In
a futile protest against the environmental damage I cause as a traveling
lecturer with a car (to carry my heavy equipment) - especially the effect
on the future of poor countries from global warming - I try to convince
myself and others that there must be an alternative to the car. Tired of
racing around in a small country - daily made smaller from unnecessary bridges (replacing
cozy rest on ferries) and new highways - while I myself get more and more
fat, lazy, stressed and unhealthy from too little exercise - I have decided
to reclaim the "huge" lovely country I knew in my childhood by running
the length and breadth of Denmark. That way I hope to save my fellow taxpayers
from the cost of unnecessary hospitalization which the sedentary
life in a car causes. Why do you need a car when you can run across your country in
one day?
Denmark
East to West:
|
Section |
Distance |
Date |
Time |
Malmø - Kastrup: "The Bridge run" |
21 km |
1 h 48 min |
|
Kastrup - Østerbro |
18 km |
1h 35 min |
|
Østerbro - Albertslund |
16 km |
1h 29 min |
|
Albertslund - Roskilde |
16 km |
1h 34 min |
|
Roskilde - Osted kro |
14 km |
1h 9 min |
|
Osted - Ringsted |
16 km |
1h 36 min |
|
Ringsted - Sorø |
15 km |
1h 29 min |
|
Sorø - Slagelse |
16 km |
1h 23 min |
|
Slagelse - Halskov |
20 km |
1h 49 min |
|
Halskov - Knudshoved "The Bridge run" |
22 km |
2h 5 min |
|
Knudshoved - Langeskov |
15 km |
1h 27 min |
|
Langeskov - Odense |
14 km |
1h 21 min |
|
Odense - Gribsvad |
21 km |
1h 58 min |
|
Gribsvad - Middelfart |
25 km |
2h 24 min |
|
Middelfart - Kolding |
22 km |
2h 5 min |
|
Kolding - Vejen |
24 km |
2h 25 min |
|
Vejen - Gørding |
24 km |
2h 36 min |
|
Gørding - Esbjerg |
28 km |
2h 29 min |
|
Esbjerg - Blåvands fyr |
42 km |
4h 33 min |
Copenhagen - North Sea in
total:
389 km
Denmark North to South
The German part I ran out of curiosity to find out how far south Denmark stretched through most of history before we lost Schleswig-Holsten. What do we need nationalism for when we today can run freely across EU's open borders to buy cheap beer in Germany? So this run is my homage to the EU.
|
The Elbe (Cuxhaven-ferry) - Meldorf |
29 km |
2h 48 min |
|
Meldorf - Lunden |
29 km |
3h 04 min |
|
Lunden - Husum |
24 km |
2h 29 min |
|
Husum - Bredstedt |
20 km |
1h 51 min |
|
Bredstedt - Niebüll |
26 km |
2h 31 min |
|
Niebüll - Tønder |
20 km |
2h 02 min |
|
Tønder - Skærbæk |
27 km |
2h 32 min |
|
Skærbæk - Ribe |
21 km |
1h 46 min |
|
Ribe - Gørding |
20 km |
1h 58 min |
|
Gørding - Vejen |
24 km |
2h 36 min |
|
Vejen - Kolding |
24 km |
2h 25 min |
|
Kolding - Vejle |
26 km |
2h 38 min |
|
Vejle - Horsens |
27 km |
2h 39 min |
|
Horsens - Skanderborg |
24 km |
2h 28 min |
|
Skanderborg - Hinnerup |
32 km |
3h 13 min |
|
Hinnerup - Randers |
26 km |
2h 32 min |
|
Randers - Hobro |
27 km |
2h 49 min |
|
Hobro - Rebild |
24 km |
2h 28 min |
|
Rebild - Ålborg |
25 km |
2h 31min |
|
Ålborg - Dannerhøj |
26 km |
2h 29 min |
|
Dannerhøj - Sæby |
26 km |
2h 32 min |
|
Sæby - Jerup |
25 km |
2 h 34 min |
|
Jerup - Skagen (Grenen) |
27 km |
Se note A. |
|
North - South total to date:
527
km
The "recapture" of Skåne
and Blekinge
(lost to Sweden in 1658
when Swedish king Karl Gustav 10th
walked across our frozen
waters with an army)
Malmö (fra Broløbet) - Lund |
20 km |
2h 11 min |
|
Lund - Hurva |
20 km |
2h 04 min |
|
Hurva - Hörby |
17 km |
1h 42 min |
|
Hörby - Tollarp |
25 km |
2h 31 min |
|
Tollarp - Kristianstad |
20 km |
2h 05 min |
|
Kristianstad - Sölvesborg |
30 km |
3h 06 min |
|
Sölvesborg - Karlshamn |
34 km |
3h 22 min |
|
Karlshamn - Ronneby |
34 km |
3h 25 min |
|
Ronneby - Karlskrona |
29 km |
2h 46 min |
|
Karlskrona - Brömsebro |
37 km |
3h 44 min |
|
Brömsebro - Haltorp |
28 km |
2h 42 min |
|
Haltorp - Kalmar |
30 km |
2h 55 min |
Elbe to Kalmar total: 859 km in 83 hours 47 min (10.3 km/h)
North Sea to the Gulf of Bothnia in total: 713 km
Denmark
in total to date: 1192 km