Can you ever feel completely comfortable competing in an Ironman? Probably not. Almost definitely not. However, returning to Copenhagen a year after my first long distance triathlon was as close as I can imagine getting. Preparation is key, and I had a cheat sheet from the year before. I knew the registration process, I knew the course (albeit with a few minor tweaks), I knew where the loos were if sh*t got serious, I knew after 5 years competing that you shouldn't start the run course with your helmet still on your head. I was ready.
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Unofficial KPR & 2018 Kona Pro Slot Allocation for August Cutoff. By Thorsten on August 19, 2018 in Analysis. Ironman Copenhagen 2018 – Analyzing Results. It's a large race with around 2,500 competitors, but only offers the standard 40 age group Kona slots for the fastest of them. This year's race isn't too dissimilar from the data from the previous decade of racing in Nice. Check out the race day highlights from the 2018 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.To learn more about Subaru Ironman Canada visit: http://www.
The biggest unknown was whether the injuries I'd picked up in the last month would allow me to get to the finish line. But I was at the start line; a miraculous feat on it's own given I was bed-ridden only weeks earlier. It's one of the few guarantees when training at the volume I do; injures are inevitable. It's an ongoing challenge to maintain the volume of training necessary to perform at your best, while trying to avoid injuring yourself or exacerbating any existing niggles. Sometimes it doesn't work and this year an old back injury decided to flare up at the same time as a new knee injury and, naturally, it was at the most crucial and annoying point; in the run up to Copenhagen. With little movement without excruciating pain, I looked at options for deferring my entry (it was too close to the event) or seeing if I could get a refund if unable to compete (not a chance). So I had to sit and wait (lie in bed and wait) and hope I could at least try and hobble my way around the 225.8km course.
- After a week's wait for results to appear within Ironman.com, I'm finally analysing the age group data from Ironman Cozumel 2018. Cozumel is a mid-sized race that offers the standard 40 Kona slots for age group athletes. Race times have varied over the years, but Cozumel's results tend to be mid-range for the Ironman series.
- There's a small gap in my Kona qualification data – a selection of Ironman 70.3 races that carry Kona slots for their fastest age groupers. Over 100 qualification slots are available this way and are not included in any of my analyses.
Never underestimate the power of the frozen pea. With a vigorous regime of vegetable ice packs, gentle stretches, and (lots of) pain killers, my mobility started to return. I may have looked like a wonky old man, but I was going to do my damnedest to get to Copenhagen and complete the race. Slowly but surely the pain eased and when my flight to Copenhagen came around my body was almost back to it's semi-straight state.
The race itself went even better than I could have imagined given the state I had been in and the complete lack of training over the previous weeks. It was probably a mixture of determination, adrenaline and the fact that everything hurts during an Ironman race so I could ignore specific injuries. The swim went well with no jellyfish stings to speak of. My dodgy knee definitely affected my bike time, and whilst it was slower than I was aiming for, it was faster than my bike leg from 2017. I couldn't be happier with my run. Having had a rather messy digestion problem during my race the previous year, I was a little apprehensive which, ironically, wouldn't have helped. However, it behaved itself wonderfully and I managed to take 20 mins off my run time from 2017 and completed the marathon in 03:10:35.
My finishing time was 09:09:01. Overall I came 7th in my age group and 54th overall; unfortunately missing out on a slot for Kona 2018 by 3 minutes. I'm getting closer and closer to claiming one of those elusive spots and if it keeps going in this direction, hopefully I can get one in 2019.
Whilst Copenhagen has given me the best starting experiences to my Ironman career, I'm changing my plan for 2019. I have qualified for the Long Distance World Championships in May and I will be using that as a ‘warm up' race for Ironman Switzerland in July. This gives me time to sign up to another event and a second chance of getting a slot for Kona 2019 if Zurich doesn't go to plan.
