I signed up for the Paris Marathon on April 12, 2026.
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I did a fartlek: 5min warm-up --> 8 pairs of 1min hard + 1min recovery running (and then additionally 2k tempo run to get home). I really got to push myself, and it was simultaneously hard and fun.
I usually run two or three times each week. These days, I test what happens when I krank up the frequency (i.e., reduce the time for recovery in-between). And today's run was the third in three days. So far: all is good.
Distance: 5.98k
Pace: 5'03"This morning, I did a long run. I passed by a put-and-take lake for fishing, a front-yard exhibition of plows, and the beach. The sun was shining, I listened to The Killers, and it was great.
This is my fourth consecutive day of #running as I play around with shorter periods of recovery between runs. So far, so good. I enjoy it.
"And I'm on my knees
Lookin' for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?"Distance: 12.49k
Pace: 5'19" -
This morning, I did a long run. I passed by a put-and-take lake for fishing, a front-yard exhibition of plows, and the beach. The sun was shining, I listened to The Killers, and it was great.
This is my fourth consecutive day of #running as I play around with shorter periods of recovery between runs. So far, so good. I enjoy it.
"And I'm on my knees
Lookin' for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?"Distance: 12.49k
Pace: 5'19" -
This morning, I did a long run. I passed by a put-and-take lake for fishing, a front-yard exhibition of plows, and the beach. The sun was shining, I listened to The Killers, and it was great.
This is my fourth consecutive day of #running as I play around with shorter periods of recovery between runs. So far, so good. I enjoy it.
"And I'm on my knees
Lookin' for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?"Distance: 12.49k
Pace: 5'19"Just an easy morning run to the bakery and back again.
This run very much had a positive split - as running with a big bag of bread does nothing good for the pace...
Distance: 5.60k
Pace: 5'49" -
Just an easy morning run to the bakery and back again.
This run very much had a positive split - as running with a big bag of bread does nothing good for the pace...
Distance: 5.60k
Pace: 5'49"Another morning, another easy run.
Distance: 6.17k
Pace: 5'27" -
Another morning, another easy run.
Distance: 6.17k
Pace: 5'27" -
Another morning, another easy run.
Distance: 6.17k
Pace: 5'27"Another easy morning run. It was a beautiful morning, and this was truly enjoyable.
This should have been 23k by the sea, but our plans changed and I postponed it to Sunday.
With this run, I passed 5,000k covered since I began #running seriously three years ago. What a time to be alive. Thank you, @coachbennett and the #running community!
Distance: 5.41k
Pace: 5'30" -
Another easy morning run. It was a beautiful morning, and this was truly enjoyable.
This should have been 23k by the sea, but our plans changed and I postponed it to Sunday.
With this run, I passed 5,000k covered since I began #running seriously three years ago. What a time to be alive. Thank you, @coachbennett and the #running community!
Distance: 5.41k
Pace: 5'30"Back from vacation on Falster, I went for an easy afternoon run.
My wife and kid wanted to go to the library, so they tagged along for the first 1.5k or so. Result: instead of easing into the run, I jumped right into a tempo run.
It was challenging, but also a lot of fun.
Distance: 5.30k
Pace: 5'12" -
Back from vacation on Falster, I went for an easy afternoon run.
My wife and kid wanted to go to the library, so they tagged along for the first 1.5k or so. Result: instead of easing into the run, I jumped right into a tempo run.
It was challenging, but also a lot of fun.
Distance: 5.30k
Pace: 5'12"A long morning run to end my week of #running every day. It has been nice to run so much, and my recovery seems better than expected. Even so, my legs need a day or two of rest now.
For 17k, I followed today's stage of the Danmark Rundt cycling race (from Køge to Hastrup) before heading home. Interesting to follow the setup of the race.
With heavy legs and hard headwinds, I enjoyed the challenge of this run. It was a good one.
