Ready for the world championship

September 3rd, 2010

Less than 24 hours to go and I’m really excited! Read the rest of this entry »

World Cupping in Windham

August 28th, 2010

It’s only few hours post-race, so this post will be a mixture of tiredness and emotions..

I finished at 27th spot today, which would have been so much better, if it wasn’t for a stupid mistake and a lot of misfortune. Read the rest of this entry »

Good legs!

August 18th, 2010

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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Bronze medal at the Marathon Worlds

August 10th, 2010

My very first world championship medal, that’s something special!.. I crossed the finishline cheering more than anybody else, so excited about grabbing a podium position

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Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’

August 5th, 2010

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

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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 ;)

Back at the World Cup Circus

August 1st, 2010

Copenhagen – Zürich – München – Val di Sole – München – Zürich – Copenhagen

Danish – German – English – Swedish – English – German – Genglish

Soon I can’t remember my name, what language I speak or where I am.

Okay, right now I’m sitting in the garden of my hotel in München (or so I think – the street in front of the hotel could be red light district or Istedgade in Copenhagen). Watching an Indian guy eating his noodles and a chinese woman eating her rice. So in fact this place could be anywhere.

This weekend I went to race the World Cup in Italy and that was pretty cool. Read the rest of this entry »

Danish Champion!!

July 19th, 2010

 

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 »

The Hot Europeans

July 11th, 2010

 

Photo: Eyal Dolin

A very hot week in Israel finally ended. The whole week I was feeling tired like a zombie, but managed a 15th spot at the womens race friday. Maybe I’m just more used to the scandinavian temperatures, than I thought… Read the rest of this entry »

Heating up at European Championships, Israel

July 7th, 2010

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 :)

… guess, I have to call myself a road racer too

June 27th, 2010
 

 

Happy, excited, relieved and wondering what just happened (Photo: Maria Kruse)

And now – my version of what happened this weekend! National champ in Time Trial and Road Racing

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