A journey of love   Karin and I became an item in 2003, and we have since become a happily married couple. Although Karin doesn’t enjoy travel as much as I do, we have been on some trips together, and I have also managed to get her to join me in connection with the marathon. […]

The free trip   All my trips to China have been very special, but the special thing about this one was that Søren had promised me the trip for free. I sent off my registration paperwork and received confirmation and an invoice in return. As Thomas had said two years previously during the gala dinner: […]

 A fortuitous necessity   One could say that this trip and this run were added to my list by pure chance. One could also say it had been a necessity if I was not to miss out on a benefit. Whichever way you look at it, the boys and I had a wonderful mini holiday, […]

A question of repetition   The Polar Circle Marathon 2001 had been a great success. My experience of the run itself and the cruise afterwards in the Disko Bay were also most enjoyable, providing memories for life. Now it was time to consider taking part in the second generation of the marathon. The members of […]

A combined trip   When I ran the 24-hour run in Viborg in 2001 together with Rolf Bücking, he had spoken warmly of the Swiss Alpine Marathon, which he had previously run. It was the only marathon in the world he would consider going back for, he had said. I had also heard about the […]

  An awful run-up   Just nineteen days after the Paris Marathon, things went wrong again. It was a bank holiday. I had been to a 40th birthday party and was walking home. Whether it was the poor quality of the pavement or the alcohol I had consumed, I don’t know. The fact is, though, […]

A coincidental destination   I don’t remember exactly why I chose to run the Paris Marathon in 2002. I think it must have been because it took place in a weekend when I didn’t have the children at home and therefore wanted to get away and spend some time on my own. Marathon running had […]

Can you imagine visiting pubs 30 times in the course of a marathon? I’ve tried it! More than once.     Jørn Pedersen gets a mention in the chapter about The Karen Blixen Marathon where he had his debut in the marathon distance. But it was definitely not his last run. In the years that […]

The Hans Christian Andersen Marathon is run, naturally enough, in the city of Odense and named after its world-famous writer. It was run for the first time in 2000, which means that I first ran in its second year – and again in 2010. I had signed up for 2003 but had to stay home […]