{"id":1983,"date":"2019-11-10T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T12:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2019-11-10T12:39:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T12:39:07","slug":"race-report-amsterdam-marathon-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/en\/2019\/11\/10\/race-report-amsterdam-marathon-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Report: Amsterdam Marathon 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Race report from Amsterdam Marathon 2019, written by Johan Gr\u00f8gaard. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Amsterdam Marathon was held on Sunday, October 20th, with 17 000 people signed-up for the marathon and 45 000 participants in total.\u00a0 Johan is a new member to our group this fall and can be referred to as an experienced runner. Going from cross-country skiing to running ultra terrain distance, and then running the shorter distance on asphalt &#8211; only 42 195m.<br>He made a good performance in the streets of Amsterdam, and we in the NTNUI family is proud of him! &lt;3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Johan_Grogaard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1959\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\" class=\"has-large-font-size has-custom-size\"> Hi, my name is Johan, and I am a proud member of NTNUI friidrett. <br><br>A couple of weeks ago, I ran my second official road marathon. The first in NTNUI colours\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udda4. I have been asked to write a little about my experiences from the race. The result isn\u2019t much, but I hope you enjoy the short time it will take to read it.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam.jpg 495w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\" class=\"has-large-font-size has-custom-size\"> The marathon in Amsterdam was my main goal this fall. So I was pretty exited before leaving. Before catching my flight to Amsterdam I teamed up with my father in Oslo who was joining me and planned to run the half-marathon.  <br><br><br>Pretty exited before boarding the plane to Amsterdam. &#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> We arrived in Amsterdam Saturday morning. After collecting our bib-numbers, we spent the day walking around the city.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1941\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/?attachment_id=1941\" class=\"wp-image-1941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam2.jpg 513w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam3-575x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1942\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/?attachment_id=1942\" class=\"wp-image-1942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam3-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam3-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam3-600x1068.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam3.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the evening we went out on a bar for some refreshments. Christian, a colleague of my father was also running the marathon and joined us. We ate at a small Indonesian restaurant which was great\ud83d\ude0b. This was my first time eating Indonesian, risky thing to do before a marathon, but you got to live a little right? \ud83e\udd2a <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">&#8211; Raceday &#8211;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Sunday morning and race day \ud83d\ude0e. The small hotel we lived at didn&#8217;t serve any breakfast, so we planned to grab a sandwich on the metro before the start. This was going to be a mistake! Because it was Sunday, all the shops were closed. Luckily we found a small caf\u00e9 that served a small piece of white bread toast close to the start at the Olympic stadium. But lesson learned! Next time, make sure to order a hotel with a proper breakfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam4.jpg 641w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam4-600x798.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\" class=\"has-large-font-size has-custom-size\"> Now to the most important part &#8211;  <strong>the race<\/strong>.  \ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udd7a\ud83c\udffc <br> <br>During my first 5 km, I felt incredible. I stabilised my pace around 4:00-4:05, and tried to not push to hard the first 21 km. Knowing I would probably regret this after 30 km. The race plan went surprisingly well for a little more than two hours. I manage to maintain my around 4 minute pace up until the 37 k mark. <br>The last 5 kilometres, I hit the famous marathon wall. The long flat roads in Amsterdam started to feel like the steep hills up to <em>Geitfjellet<\/em> (mountain in Bymarka). My pace went down more and more. 4:10, 4:20-4:35. <br>I finished the race in 2:54:18, smashing my previous best (3:11:52) from Oslo a couple of years ago!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1947\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\" class=\"has-large-font-size has-custom-size\">The finish was of cource celebrated with some beers. While waiting for my father to finish his half-marathon I was lucky enough to meet some Norwegians. They were waiting for a friend to finish his half-marathon as well, so we sat down at a table outside the Olympic stadium and talked about the race. <br><br>They even paid for three beers for me.\ud83e\udd29 Nothing tastes better than free drinks! Especially being a not so rich student. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam6.jpg 399w, https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/262\/2019\/11\/Race-report-Amsterdam6-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\" class=\"has-large-font-size has-custom-size\"> After my father finished his race we went straight to the airport were we teamed up with Christian over some more beer.\ud83d\ude09\ud83c\udf7b <br><br>Christian and I had  actually finished in the exact same time! What\u2019s the chance of that? Thank god I sprinted to the finish, it would have been a little embarrassing to be beaten by a colleague of my father.   <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"> We agreed that running in Amsterdam had been a great experience and that we should do this again next year. Maybe doing the New York Marathon? Or what about Tokyo? <br><br>By then i am going to be even stronger. Next time we\u2019re aiming for 2:45:00.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"> HU OG HEI\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udda4 <br><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (\u00e5pner i en ny fane)\" href=\"https:\/\/results.sporthive.com\/events\/6589788263981649920\/races\/452732\/bib\/667\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Results Amsterdam Marathon (Johan Gr\u00f8gaard)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><br><br><em>Did you enjoy reading this article? <br>Check out our previous race reports below!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-buttons\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-buttons__inner flex-align-center has-medium-gutter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/2018\/09\/19\/oslotrippelen-733-km-magnus-warvik\/\">Oslotrippelen 2018<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ntnui.no\/friidrett\/2019\/07\/12\/midnight-sun-marathon-marathon-2019\/\">Midnight Sun Marathon 2019<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Race report from Amsterdam Marathon 2019, written by Johan Gr\u00f8gaard. 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