Month: December 2018

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018

Sunday December 9th 2018 I completed the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 in Singapore. Find below my full race coverage plus some tourist impressions from the beautiful and amazing Singapore.

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 - Tor Rønnow

Singapore City
The first thing that strikes you in Singapore is: the heat! Boy, this is a warm place to be! The second thing is the business and mobile fixation of merely EVERYBODY, and thirdly the tidyness and order all around. Beware, if you leave something (trash) on the street, you will get fined, prosecuted and go to jail! For real! 

But make no mistake: Singapore is an amazing city to visit, lots of impressive malls and shops, a beautiful skyline and of course the luxurious Bay area including the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, the Merlion and the Fullerton hotels. As seen in the report I also visited Chinatown, Singapore and Little India and the Gardens by the Bay.

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 was an insanely warm and humid experience taking off from the Singapore Formula One track at 04.30 AM and with temperatures reaching 32 degrees C during the race. Even at the start it was too warm for running (under “normal conditions”) but still I managed to run until the sun arose at around 7 AM. The route was partly scenic and the fixpoint throughout the day was for sure the majestic Marina Bay Sands building. 

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 - Tor Rønnow

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Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 – pictures by Tor Rønnow (English)
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渣打新加坡馬拉松2018 – TorRønnow(中國)的照片/照片
スタンダードチャータードシンガポールマラソン2018 – TorRønnowの写真/写真(日本語)
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 – foto di Tor Rønnow (Italiano)
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Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018

Sunday November 18th 2018 I completed the Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 in Cyprus. Find below my full race coverage plus some tourist impressions from beautiful Larnaka.

Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 - Tor Rønnow

Larnaka City
Larnaka is one of the oldest cities/settements in the western civilization and points towards Greece in many ways. However, the top-1 attraction remains the beautiful Church of Saint Lazarus (widely covered in my report) not to mention the views of the sea and the relazed atmosphere in this very small city. As seen, I also visited the Kamares Aqueduct and the Larnaca Salt Lake and a few other places of general interest.

Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 was a really good experience runningwise: nice, scenic route, well organized and an event with several distances, thus with a “family” appeal. The races took off from the Town Hall in Larnaka and passed most of the landmarks in and sorrunding the city, worth mentioning is the mosque Hale Sultan Tekke, the Salt Lake and, of course, the beautiful Mediterranian Sea. It is for sure a somewhat long journey from central Europe to Cyprus and Larnaka but I think the race fully justifies a trip.

Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 - Tor Rønnow

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Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – billeder/fotos af Tor Rønnow (Danish)
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – pictures by Tor Rønnow (English)
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – beelden van Tor Rønnow (Nederlandse)
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – photos de Tor Rønnow (Français)
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – fotos del Tor Rønnow (Español)
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – bilder von Tor Rønnow (Deutsch)
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – TorRønnow的圖像/照片(中文)
ラディソン・ブルー・ラルナカ国際マラソン2018 – TorRønnowの画像/写真
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – foto di Tor Rønnow (Italiano)
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 – bilder av Tor Rønnow (Svenska)