NTNUI Friidrett

Race report from Amsterdam Marathon 2019, written by Johan Grøgaard.

Amsterdam Marathon was held on Sunday, October 20th, with 17 000 people signed-up for the marathon and 45 000 participants in total.  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 – only 42 195m.
He made a good performance in the streets of Amsterdam, and we in the NTNUI family is proud of him! <3

We arrived in Amsterdam Saturday morning. After collecting our bib-numbers, we spent the day walking around the city.

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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. This was my first time eating Indonesian, risky thing to do before a marathon, but you got to live a little right?

– Raceday –

Sunday morning and race day . The small hotel we lived at didn’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 café 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.

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?

By then i am going to be even stronger. Next time we’re aiming for 2:45:00.

HU OG HEI


Results Amsterdam Marathon (Johan Grøgaard)

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Midnight Sun Marathon 2019!

Like previous years, several runners from our group went to Tromsø for the Midnight Sun Marathon, which was held on June 22th. This happens largely because of Svenn-Helge, and he’s commitment to the event and providing accommodation for the members! A special thanks to him! In addition to Svenn-Helge, Magnus and Oscar from the group also come from Tromsø. In total we were 12 people participating in the race, running distances from 10km to the marathon. We have made a great contribution to spreading the club colours in the streets of Tromsø!

Pre-race

In the days and time before the race we relaxed and did some sightseeing in Tromsø.

On Friday we joined the official opening of MSM with the official Marathon Flame from Athens. The Midnight Sun Marathon was held for the 30th time. You could really tell how big the event is, with around 70 nations represented in the race! Later that evening we gathered for dinner with lots of pasta, and some of our professionals filled their cups with beetroot juice.

Race-day

The race started late in the evening, which makes sense for the Midnight Sun Marathon. The marathon started at 20:30 and the half marathon 22:30. The great thing with the late start was that we could have a long night sleep and didn’t have to get up early. But the day went by with relaxing and preparing for the race. The start of the 10km was at 19:00 where Oscar and Svenn-Helge participated. Many fast runners ran the 10km, where Oscar made a good pb! For the marathon, Malte and Fabia was running the distance for the first time while Magnus wanted to copy the great run from Paris this year with another time below 2:30. Unfortunately, his collection of 4th places got increased by one. With a time of 2:29.42 he was 36 seconds behind the podium. For the half marathon the group was represented by Erlend, Marte, Anja, June, Clara and Daniel.

The half marathon – words by Erlend Hansen

In advance for my start, I watched the 10km which started at 1900. There I was cheering for Oscar and Svenn-Helge.

Before the race I was really curious about the weather and checked the forecast regularly the days before. As a friend told me the course in Tromsø is really exposed to windy conditions which would give me troubles with achieving my time goal. Luckily there was little wind and good temperatures around 8 degrees. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see the midnight sun but got soaked by the rain instead. But that was not a big problem for a guy used to the conditions in Trondheim.

But enough about the weather! I need to focus on what I can control. And the race between me and the clock. Because, yeah, it is nice to visit Tromsø and watch the beautiful mountains surrounding the city. But first of all I went there to aim for sub 1.15 at the half marathon (to be honest). As the race approached, I started to do some warm-up. There was a lot of people, but I easily managed to do some running and throw of my clothes 5 min before the start. When I was waiting for the start, I asked a guy I knew from Trondheim about his time goal, which also was below 1.15. Perfect! Now I have a pacer.
I went out from the start and followed him for 3km before I let go of him because this was going way to fast! Now I had to run by myself and control the pace at around 3:30 min/km. After 10km a group of around 6 people overtook me and we ran together rest of the race. As I struggled at the end with the keeping the pace, I kept thinking about Magnus running at the same pace – but for twice as long! That helped me from feeling sorry for myself and letting negative thoughts take over. I clocked in at 1.14:41. Satisfied, but exhausted, with a stomach that was not ready to celebrate with a beer on the town…

Post-race

The day after the race, we went on a car trip for some sightseeing outside Tromsø. With tired legs, we hiked on a mountain on Sommarøy in beautiful surroundings! After the hike we went to a cabin at Malangen where we ate some barbeque before taking sauna and a swim in the fjord. Perfect day for recovering after the race! It was nice to do something else in Tromsø besides the running. I want to make a special thanks to Svenn-Helges mom for organizing this weekend and taking us to the cabin!

