At last I reached a great goal that I have had for some time… clinching 100 marthons !

It is hard to describe what a relief it is to fulfill an achievement like this.. at first, a goal only ‘absurd’, later ‘maybe once… in a far and distant future’, later again ‘perhaps within some years’… and suddenly ‘quite close’. Well, fact is that it took me less than 4 1/2 years to run the first 100 marathons, a feat that is extraordinary and clearly record material in both Denmark and probably many other countries. 

Never mind records, though. What is important is all the adventures, travels and most importantly many, many good friends that the marathons have given me. Let me give a short personal eveluation of the first 100 marathons:

Biggest experiences: New York 2006 and Swiss Alpine 42K 2008
Personally: My many new good friends in the running community
Persons: My mentors Lennart Skoog (600+ marathons) of Sweden and Anders Munch Madsen (400+) of Denmark
Most important travels: Berlin 2004 and London 2005 with Marathon Travel Club … leading the way…
Most important moment: Kalundborg Advent 2005… discovering the marathon sub-culture…
In line of duty: As Organizer of GARMIN Rudersdal Marathon

The run nr. 100 itself was truly a great expericence as well… so many of our friends were there and ran with us… yes, as the picture indicates we celebrated three milestones, namely Anders Munch Madsen (400), Alex Lundahl (200) and myself Tor Rønnow (100) … and we had a wonderful day and crossed the finish line together.

You can see the pictures here.

This past weekend was a long adventure of great running expericences, suberb marathon organizations and smooth travel/airline infrastructures… and three days in almost too good to be true weather in both Frankfurt (Germany) and Dublin (Ireland). Can you ask for more ? Not really !

Sunday, Frankfurt was on… what a great race and what an extraordinary finish in the ‘Festhalle’. You can see my many pictures from the route here.

Then Dublin monday… oh yes, I catched the evening plane Sunday to the city of Irisk delight… and in GREAT weather too ! The parts of the course in Phoenix Park are just beau-ti- ful… and what a joy to complete yet another double, my sixth this year and no. nine in toto.

You find the Dublin story here.

So at last I tried Budapest marathon… a race I have been ‘looking at’ for several years now.

Well… I was not disappointed… on the contrary I would say… running alongside Donau was a very scenic experience and fully made up for the somewhat medium-tough route due to all the turns and many small elevations at the bridges. The day was sunny and I thus got many nice shots in the camera !

You can see them here !

I was happy to run Medoc marathon this Saturday… boy oh boy, what a great run and what a great party !

The run takes off with dancing babes and lots of music… and then transforms into a 42 k wine taste though the Wine  Castles of Medoc (just outside Bordeaux, France). The Wine is of course the major attraction of the race, however, the fact that more than 90 % of the runners are dressed up in all kinds of outfits is what really adds to the fun. And after the race, the party continued in and beside the tents of the finish area with free food, wine, beer and what have you. JUST PERFECT … and unlike any other marathon in the world !

You find the amazing pictures here.

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.

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 !