SK Vidar athlete Ida Bergsløkken is behind the blog smartmatraskebein.no. Here you will find useful tips and advice on both food and running!
This week she has tested out this year's course (half marathon). Check out what she thinks about this one!
Read Ida's entire blog here.
OSLO MARATHON: BOTANICAL GARDEN MOUNTAIN
As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have only run the Oslo half marathon once before in 2010. Then I ran at 1:37:37 and was bomb-proof that I could never run the distance faster. For never in my entire life had I been so tired before. Yes, in fact. At the 3000-meter in Hønefoss. But I only remember this from 14 km to the finish: I want to jump in the sea, but the father can not jump once. My God, are I racing now? Will never run half again. Oh yes, are we going to run past Aker Brygge now too? What if I vomit now? It had taken off then. The nausea is still fresh in my mind, and the feeling that my legs did not want to run another meter. Here is a picture from the Oslo half marathon 5 years ago.
Everything had to be blonde and everything had to be pink. That was only the case in 2010. But look, just as much fun to run races.
Now it is just over a week left until my second half marathon in the streets of Oslo, and my third half marathon ever. My hair is brown and I run in red and white.
I dread (so far) less than what I did before the National Championships in Haugesund, but then I'm more used to street racing as well. Familiar with asphalt running, so to speak. Love asphalt. Sorry, marka.
A week ago, the tracks for the Oslo Marathon were published , and I registered two things:
- We will run to Skøyen this year as well. Just like in 2010.
- We will run the infamous hill up and around the Botanical Garden. Not exactly like in 2010.
The Skøyen route is about the same as five years ago, so I decided to test another part of the trail. This morning I therefore tested point 2, since someone has said that it is both 2 and 3 km long and that it is like climbing a mountain. So had to assure me that was not the case. And I have jogged that hill at least a hundred times before - and survived. But no wonder one begins to doubt either.
Here it goes:
As you run over to Jens Bjelkes gate, the slaughter begins to rise. Almost not noticeable. No effect on heart rate, but as you pass the 30-sign (possibly the 50-sign - do not remember) it starts to pour more upwards. Then you turn left onto Tøyengata. This is where the worst rise is, and it lasts approx. 350 meters, before turning left again onto Monradsgate. Finished! Ok, almost done. But here it rises only slightly. In fact, so little that you may not notice it. The worst climb is not 3 km long, or very long, it is not a round on an athletics track once. I'm not saying it's going to be easy or that I'm not going to hate that hill after 15km of asphalt banging, but I think it's fair to say it's affordable.
When I had reached the top of the Botanical Garden Mountain for the first time, I was actually almost a little disappointed. The pulse had gone up 10-15 beats, and the speed had been fairly steady from bottom to top, but that was it. Now there was only a flat (almost) stretch in front of me, before the trail snapped to the left again and down Sars gate. There I could just let go of my legs without pushing anything. I will be doing pushing during the Oslo half marathon. But hello, that's obvious lizzm.
For safety's sake, I ran the same round 2 more times, and saw an extra trip around Tøyenparken, because then I got the sunrise over Oslo. Then I jogged myself to SATS Schous Plass to stretch out and to have quality time with the sling. Maybe just run, say! Great start to the day, you ask me. Especially with a fridge porridge waiting for me as I walked in the door.
Facts from the Botanical Garden Ground. I have drawn the red and yellow arrows. Looked a little more pro then, I think. Blue = speed. Red = pulse.
In any case, the ground has a rise of 2% (according to Strava). In the world of civil engineering, we learned that a roof, per def, is flat when it has an inclination angle of less than 6 degrees . Six degrees corresponds to a slight increase of 10%. In my head, therefore, the ground was by definition flat. But at the same time I have taken some distance from all these engineering things, and one should certainly not compare hills and roofs in the first place. In addition, this definition destroys my entire uphill trail up Kongsveien.
But it can be interesting to think about during the run, so you at least forget that it hurts or that you are tired. There is something to take with you too. But speaking of a 2 degree incline. If you run on a treadmill, many people say that 1 degree slope corresponds to outdoor flat. So if you think of the Botanical Garden Ground as a mill that you have set at 2 degrees, then it is almost flat from a mill perspective, right?
This is seff only sighting, and not a series of stubborn claims.
But in retrospect, it would have been interesting to know how many people thought they were running on a flat roof with asphalt cardboard, instead of up the Botanical Garden mountain next weekend. Possibly on a paved giga-mill.
Conclusion: The Oslo Marathon's course is by definition flat, seen from a construction technical perspective.
Ok, haaadeeee!
See you in the streets of Oslo in eight days.