Results

Results eqtiming

Place (age class)	Name	Distance	Time
4. (3)	Magnus Warvik	Marathon	02:29.42
101. (45.)	Malte Brunner	Marathon	03:26.02
235. (17.)	Fabia Maria Stich	Marathon	03:45.44
9. (5.)	Erlend Hansen	Half-Marathon	01:14.41
72. (4.)	June Kieu-Van Thi Bui	Half-Marathon	01:30.46
105. (39.)	Daniel Pace	Half-Marathon	01:34.02
377. (52.)	Clara Bon	Half-Marathon	01:51.08
398. (55.)	Marte Wilson	Half-Marathon	01:52.19
760. (132.)	Anja Troxler	Half-Marathon	02:07.54
18. (13.)	Oscar Ovanger	10 km	34.49
1221. (240.)	Svenn-Helge Vatne	10 km	01:03.18

This weekend, runners from NTNUI Friidrett attended at the Student Games in Bergen competing in several of races from 100m to half marathon. With some good results, NTNUI won the total athletics competition!

(Results below!)

Friday

On Friday there was competition in 100m, 200m, 800m and 4x 200m relay. Three runners from NTNUI competed in the distances at Fana Stadium. Nice to see our former leader and sprinter, Svenn Helge Vatne, making a good figure at running the 100m and 200m. Gold at the 100m and bronze at the 200m 30 minutes after was a result in respect of!

 

Saturday

On Saturday morning it was time for the half marathon. Three attendants from the group was ready, although two were a little affected after yesterday’s races.

This is what one of the runners, Erlend Hansen, experienced:

The days before the half marathon I checked the weather forecast, and it reported heavy wind and a lot of rain. Typical Bergen. This one was going to be a tough one.
As we moved to the start at Fana stadium Saturday morning, the rain poured down leaving us soaked before the start. We discussed a bit about clothing, but the temperature was fine, and I decided to run in singlet and shorts leaving the gloves behind. More clothes were going to slow me down anyway because of the rain. My legs were fresh and ready because I had not been racing the day before like Magnus and Jonas, and I did a good warm-up before the start. I was a bit concerned about Magnus complaining about a bad knee, but he said he was trying to run anyway and see how it goes. It turned out not to be such a bad idea.

After the start, we quickly became a group of 8 people in the front. After staying in the group for 3km with a pace around 3:30 min/km, I decided to let them go and run my own race because this was going too fast for me! I was surprised by the speed of the other runners, but I had to think of my own battle. There were still 19 km to beat. I was happy with the pace I ran, although parts of the road were like running in a stream! I overtook the 6th place after 8km and cheered for Magnus in front and Jonas when I was by rounding (the track was 10.6 km back and forth). I managed to keep up the pace to the finish line and was quite happy with the result! Almost beat my pb with 3 minutes from racing the half marathon in Trondheim 6 weeks back! Shocked by the win from Magnus with a super strong 1.13:30 (!) we moved back to the accommodation for a hot shower and preparing for the banquet in the evening ending the Student games in Bergen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results:

100 m

Place	Name	Team	Time
1.	Svenn-Helge Vatne	NTNUI	12.82 s
2.	Apoorvan Sockanathan	NHHI	14.59 s

200 m

Place	Name	Team	Time
1.	Øystein Aas	BSI	25.06 s
2.	Lasse Tollefsen	BSI	27.50 s
3.	Svenn-Helge Vatne	NTNUI	31.60 s

800 m

Place	Name	Team	Time
1.	André Juvland	TRIMIUS	2.08
2.	Jonas Riseth	NTNUI	2.08
3.	Magnus Winther Warvik	NTNUI	2.18

4 x 200m relay

Place	Team	Time
1.	NHHI	1.47
2.	BSI	1.50
3.	HiBI	1.53
4.	NTNUI	1.56

Half marathon – men

Place	Name	Team	Time
1.	Magnus Winther Warvik	NTNUI	01:13:32
2.	Martin Kristiansen	NHHI	01:14:00
3.	Arne Kalland-Olsen	NHHI	01:16:35
4.	Arne Nygård	NHHI	01:16:52
5.	Jonas Riseth	NTNUI	01:17:23
6.	Erlend Hansen	NTNUI	01:18:40
7.	Bjørn Alexander Hovland	HiBI	01:19:31
8.	Martin Digranes	NHHI	01:19:38
9.	Erik Vadla	BSI	01:19:42
10.	Petter Elias Røkke	NHHI	01:23:51
11.	Anders Austad	HiBI	01:24:05
12.	Even Årekol	NTNUI-Ålesund	01:24:09
13.	Viktor Svensson	HiBI	01:25:08
14.	Erlend Solhaug Myklebust	NHHI	01:26:17
15.	Petter Ihlebæk	NTNUI	01:26:32
16.	Sigurd Bøe	VSIL	01:27:36
17.	Håkon Andresen	OSI	01:28:30
18.	Thorvald Mosvold	NHHI	01:30:08
19.	Erlend Godager	NHHI	01:31:40
20.	Håvard Lergernæs	NHHI	01:35:24
21.	Nicolai Hoel	NMBUI	01:36:15
22.	Antonio Johansen Cubedo	NTNUI-Ålesund	01:53:05
23.	Caspar Vinje Hagland	NMBUI	01:53:42
24.	Nicolai Birkeland	GSI	02:04:08
25.	Edward El Hayek	VSI	02:04:18