Distance: 22.96k
Pace: 5'45" -
A long morning run to end my week of #running every day. It has been nice to run so much, and my recovery seems better than expected. Even so, my legs need a day or two of rest now.
For 17k, I followed today's stage of the Danmark Rundt cycling race (from Køge to Hastrup) before heading home. Interesting to follow the setup of the race.
With heavy legs and hard headwinds, I enjoyed the challenge of this run. It was a good one.
Distance: 22.96k
Pace: 5'45"Fantastic week you've had!
I'm impressed
And nice touch to run (some of) the road race route for Danmark Rundt 🤩
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A long morning run to end my week of #running every day. It has been nice to run so much, and my recovery seems better than expected. Even so, my legs need a day or two of rest now.
For 17k, I followed today's stage of the Danmark Rundt cycling race (from Køge to Hastrup) before heading home. Interesting to follow the setup of the race.
With heavy legs and hard headwinds, I enjoyed the challenge of this run. It was a good one.
Distance: 22.96k
Pace: 5'45"A hard evening fartlek with a stomach full of smash burger and loaded fries - what could possibly go wrong?
Not much, surprisingly. It was a bit harder than usually, but it was great fun anyway. I'm glad I did it.
The fartlek was pyramid style:
10 min warm-up
45 sec on/45 sec recovery
60 sec on/60 sec recovery
90 sec on/90 sec recovery
60 sec on/60 sec recovery
45 sec on/45 sec recovery
10 min cool-down and then homeDistance: 6.05k
Pace: 5'20" -
A hard evening fartlek with a stomach full of smash burger and loaded fries - what could possibly go wrong?
Not much, surprisingly. It was a bit harder than usually, but it was great fun anyway. I'm glad I did it.
The fartlek was pyramid style:
10 min warm-up
45 sec on/45 sec recovery
60 sec on/60 sec recovery
90 sec on/90 sec recovery
60 sec on/60 sec recovery
45 sec on/45 sec recovery
10 min cool-down and then homeDistance: 6.05k
Pace: 5'20"Godt kommet ud! Og smart lige at bruge de sidste timer af dagen, det var lidt varmt i eftermiddag!
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A hard evening fartlek with a stomach full of smash burger and loaded fries - what could possibly go wrong?
Not much, surprisingly. It was a bit harder than usually, but it was great fun anyway. I'm glad I did it.
The fartlek was pyramid style:
10 min warm-up
45 sec on/45 sec recovery
60 sec on/60 sec recovery
90 sec on/90 sec recovery
60 sec on/60 sec recovery
45 sec on/45 sec recovery
10 min cool-down and then homeDistance: 6.05k
Pace: 5'20"As the sunmer holidays draw to an end (and the summer weather had certainly already left...), I did a morning run.
The first 9k were easy whereas the last ~2.5k turned into a hard tempo run. I hadn't planned for it, but I got carried away and it was just fun. According to my app, I also did my fastest 1k somewhere out there today.
Distance: 11.38k
Pace: 5'25" -
As the sunmer holidays draw to an end (and the summer weather had certainly already left...), I did a morning run.
The first 9k were easy whereas the last ~2.5k turned into a hard tempo run. I hadn't planned for it, but I got carried away and it was just fun. According to my app, I also did my fastest 1k somewhere out there today.
Distance: 11.38k
Pace: 5'25"Fastest 1k?
Seems like you need to apply yourself on the track when vacation is over and your daughter restarts the athletic/gymnastics again
Does it say what your tempo was for that 1k?
(Yes, I'm curious and nosy 
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Fastest 1k?
Seems like you need to apply yourself on the track when vacation is over and your daughter restarts the athletic/gymnastics again
Does it say what your tempo was for that 1k?
(Yes, I'm curious and nosy )Yes - apparently, I did 1k in 4'27" somewhere on today's run (down from 4'28"). Not sure when it happened, but it was likely when I tried to catch up with some guys on bikes and succeeded.