Tip: Practice on parts of the trail. [: En] SK Vidar athlete Ida Bergsløkken is behind the blog smartmatraskebein.no. Here you will find useful tips and advice on both food and running!
This week she has tested out this year's course (half marathon). Check out what she thinks about this one!
Read Ida's entire blog here.
OSLO MARATHON: BOTANICAL GARDEN MOUNTAIN
As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have only run the Oslo half marathon once before in 2010. Then I ran at 1:37:37 and was bomb-proof that I could never run the distance faster. For never in my entire life had I been so tired before. Yes, in fact. At the 3000-meter in Hønefoss. But I only remember this from 14 km to the finish: I want to jump in the sea, but the father can not jump once. My God, are I racing now? Will never run half again. Oh yes, are we going to run past Aker Brygge now too? What if I vomit now? It had taken off then. The nausea is still fresh in my mind, and the feeling that my legs did not want to run another meter. Here is a picture from the Oslo half marathon 5 years ago.
Everything had to be blonde and everything had to be pink. That was only the case in 2010. But look, just as much fun to run races.
Now it is just over a week left until my second half marathon in the streets of Oslo, and my third half marathon ever. My hair is brown and I run in red and white.
I dread (so far) less than what I did before the National Championships in Haugesund, but then I'm more used to street racing as well. Familiar with asphalt running, so to speak. Love asphalt. Sorry, marka.
A week ago, the tracks for the Oslo Marathon were published , and I registered two things:
- We will run to Skøyen this year as well. Just like in 2010.
- We will run the infamous hill up and around the Botanical Garden. Not exactly like in 2010.
The Skøyen route is about the same as five years ago, so I decided to test another part of the trail. This morning I therefore tested point 2, since someone has said that it is both 2 and 3 km long and that it is like climbing a mountain. So had to assure me that was not the case. And I have jogged that hill at least a hundred times before - and survived. But no wonder one begins to doubt either.
Here it goes:
As you run over to Jens Bjelkes gate, the slaughter begins to rise. Almost not noticeable. No effect on heart rate, but as you pass the 30-sign (possibly the 50-sign - do not remember) it starts to pour more upwards. Then you turn left onto Tøyengata. This is where the worst rise is, and it lasts approx. 350 meters, before turning left again onto Monradsgate. Finished! Ok, almost done. But here it rises only slightly. In fact, so little that you may not notice it. The worst climb is not 3 km long, or very long, it is not a round on an athletics track once. I'm not saying it's going to be easy or that I'm not going to hate that hill after 15km of asphalt banging, but I think it's fair to say it's affordable.
When I had reached the top of the Botanical Garden Mountain for the first time, I was actually almost a little disappointed. The pulse had gone up 10-15 beats, and the speed had been fairly steady from bottom to top, but that was it. Now there was only a flat (almost) stretch in front of me, before the trail snapped to the left again and down Sars gate. There I could just let go of my legs without pushing anything. I will be doing pushing during the Oslo half marathon. But hello, that's obvious lizzm.
For safety's sake, I ran the same round 2 more times, and saw an extra trip around Tøyenparken, because then I got the sunrise over Oslo. Then I jogged myself to SATS Schous Plass to stretch out and to have quality time with the sling. Maybe just run, say! Great start to the day, you ask me. Especially with a fridge porridge waiting for me as I walked in the door.
Facts from the Botanical Garden Ground. I have drawn the red and yellow arrows. Looked a little more pro then, I think. Blue = speed. Red = pulse.
In any case, the ground has a rise of 2% (according to Strava). In the world of civil engineering, we learned that a roof, per def, is flat when it has an inclination angle of less than 6 degrees . Six degrees corresponds to a slight increase of 10%. In my head, therefore, the ground was by definition flat. But at the same time I have taken some distance from all these engineering things, and one should certainly not compare hills and roofs in the first place. In addition, this definition destroys my entire uphill trail up Kongsveien.
But it can be interesting to think about during the run, so you at least forget that it hurts or that you are tired. There is something to take with you too. But speaking of a 2 degree incline. If you run on a treadmill, many people say that 1 degree slope corresponds to outdoor flat. So if you think of the Botanical Garden Ground as a mill that you have set at 2 degrees, then it is almost flat from a mill perspective, right?
This is seff only sighting, and not a series of stubborn claims.
But in retrospect, it would have been interesting to know how many people thought they were running on a flat roof with asphalt cardboard, instead of up the Botanical Garden mountain next weekend. Possibly on a paved giga-mill.
Conclusion: The Oslo Marathon's course is by definition flat, seen from a construction technical perspective.
Ok, haaadeeee!
See you in the streets of Oslo in eight days.
Tip: Practice on parts of the trail.
