North Sea Beach Marathon is an annual Danish

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which takes place at the westcoast of

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

. It takes place in the beginning of July, every year. It is one of the only running events in the world where participants run the entire race on sand. Runners can choose to run the full 42.190 kilometres, or the

half-marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

, 10 km and 5 km. Runners must train hard, because running on sand is very demanding on the human body. A difficult portion of the race is

Hvide Sande Hvide Sande (lit: White Sands) is a small town in the middle of the Holmsland Dunes and placed around the artificial canal which connects Ringkøbing Fjord to the North Sea, in the western part of Central Denmark Region, formerly (until 1 Januar ...

, the sand here feels like deep snow. The timelimit for the marathon is 7 hours. The arrangers invited

Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times fro ...

to participate in the 2007 event, but he decided to turn down the offer.

Statistics

Records

*Marathon men - 2.36.46 - Jens Henrik Jensen -

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

(2004) *Marathon women - 3.00.09 - Joanna Gront -

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(2005) *half-marathon men - 1.08.51 - Augustin Togom -

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(2005) *half-marathon women - 1.20.22 - Nina Sørensen-

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(2005) *10 km men - 32.58 - Anders Ejby-Ernst -

(2007) *10 km women - 38.16 - Charlotte Larsen -

(2005) *5 km men - 16.58 -

Jesper Faurschou Jesper Lind Faurschou (born 1 July 1983) is a Danish athlete. He is a part of Herning Running Club, Herning Løbeklub, located in Herning. However, he is currently living in Århus. In 2007 he set a Danish record. He was the first ever to win ...

(2002) *5 km women - 20.01 - Lisbeth Rasmussen -

(2002)

The fastest in 2007

*Men marathon - Hans Mygind - 2.57.14 *Women - Tanja Werniske - 3.39.44 *Men halfmarathon - Joseph Kimisi - 01.15.55 *Women halfmarathon - Marianne Nors Karstensen - 01.33.0 *Men 10 km - Anders Ejby-Ernst - 32.58 *Women 10 km - Charlotte Larsen - 39.28 *Men 5 km - Morten Fransen - 17.09 *Women 5 km - Rachel Jacobsen - 22.17

External links

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