Hi,
I like to share with you one of my greatest adventures, the "Great Wall Marathon" http://www.great-wall-marathon.com which I surprisingly finished as 5th overall out of 100 International male and female runners.
The temperature of almost 35C on this day, the rough, hilly and 3700 steps plastered course are just the same terrain where I train here in Hong Kong and obviously give me a "home advantage" to this mostly oversee runners.
Best regards,
Hans
The Great Wall Marathon 2000
Probably one of the
toughest, most beautiful and extraordinary marathons ever. A little crazy -
but no extraordinary experiences are obtained ordinarily. The Great Wall
Marathon is a tough course
with exhausting
ascents, steep descents and more than 3700 steps to conquer. But it is also a
flat and scenic route through beautiful farmlands and small picturesque
villages.
About The Great Wall Marathon
About 6 km of this
exceptional marathon will actually take place on the Great Wall of China,
which means that it will be run on incredibly steep ascents and descents,
consisting of an unbelievable number of steps. Another part of the route
consists of 10 km of
asphalt road, which
includes a long ascent
and a long descent
of up to 10%, demanding the utmost of the runners. The remaining 26 km are
mostly on flat gravel roads through the countryside.
| Results of the Great Wall Marathon 2000 http://www.great-wall-marathon.com/result.htm or with all the split times please click here: http://sql.ultimate.dk/results/res73/res.htm |
Men: First 20
| Name | Country | Time | |
| 1 | Martin Grønholt Steinbach | Denmark | 4.11.29 |
| 2 | Steen Habermann | Denmark | 4.12.55 |
| 3 | Niels Gert Dahlendorff | Denmark | 4.28.58 |
| 4 | Preben Jensen | Denmark | 4.49.34 |
| 5 | Hans Wergin | Germany | 4.59.14 |
| 6 | Jens Mundell-Jensen | Denmark | 5.08.12 |
| 7 | Sean Fishpool | Great Britain | 5.08.20 |
| 8 | Hans Lindhøj Nielsen | Denmark | 5.16.12 |
| 9 | Henrik M.G. Jensen | Denmark | 5.18.40 |
| 10 | Christian Christensen | Denmark | 5.24.42 |
| 11 | Jesper Lindebjerg | Denmark | 5.25.33 |
| 12 | Elsen Oddmund Saether | Norway | 5.33.01 |
| 13 | Mikael Keller | Denmark | 5.36.24 |
| 14 | Kim Geiger | USA | 5.37.30 |
| 15 | Flemming Svend Petersen | Denmark | 5.37.36 |
| 16 | John Nielsen | Denmark | 5.38.24 |
| 17 | Wang Yin Feng | China | 5.41.39 |
| 18 | Jon Gudni Omarsson | Iceland | 5.41.39 |
| 19 | Kenneth Jensen | Denmark | 5.42.34 |
| 20 | Kenneth Burton | USA | 5.44.16 |
before the start....
they closed the whole section of the wall for "us" runners....
how many more steps????
No pain No gain....
38Km finished and still laughing....
Eurosport TV was filming me in action....
and interviewing me after the race....