I have no doubt I'll be back to compete in Ironman Copenhagen at some point, but I really hope it's not next year and that I'll be organising my trip to Hawaii instead.
COPENHAGEN FASHION WEEK
Copenhagen Fashion Week is held twice a year in Copenhagen and consists of three big fairs: Gallery Int Fashion Fairat Bella Center, Vision at Øksnehallen and Gallery at Forum plus a mixed range of fashion shows at City Hall and the Royal Academy of Music. The Copenhagen Fashion Festival is the open part of the week, for consumers, citizens and tourists.
The event is the Nordic region's largest fashion event and takes place two times a year, in February and August. More than 1,600 exhibitors, 2,800 branded collections, 50,000 industry professionals with more than 40 runway shows is part of the official schedule.
Some of the fashion houses that participates in Copenhagen Fashion Week are Ivan Grundahl, Bruuns Bazaar, Wood Wood, Dagmar of Sweden, By Malene Birger, Henrik Vibskov, Baum und Pferdgarten and Day Birger et Mikkelsen.
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The Copenhagen Carnival is an annual event taking place in Fælledparken and on the streets of Copenhagen during the Whitsun Holiday. Over the years it has developed into the largest Danish festival for World music with 120 bands, 2000 dancers and more than 100,000 spectators participating.
The main venue for the carnival is Fælledparken with many stages dedicated to various music genres. The festival's main focus is world music with traditional samba and steelpan music, but also features electronic music.
The first carnival in Copenhagen was arranged in 1982 by the 'Carnival in May' association and attracted 500 dancers and 60,000 spectators.
The main Copenhagen Carnival Parade moves from Kongens Nytorv to The City Hall Square along Strøget, then the day after, the parade is repeated in Fælledparken.
For children and young people there is a special programme, with various workshops, performances and a separate parade.
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Copenhagen Jazz Festival is an annual Jazz event, taking place each July. The festival was established as a festival in 1979, but already in 1964 Tivoli Gardens presented a series of concerts under the name Copenhagen Jazz Festival with Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis among others.
Today Copenhagen Jazz Festival numbers more than 100 venues, 1,100 concerts and about 260,000 guest - making it one of the largest music events in Europe, attracting a broad international audience.
Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Svend Asmussen Quartet, Cassandra Wilson, Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea are among the musicians who have performed at the festival over the years.
In terms of genres and audiences, jazz music expanded in the 70's and 1978 lawyer and project manager Poul Bjørnholt started Copenhagen Jazz Festival, when he realized how local jazz clubs, public spaces, theaters and large venues could contribute to this event.
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Copenhagen Pride is an LGBT festival which is held every August in the City Hall Square, Copenhagen. This colourful and festive occasion combines political issues with concerts, films and a parade.
It usually starts on the Wednesday of Pride Week with a culmination on the Saturday with a great parade. In 2013, more than 20,000 gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals took part in the parade with floats and flags
In 1996, when Copenhagen was the European Capital of Culture, the start for Copenhagen Pride took place - and the city's pride festival has since been held every year
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Can you ever feel completely comfortable competing in an Ironman? Probably not. Almost definitely not. However, returning to Copenhagen a year after my first long distance triathlon was as close as I can imagine getting. Preparation is key, and I had a cheat sheet from the year before. I knew the registration process, I knew the course (albeit with a few minor tweaks), I knew where the loos were if sh*t got serious, I knew after 5 years competing that you shouldn't start the run course with your helmet still on your head. I was ready.
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Unofficial KPR & 2018 Kona Pro Slot Allocation for August Cutoff. By Thorsten on August 19, 2018 in Analysis. Ironman Copenhagen 2018 – Analyzing Results. It's a large race with around 2,500 competitors, but only offers the standard 40 age group Kona slots for the fastest of them. This year's race isn't too dissimilar from the data from the previous decade of racing in Nice. Check out the race day highlights from the 2018 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.To learn more about Subaru Ironman Canada visit: http://www.
