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Enjoying the track (photo: Jens Thomasberg)

Lately I’ve been feeling tired and I’ve been lacking this extra level you need for racing, but this sunday I finally felt like racing in the “zone” and that was awesome! So good, so good!

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Upcoming event: The Marathon World Championships. Taking place in German St. Wendel this sunday.

The Danish Marathon Championships 2009 on homeground in Silkeborg

Last year I won the Danish Marathon Championship, but since then I haven’t been doing any marathons at all. This year I’ve been focusing solely on the olympic distance (XCO), which is the distance where the fast riders compete and the distance for Olympic Games, World Cups, the German Bundesliga etc. The ride time for Marathons are 3 – 4,5 hours, where XCO races are 1,5 – 2 hours. Only few riders are Marathon Specialists and when XCO riders participate in Marathons, they often end up winning. The womens field do so present a bunch of XCO riders: starters list. The current Marathon World Champion Sabine Spitz didn’t do the last world cup in Val di Sole, so I guess her legs are ready to defend the stribes.

Well, I guess I just have to rely on my form and see what happens. This time I have the two Danish Nørgaard Sisters by my side. It’s going to be great not being the only danish girl in the field.

I certainly hope for a top 10 result, maybe even a top 5. So far I’ve been winning all the Marathons I’ve been doing, so according to statistics, sunday is going to be a good day

Danish Champion 2010 (Foto: René Delauran Mølgaard Andersen)

Luckily I don’t have to change my wardrobe this year. I’ll keep on riding in the red/white jersey for another year Read the rest of this entry »

A short note from Israel. We’ve  spent a few days already here with the Danish MTB National Team. 

Yesterday the team relay was thrown off at the race track. At the team relay the nations compete as a four-member team, each member doing one lap. The team must consists of a male, a female, an under 23 rider and a male junior. Klaus Nielsen was starting our race highly motivated by standing on the startline shoulder to shoulder with very strong starting riders from the other nations. Klaus did an excellent ride and passed the pace on to our U23 rider, Kenneth Hansen, who also put all his effort into throwing off some good speed before returning and making the shift to me. I pushed my force into the pedals, but found it a little difficult to really find a good rythm. Jonas Pedersen finished our game and managed to overtake some riders just before crossing the finishline. We finished 8 overall, which could have been better. I guess, more was expected from us, but hey, that’s the way it goes some times.

Today the junior riders are racing, Jonas Pedersen and Magnus Cort representing Denmark. Right now, I’m relaxing and will go watch the last bit of their race before going training on the course. I will cross my  fingers and hope they’ll do a great race!

The course is dry, dusty with lots of rocks and slippery, sandy turns. It has some really challeging sections and today I’m going to do some more practice out there. Friday will be race day, so keep your fingers crossed and watch out for another race report