Hectic times

It has been a while since I last took a few minutes to update my blog. It has been 6 busy weeks in the Madsen household. I'll spare you the details. But trust me, it has been hectic. And as always, when there is just not enough time to get all the important things done, one has to start prioritizing, which of course puts running at risk.

And yes, I have skipped a few runs here and there. I wasn't happy about it (except for the one last Sunday where I was still hungover from Fridays house warming party) but mostly I have managed to stick to the plan. Copenhagen Marathon is 2 weeks and 2 days away and I feel quite confident. I'm still debating with myself what time I should aim for, but I guess I will have a reasonably good idea about it when I have returned from my 32km training run on Sunday morning...

Late this afternoon I was out on a 13km run. I had planned to just go at a fairly slow pace, but after a few minutes my brain switched off, my legs took over and I ended up back at the house in an effortless 1 hour and 5 minutes. OK, effortless is not entirely correct. I did actually struggle at a point: As I passed a guy who was on the phone I picked up the following from him - like he was explaining it to a child for the fifth time:" ...the problem is that I can not give you THE money because there IS no money!". Fair enough! And good point. I wouldn't wanna be the one he owed money to! Anyway, this obviously made me giggle and for a bit I struggled to concentrate on my breathing.

In a few days I'm off to Europe and that means a one month good bye to the high quality entertainment in the streets of Kampala - I will miss it - and a hello to the not so exciting tarmac in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Or, that's the plan at least. I have just learned that a certain Icelandic volcano has started pumping out ash again... So, who knows, maybe I'll end up having to stage my own Bugolobi Marathon on Sunday the 23rd of May!

Marathon Madsen