The biggest unknown was whether the injuries I'd picked up in the last month would allow me to get to the finish line. But I was at the start line; a miraculous feat on it's own given I was bed-ridden only weeks earlier. It's one of the few guarantees when training at the volume I do; injures are inevitable. It's an ongoing challenge to maintain the volume of training necessary to perform at your best, while trying to avoid injuring yourself or exacerbating any existing niggles. Sometimes it doesn't work and this year an old back injury decided to flare up at the same time as a new knee injury and, naturally, it was at the most crucial and annoying point; in the run up to Copenhagen. With little movement without excruciating pain, I looked at options for deferring my entry (it was too close to the event) or seeing if I could get a refund if unable to compete (not a chance). So I had to sit and wait (lie in bed and wait) and hope I could at least try and hobble my way around the 225.8km course.
- After a week's wait for results to appear within Ironman.com, I'm finally analysing the age group data from Ironman Cozumel 2018. Cozumel is a mid-sized race that offers the standard 40 Kona slots for age group athletes. Race times have varied over the years, but Cozumel's results tend to be mid-range for the Ironman series.
- There's a small gap in my Kona qualification data – a selection of Ironman 70.3 races that carry Kona slots for their fastest age groupers. Over 100 qualification slots are available this way and are not included in any of my analyses.
Never underestimate the power of the frozen pea. With a vigorous regime of vegetable ice packs, gentle stretches, and (lots of) pain killers, my mobility started to return. I may have looked like a wonky old man, but I was going to do my damnedest to get to Copenhagen and complete the race. Slowly but surely the pain eased and when my flight to Copenhagen came around my body was almost back to it's semi-straight state.
The race itself went even better than I could have imagined given the state I had been in and the complete lack of training over the previous weeks. It was probably a mixture of determination, adrenaline and the fact that everything hurts during an Ironman race so I could ignore specific injuries. The swim went well with no jellyfish stings to speak of. My dodgy knee definitely affected my bike time, and whilst it was slower than I was aiming for, it was faster than my bike leg from 2017. I couldn't be happier with my run. Having had a rather messy digestion problem during my race the previous year, I was a little apprehensive which, ironically, wouldn't have helped. However, it behaved itself wonderfully and I managed to take 20 mins off my run time from 2017 and completed the marathon in 03:10:35.
My finishing time was 09:09:01. Overall I came 7th in my age group and 54th overall; unfortunately missing out on a slot for Kona 2018 by 3 minutes. I'm getting closer and closer to claiming one of those elusive spots and if it keeps going in this direction, hopefully I can get one in 2019.
Whilst Copenhagen has given me the best starting experiences to my Ironman career, I'm changing my plan for 2019. I have qualified for the Long Distance World Championships in May and I will be using that as a ‘warm up' race for Ironman Switzerland in July. This gives me time to sign up to another event and a second chance of getting a slot for Kona 2019 if Zurich doesn't go to plan.
I have no doubt I'll be back to compete in Ironman Copenhagen at some point, but I really hope it's not next year and that I'll be organising my trip to Hawaii instead.
COPENHAGEN FASHION WEEK
Copenhagen Fashion Week is held twice a year in Copenhagen and consists of three big fairs: Gallery Int Fashion Fairat Bella Center, Vision at Øksnehallen and Gallery at Forum plus a mixed range of fashion shows at City Hall and the Royal Academy of Music. The Copenhagen Fashion Festival is the open part of the week, for consumers, citizens and tourists.
The event is the Nordic region's largest fashion event and takes place two times a year, in February and August. More than 1,600 exhibitors, 2,800 branded collections, 50,000 industry professionals with more than 40 runway shows is part of the official schedule.
Some of the fashion houses that participates in Copenhagen Fashion Week are Ivan Grundahl, Bruuns Bazaar, Wood Wood, Dagmar of Sweden, By Malene Birger, Henrik Vibskov, Baum und Pferdgarten and Day Birger et Mikkelsen.
