Det er ikke så svært at løbe når der er sne. Det er faktisk meget sjovt. Det er lidt som at stå på ski i ny pulver sne. Man kan være den første til at sætte sine fodaftryk. Sneen kan være lidt besværlig at løbe på, så man skal nok sætte tempoet ned så man ikke kommer ud hvor man ikke kan stå fast.

Det jeg indtil videre har fundet ud af er.

• Man skal have en god svedtransporende trøje på, men der er ikke behov for alt for meget varmt tøj.
• Pande bånd og vanter er godt hvis man fryser meget på øre og hænder.
• Man kan godt klare sig med almindelige løbesko. Det kan godt være at slud giver nogle andre udfordringer.

Jeg bør nok få nogle pig bånd til at sætte på skoene, det vil gøre det nemmere at løbe på den faste sne. Så jeg venter på at kunne komme til at købe sådan nogle sko.

Jeg valgte temaet “Tro kan flytte bjerge” og valgte at bruge min Ironman og de emner omkring det til at holde talen om. Talen kan du se her under.

Jeg fik en delt 2 plads med de tre øvrige deltager. Jeg var ret præcis med at få ramt de 5 minutter tale skulle være. Det var ret underholdene at holde præsentationen, selv om jeg var lidt presset til tider.

Der er mulighed for forbedringer i det. Et at dem var at jeg skulle bevæge mig mere rundt. Så skulle jeg have overholdt formalia meget bedre.

Det havde nok også hjulpet hvis jeg havde haft mulighed for at se uret og kunne disponere bedre ud fra det.

Jeg vil deltage næste gang. Det var vildt sjovt.

I have recorded a small video of the event, right after the finish. I’m probably not speaking clearly.

I saw a lot of people going out with punctured tires. I was hoping that I was not going to experience a flat, which thankfully never happened. I had filled the bag with to spare tubes, so I was prepared.

When I switched to the run the first 1½km until the first sign I saw was really long. It seemed like I had run for ever before I just saw that sign. Then the run started to be much better. I had expected to have some problems with the knees, but they thankfully never came. I guess the slow running style and the long practice had helped with strengthening my legs. I just felt strong.

It was such a wonderful experience to participate in the event. All the crowds that cheered along the way it gave an extra boost to see people sitting outside their house and having breakfast to watch us. On the running corse it was also real powerful to cheer on me with my name.

On the bike course there was an extra bonus. Normally when I see a traffic light change to yellow I stop paddling. Then I remembered that they have stopped the traffic for me. It gave an extra boost, also to go full speed into all the lights. It was also interesting to watch that the cars were stopped for our sake. I do feel the cars that they had to wait for us on all the traffic jams in Lyngby/Holte area. Sorry, but we had fun.

I had the following splits. I had expected 1:05 for the swim, and then 6:30 for the bike and 4:12 for the run. So it was a real god presentation. I was trying not to pace my self to hard during the first part of the biking trip. I hoped just on getting by and staying well within my comfort range. When I found that the speed was around the 32, then I was quite happy. I had a bit of side stitch in the first hour of the bike, but it just despaired.

My ideas are

• Learn about my body
• Prove to my self that I’m able to follow thou a large problem and endure pain.

I have seen that other have done ironmans before and it just require will.

I have starting number 854.

If you want to follow me in my progress the easy way is to use the SMS service:

    SMS Service (only available for danish phone numbers) – Text “Challenge start 854″  to 1276 where xxxx is the start number, e.g “Challenge start 212″. You will then receive all split times and finish times during race day. The cost is 50øre per sms received. You can always stop this service by sending “Challenge stop xxxx”.

There will hopefully be around 26 times, so the cost is 13kr.

There is also a live timing on the internet, see http://www.challengecopenhagen.com/da/component/content/article/308-for-spectators.

The Biking and swimming course can be seen on the course homepage. http://www.challengecopenhagen.com/da/challenge-copenhagen/kompetencer/bike

I missed a triathlon handlebar for my bike. I would be much easier to drive with and requires less effort hopefully. I also needed some vaseline, so the swim suit did not create as many marks and was easier to get off. After the swimming, I did have problems with getting changed for the bike ride, it took too long time. I had not practiced the changes, so there is room for improvement.

The great thing was that I was in front of some of the triathletes (them with timetrials bikes), after the biking trip. That was quite interesting to not be the latest after the biking trip.

I’m looking forward to the next triathlon that I can participate in, and hope I’ll be able to run the full length.

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I punched a swimming suit to be able to swim faster and in colder water. I found one used for 1000kr for an ok model.

The swimming went well. I had some problems with my shoulder, since it was much harder to swim with neoprene around the shoulders. But I think I managed the problem as I got use to the suit. I will need to practice more in the suit to the next completion.

For the finish I did not go for the correct target. I found some tents outside the harbor, that I swam towards. This proved to be wrong and I had to swim back toward the harbor entrance. Next time I need to look more closely at the finish before starting.

I got a time of 43:04, which was ok. The only problem was that I was beaten by a 12 year kid. I could probably also swim faster at that age.

The result was a large improvement. Last year got a time on 1:32:05, while I this year did the 1:14:28. I had improved in all the different events. If I had got the same time last year it would have given a 2 place while I instead got a 10 place for the short triathlon. The results for this year can be seen at offroadtri.dk

The whole event also felt better, since I had a little more practice and knew what the event was about. I the running last year I had to walk a lot but this year I could run in a fast pace for the whole running trip. The biking track was also more dry this year, which also made it possible to ride faster.

I was also the lucky winner of a Aquaman wetsuit, unfortunately it was a ladies model so I cannot use it.Updated: I was able to exchange the certificate to a male model, so next year I’m going to swim much more in open water.

Next year it should be possible to perform the triathlon faster if the shape of the day is better and if I have practiced more.

It was rather hard. I have just started training a month ago, so there are room for improvement.

Some one got at great picture of me when I got out of the water.

I finished first from the participants from AppliCon, and is now leading the Applicon sommertour. Where we are trying different sports events.

The results can be seen at Events4U site. I believe that I’ll have to work a little more on the biking and running part.