Half marathon – women

Place	Name	Team	Time
1.	Karoline Saltemark	NHHI	01:35:40
2.	Julie Osen	NHHI	01:40:53
3.	Malene Knutsen Breivik	HiBI	01:41:43
4.	Ragnhild Seim	NHHI	01:45:09
5.	Sunniva Riibe	MRK Bergen	01:45:17
6.	Siv Simonsen	HiBI	01:45:56
7.	Elin Farestveit	NHHI	01:48:24
8.	Iris Einarsdottir	NHHI	01:55:55
9.	Ingrid Beisland	NHHI	01:56:15

 

Løpsrapport fra Skåbu Fjellmaraton, 29. september 2018. Skrevet av Leonhard Faubel.

On Friday the 28th September at 15:30 was the departure. We went with two cars, eight guys and a girl to Skåbu to participate at the Fjellmaraton. After four hours of driving and a lot of joy including “car-games”, we finally arrived at the cabin. After a little run in the dark we ate tons of pasta and drank a lot of water to prepare ourselves to the run. We were warming up in the morning  after a little pasta and cereals and some coffee. As warmup we loosened our muscles with slow running and circling our arms.

Half-marathon:

Finally it was almost time to run the half-marathon. At about 11:25 I recognized that it was too warm in my jacket and took it off. Therefore I had to put my number on the t-shirt instead. Everyone was so friendly and smiling at me. At 11:29 I realized that the reason for that could be that my number was upside down Too late! I had to run! The start was very comfortable. I started very slow, enjoyed the view on the mountains and appreciated that it was not snowing or raining. Running all the way down to the Olstappen lake was a good possibility to get warm and relaxed. The lakes and the creeks, bridges and rocks around the trail were really beautiful. It was very warm in the valley compared to Skåbu. No need to wear gloves or a hat anymore. Finally we reached the last challenge of the race: the way back up to Skåbu with a big altitude difference. I didn’t expect that it would be as easy to ramp up and ended up on the 25th.

We had a very nice time together at an awesome place! Thanks for a great adventures running weekend!

Resultater:

Maraton

Plassering (totalt/klasse)	Navn	Tid
1. (1)	Magnus Warvik	3:03:44
3. (2)	Morten Haugsvær	3:08:49
4. (3)	Erlend Hansen	3:11:49
10. (6)	Haakon S. Bergsholm	3:45:43

Halvmaraton

Plassering (totalt/klasse)	Navn	Tid
8. (3)	Martin Dorber	1:30:40
25. (6)	Leonhard Faubel	1:49:28

7.5 km

Plassering (totalt/klasse)	Navn	Tid
4. (2)	Ole Emil Frisvold	40:56
9. (1)	Kieu-Van June Bui	43:50
23. (4)	Svenn-Helge Vatne	49:46

Fullstendige resultater: EQ Timing

Løpsrapport fra kondis.no: Skåbu fjellmaraton ble lørdag arrangert for tredje gang

Løpsrapport fra sportsmanden.no: http://www.sportsmanden.no/archives/47816

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   Race report from the 1. race of the Vinterkarusell. Written by Erlend Hansen

The fall has come to Trondheim. You can tell it for sure, as the days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder. For most people it means that the competition season is over, but for many other runners in Trondheim, it’s the start for the “Vinterkarusell”!

Yesterday, Wednesday 26.09, the first competition of 6 was held. The weather forecast reported strong wind and rain, but as the races started the weather cleared up for the runners. The weather gods showed mercy!

There were two races, a 5km and a 10km. We had members running both distances, and with some good results!
In the 10km, NTNUI Friidrett took home the gold with a 1^st place to Erlend Hansen!
In the 5km, Magnus Warvik was 1 second(!) behind the podium and ended on a strong 4^th place. Several of our runners have suffered from illness the last period, but they attended anyway and finished! Impressed by all who attended though the bad weather.

Results:

Results EQtiming

Nidarø rundt – 5 km

Place	Name	Time
4.	Magnus Warvik	15:38
48.	Ole Emil Frisvold	19:45
56.	Thomas Rakke	20:45

Nidarø Rundt – 10 km

Place	Name	Time
1.	Erlend Hansen	35:36
12.	Martin Dorber	40:20

Article from the race in Kondis:

https://www.kondis.no/hoestlig-vaer-da-nidaroe-rundt-aapna-troendersk-vinterkarusell.6151137.html

Neste løp i Vinterkarusellen:

1. Onsdag 26. september: Nidarø Rundt — 5 km og 10 km på Trondheim Stadion på Øya kl. 18:20.
2. Tirsdag 23. oktober — 5 km på Leangen kl. 18:30.
3. Lørdag 17. november — 5 km på Leangen kl. 11:00.
4. Tirsdag 15. januar — 3000 m i Ranheimshallen med puljestarter fra 18:00.
5. Tirsdag 12. februar — 3000 m i Ranheimshallen med puljestarter fra 18:00.
6. Tirsdag 26. mars — 5 km på Leangen kl. 18:30.