Gallery Int Fashion Fair, whos is apart of Copenhagen Fashion Week has managed to present 150 shows such as Stine Goya, Cheap Monday, Henrik Vibskov and Vivienne Westwood. Antique slot machines for sale illinois.
COPENHAGENFASHIONWEEK.COMCOPENHAGEN CARNIVAL
The Copenhagen Carnival is an annual event taking place in Fælledparken and on the streets of Copenhagen during the Whitsun Holiday. Over the years it has developed into the largest Danish festival for World music with 120 bands, 2000 dancers and more than 100,000 spectators participating.
The main venue for the carnival is Fælledparken with many stages dedicated to various music genres. The festival's main focus is world music with traditional samba and steelpan music, but also features electronic music.
The first carnival in Copenhagen was arranged in 1982 by the 'Carnival in May' association and attracted 500 dancers and 60,000 spectators.
The main Copenhagen Carnival Parade moves from Kongens Nytorv to The City Hall Square along Strøget, then the day after, the parade is repeated in Fælledparken.
For children and young people there is a special programme, with various workshops, performances and a separate parade.
COPENHAGEN CARNIVALCOPENHAGEN JAZZ FESTIVAL
Copenhagen Jazz Festival is an annual Jazz event, taking place each July. The festival was established as a festival in 1979, but already in 1964 Tivoli Gardens presented a series of concerts under the name Copenhagen Jazz Festival with Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis among others.
Today Copenhagen Jazz Festival numbers more than 100 venues, 1,100 concerts and about 260,000 guest - making it one of the largest music events in Europe, attracting a broad international audience.
Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Svend Asmussen Quartet, Cassandra Wilson, Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea are among the musicians who have performed at the festival over the years.
In terms of genres and audiences, jazz music expanded in the 70's and 1978 lawyer and project manager Poul Bjørnholt started Copenhagen Jazz Festival, when he realized how local jazz clubs, public spaces, theaters and large venues could contribute to this event.
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COPENHAGEN JAZZ FESTIVALCOPENHAGEN PRIDE
Copenhagen Pride is an LGBT festival which is held every August in the City Hall Square, Copenhagen. This colourful and festive occasion combines political issues with concerts, films and a parade.
It usually starts on the Wednesday of Pride Week with a culmination on the Saturday with a great parade. In 2013, more than 20,000 gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals took part in the parade with floats and flags
In 1996, when Copenhagen was the European Capital of Culture, the start for Copenhagen Pride took place - and the city's pride festival has since been held every year
COPENHAGEN PRIDECOPENHAGEN BEER CELEBRATION
Since 2010, the microbrewery Mikkeller has organized and hosted The Copenhagen Beer Celebration, a large annual beer festival which takes place each year in Copenhagen.
The festival mainly features small breweries from all around the world, many of them premiering new beers or small one-off batches of special brews, made specifically for the festival.
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The Committee of the Copenhagen Sakura Festival was established in February, 2008 to arrange the cultural event Copenhagen Sakura Festival with the help of the Japanese Embassy in Denmark, the Municipality of Copenhagen and other Japan-related cultural and private organizations.
The idea for the annual Sakura Festival came from a noble donation of 200 cherry blossom (Sakura) trees, all planted in Langelinie Park, by Seiichi Takaki, President of Andersen Institute of Bread & Life
Mr. Takaki was appointed to the honorable position of ambassador of H.C. Andersen on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of H.C. Andersen's birthday in 2005.
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In Japan people love and admire Sakura blossom and almost everybody go out to enjoy its beauty together with families, friends, lovers, office-mates and so forth wherever and whenever the Sakura bloom.
The mission is to invite everybody to try a Japanese Cherry Tree Festival, tea-ceremonys, a chance to try out calligraphy, fold origami or eat mochitsuki.
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There are kimono-shows, ikebana, martial arts, Japanese dance and Japanese music.
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