon.

Year 5: 46 marathons ! Including marathon no. 100 and two-on-one-date (28-jun-2008) as some of the memorable events. To be highlighted is also the fantastic Swiss Alpine 42 K, Zürich New Years Eve, Budapest, Frankfurt and Dublin, Rotterdam.. and, not to forget, the recent London marathon where I ran in my Spiderman suit… with a concussion ! Will you believe that ! Madness !

You can find picture and stories from most of these races via ‘My marathons’ from the menu at the page left.

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Flora London Marathon 2009

By Tor Rønnow on Wednesday, April 29, 2009

This past Sunday I completed the Flora London Marathon for the second time, this time in my marathon nr. 125 (the first was my marathon nr. 4, four years ago).

We – I and 38.000 other runners – had the extreme pleasure of experiencing London in perfect, sunny weather with no wind thus making up for perfect if not a bit too warm conditions… and the race was crowned with a new course record in 2.05.10 by Wanjiru of Kenya.

I was to be found just a bit futher below on the result list… but had a great day in my Spiderman suit which obviously propelled a lot of repsonse from the fantastic crowds.

You find the full picture story from Flora London Marathon 2009 here.