When her athletics training starts again soon, I'll also be back on the tracks twice a week. This means more structured speed-work for me, even though I do prefer long runs. But a little less conversation, a little more action will probably go a long way in my preparation for Malmö Marathon (Oct3).
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Yes - apparently, I did 1k in 4'27" somewhere on today's run (down from 4'28"). Not sure when it happened, but it was likely when I tried to catch up with some guys on bikes and succeeded.
When her athletics training starts again soon, I'll also be back on the tracks twice a week. This means more structured speed-work for me, even though I do prefer long runs. But a little less conversation, a little more action will probably go a long way in my preparation for Malmö Marathon (Oct3).
Ah yes! The Malmö marathon! I have that written into my calendar and at some point I forgot why. I'm definitely not running it!
But then I remembered that you had that planned.
It will be interesting to see how you do, and if you're trying to see if you can beat the experiences from earlier marathons 🤩
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As the sunmer holidays draw to an end (and the summer weather had certainly already left...), I did a morning run.
The first 9k were easy whereas the last ~2.5k turned into a hard tempo run. I hadn't planned for it, but I got carried away and it was just fun. According to my app, I also did my fastest 1k somewhere out there today.
Distance: 11.38k
Pace: 5'25"I did a long morning run, and it was amazing. I found my flow already after around 3k, and I basically just stayed in that semi-meditative state for the next couple of hours.
Out there, I passed a lot of cyclists, some cows, a few other runners (yeah!), and one train.
It was a bit warmer than expected, so I got slightly dehydrated. It was never a problem, but I did pour down a lot of liquid first thing after I got home.
Distance: 26.85k
Pace: 5'37" -
I did a long morning run, and it was amazing. I found my flow already after around 3k, and I basically just stayed in that semi-meditative state for the next couple of hours.
Out there, I passed a lot of cyclists, some cows, a few other runners (yeah!), and one train.
It was a bit warmer than expected, so I got slightly dehydrated. It was never a problem, but I did pour down a lot of liquid first thing after I got home.
Distance: 26.85k
Pace: 5'37"It definitely was a bit warmer again this morning. I was surprised by the weather forecast yesterday!
That's a massive run Aske! Very well done, seems like you're also on top of the details with water and energy for the training you're doing!
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I did a long morning run, and it was amazing. I found my flow already after around 3k, and I basically just stayed in that semi-meditative state for the next couple of hours.
Out there, I passed a lot of cyclists, some cows, a few other runners (yeah!), and one train.
It was a bit warmer than expected, so I got slightly dehydrated. It was never a problem, but I did pour down a lot of liquid first thing after I got home.
Distance: 26.85k
Pace: 5'37"Rise and shine and another run.
This should have been just an easy one, but because it was a cold morning I dialed the effort up and pushed myself more than I had planned to to keep warm. It made the run more challenging - but also more fun!
Distance: 5.89k
Pace: 5'08""Ready let's roll into something new!"
Malmö Marathon in 53 days.
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Rise and shine and another run.
This should have been just an easy one, but because it was a cold morning I dialed the effort up and pushed myself more than I had planned to to keep warm. It made the run more challenging - but also more fun!
Distance: 5.89k
Pace: 5'08""Ready let's roll into something new!"
Malmö Marathon in 53 days.
@askekammer
Great work!
"All work and no play makes Aske a dull boy"
Changing it up and pushing it a bit sounds like something that will also make sure that you're in great shape for the marathon.
I hope you have energy for the rest of the day
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Rise and shine and another run.
This should have been just an easy one, but because it was a cold morning I dialed the effort up and pushed myself more than I had planned to to keep warm. It made the run more challenging - but also more fun!
Distance: 5.89k
Pace: 5'08""Ready let's roll into something new!"
Malmö Marathon in 53 days.
Back on the tracks for an easy run.
Distance: 8.43k
Pace: 5'16"Malmö Marathon in 50 days.
