At a time when most sports events around the world have been canceled or postponed, and life in many ways has turned upside down, Mr. Great Wall arrange an intimate marathon race in he’s home town Roskilde’s city center. The race will take place May 16th, 2020 on the original day of the 21st Great […]

On February 17, 2017, “The Official 7 Continents Marathon Club” acknowledged Zelandia as the 8th continent of the world and thus established “The Official 8 Continent Marathon Club. On July 15, 2017, I ran the “WUU-2K Wellington Marathon” and became the first member of The Official 8 Continent Marathon Club. http://www.official8continentsmarathonclub.com/member_list/finisher_list

My marathons in general – and The Great Wall Marathon in particular – have been an important part of my life. My regular training sessions, my acquisition of new equipment, all the sports-related items on my birthday wish lists and, not least, my travels to the corners of the earth to run marathons continue to […]

Doubtful participant   This, the ninth of Adventure Marathon destinations, was the first about which I had my doubts. The run was announced in the autumn of 2012 before we ran the Solar Eclipse Marathon. This meant that there were two new marathons in the offing rather than just one.   My doubts were due […]

We can create training schedules and go on a diet and steer our lives as best we can towards the goals we have set ourselves. We cannot, however, always safeguard ourselves against the unexpected. One such unexpected factor is the state of our health. Change can come like a bolt from the blue when we […]

A different kind of school project   Sometime during the evening of 19th February 2013, Karin and I sat watching television. On the local station, TV2 Lorry, they had a peculiar story about some yellow plastic bath ducks.   Five girls from grade 8 and 9 at the independent school in Vester Skerninge on South […]