LENKE TIL VINTERKARUSELLEN!

This post is written by Magnus Winther Warvik, current leader of the NTNUI Friidrett group. Hope you enjoy reading his journey and experience from Oslo Marathon, and his strong third place in Oslotrippelen, which was arranged on Saturday 15.09.18.
Viewer discretion be advised. Don’t do this unless you are very athletic or very crazy.

Right after last year’s Oslo Maraton, I had runners high, as you usually have after a race. When the signup for this year opened the night after the race, and with a couple of beers inside, I signed up for “Oslotrippelen” on the spot. I had already tried each of the distances in Oslo (marathon, half, 10k), now it was time to combine all of them. Fourth person to sign up for the triple, so there are at least three people more crazy than me!

Time flies, and on the tail end of my best running season yet, I was excited. With personal bests in every distance from 1500m to the marathon, this would be a cake walk. But two weeks ago I ran the marathon in Trondheim to see where I stood, with horrendous results. I almost collapsed over the finish line. Would I even be able to finish in Oslo?

The marathon

Compared to other city marathons, the one in Oslo is hard. With two laps, and each lap having one large hill and one murderous hill, you really need to pace yourself to not die. I started the marathon at a comfortable pace, and actually managed to keep it comfortable most of the race. This was my second marathon I ran where I felt great all the way through. And my first one was also in Oslo. Three gels, a lot of water (it was a hot day!), and one cup of red bull. I finished the race as the third triple participant. Far behind the leaders, but not far ahead of fourth place. So this could only end two ways: third place or worse. With two fourth places in the last two weeks, this gave me extra motivation for the next races.

So what do you do when you just finished a marathon, and are going to run a half marathon in an hour? You bike, eat lots of buns and potato chips, and drink water. The best thing about the triple is that you have access to a special tent that is right by both the start and finish line, where you can store your stuff. With free food, this is like heaven for me. Anyway, the last thing you want to do is stop moving and get stiff. While I was munching food, biking, and cheering for the other runners, I just kept repeating inside my head that a half marathon is short. Because it is. Just half the distance I just ran. It’s really short. So short. Just an hour. Plus half an hour. Something like that. After half an hour, I actually looked forward to the next race. Not because I really wanted to run, but because I wanted to finish the half marathon, so that I could finish the 10K, and go home.

Half marathon

Starting the half marathon, I got excited. Most of the people around me was running their first race of the day, and looking for personal records. Personally I had no idea how this would go, but my legs actually felt really good. And this was just one round in Oslo, not two. This would go easy! I started way faster than in the marathon, and kept the pace for around 10 kilometers. Then, the pace dropped. Bad. From here and in it was a struggle. Just counting down the kilometers, and looking for black bibs behind me (those who are running the triple have black start numbers). But each kilometer came and went, and I couldn’t see anyone passing me. It felt like I was walking up the murderous hill, but I was still one of the first runners. Even in the downhill I couldn’t get the speed up. And in the end, I was the first triple participant to cross the finish line. With this, I was almost guaranteed a third place. The only way to get fourth would be some injury…

The break after the half marathon was similar to the one after the marathon. A lot of food, biking, and massaging. I also drank a cup of coffee, and my last gel. Cola with caffeine. Pumped up, I was ready for the last 10K. With 63 km done, this would be easy. And compared to my feelings after the marathon, I actually believed myself. Almost done.

10K

Last race of the day. Finally! But how hard would I take it? I was almost guaranteed a third place, and it would take a wonder to move either up or down in the results. So I started quite easy. Better to have a nice experience than hate my life, like I did in the half marathon. And Oslo is such a nice place to run. Thousands of people cheering, always great weather (though a tad to hot), and a fast and easy 10K course. But then my hip said it didn’t like what I was doing, with a sting that made me afraid. Would I have to walk? I decreased the speed a bit, and changed from running to limping. But fortunately it almost went away after 5 or 10 minutes. “Just finish now without taking any risks”.
And that’s what I did.
Third place.

And yes, I have already signed up again next year.

Well done to everyone else who ran in Oslo on Saturday, especially the ones in the club, and my parents!

Results:

(http://live.ultimate.dk/desktop/front/index.php?eventid=3843&language=no&ignoreuseragent=true)

Marathon (42,2 km): 02:44:06
Half-marathon (21,1 km): 01:24:52
10 km: 38:54
Total (73,3km): 04:47:52