Medals, trophy and speeches for DHL runners

It was no time for modesty. As four teams of staff and students lined up to get their University of Copenhagen DHL medals and trophies, the talk among participants was all about times and how to defend titles come next year.

The University of Copenhagen fielded 2160 participants and 428 teams at this year’s DHL relay. All competing for their department’s bragging rights. The DHL relay is considered the largest fun-run in Northern-Europe, some say the world, with 100,000 participants over five days.

Events planned for running club at University

The University of Copenhagen's running club has plans to attend new international events, have a party and hire a running trainer, says member Hanne Andersen. Previous events have involved several members competing in both Paris and Berlin.

All genders and running ability are welcome to join, »the distance travelled changes depending upon people's mood and the weather« says Hanne, and ranges from five to twelve kilometres.

Pharma team reveals winning DHL strategy

As 2,100 University of Copenhagen staff and students exchange war stories after Monday night’s DHL showdown, they would do well to heed the advice of the fastest runner on the fastest University team.

Niels Grøn Nørager, a PhD student at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry is good for a 15:06 five kilometres, and runs between 80 and 90 kilometres a week in training. As the fastest runner on the team, he ran two legs at the race on Monday evening.

DHL: Team from Pharma wins Uni battle

A team from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ChemBiol1, was the fastest University of Copenhagen team at the DHL event Monday.

This is according to the University Post’s own reckoning, which is preliminary and is based on the favourite teams’ text message updates to our newsroom. Times from organiser Sparta have not yet had start times deducted, skewing the official results.

2,100 staff, students to race DHL

Right now, more than 2,100 staff and students are mentally visualising a sprint of five kilometres.

The University of Copenhagen has entered more than 400 teams of five runners for tonight's race, representing staff and students from throughout the campuses. The DHL race is one of the biggest fun-runs in the world with 130,000 runners participating over several days.

Systems Biology expects big win in relay

For some the DHL Relay race is just for fun: It’s about spending time with colleagues, barbequing, and making-merry. However, for those at the Section of Systems Biology Research at the Centre of Healthy Aging it’s a race to win.

Micheal Taulo Lund, PhD student in Systems Biology, hopes to make the cut for his lab’s team, but it isn’t easy. With a lab full of marathon runners, triathletes and other sports elites, not everyone can be chosen for the five person relay team.

2,100 university employees ready to race

Beginning 29 August approximately 2,100 employees from the University of Copenhagen will challenge other teams in the DHL Relay race. The event will take place over the course of five days.

This year over 125,000 people are registered to race in the annual event that has taken place since 1983. And it is not just runners from the university that will go head to head; teams from private organisations and companies in Copenhagen are also competitors in the relay event.

Scientists: 10 second sprints are most effective

Staff and students at the University of Copenhagen preparing for the DHL fun-run 29 August would do well to heed the advice of Copenhagen’s own sports scientists: Stop doing your hours of jogging or long intervals, and start doing a series of 10 second sprints instead.