Rasmus Henning

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Dane Rasmus Henning (35) has been one of the top male triathletes in the World for over 10 years.

After 8 years of Olympic Distance racing with numerous big results to his name, the two time Olympian swiched back to iron distance racing in 2009 and immediately became a succes. He won Ironman China in April with a 30 minute margin and qualified for Ironman Hawaii. In August 2009 he became European Long Distance Champion and thus being the first male to have won both short and long course European Championships. Rasmus managed a fifth place finish in his debut in Kona despite a broken hand suffered 17 days before the race. In 2010 he won the popular Challenge Roth iron distance race in July recording the 5th fastest time ever in 7:52:36. He ran an amazing 2:39 marathon in the process. The 2010 Ironman Hawaii was a disappointment but the 2011 campaign for the World Ironman Championship title has started with podium finishes in 70.3 racing and Rasmus has full focus on Ironman Hawaii 2011 this October.

Achievements

Winner Challenge Roth 2010 in 5th fastest ironman ever - 7:52:36
5th in Ironman Hawaii debut 2009
ITU European Long Course Champion 2009
Winner Ironman China 2009
Silver ITU World Championships 2001
Won Ironman debut, Frederica, Open Danish Championship, 2000
2004 European Champion (Olympic Distance)
5 world cup titles, including Des Moines wins in 2008 and 2007 (Olympic Distance)
8th in Beijing Olympics 2008 and 7th in Athens Olympics 2004 (Olympic Distance)
Multiple European Cup and Danish championships winner (Olympic Distance)

Challenge Copenhagen was fantastic!

August 25, 2010

Hi all,

It's now been a week since the Challenge Copenhagen ironman distance race - an absolutely great race in the heart of Copenhagen. I was very proud and delighted to be a part of it. I did not participate at the full distance but I swam as a relay athlete in the morning and then I was in the finish area for a big part of the afternoon greeting a lot of people that I know, watching a lot of happy faces. It made me really proud and shows that this sport is something people can really enjoy. There were so many spectators out there that must have had a great day - the official number is 125,000 at the marathon course alone, and this is absolutely fantastic.

A good day for the sport and for Copenhagen and Denmark.

Now I have started the serious build up for Hawaii which is 7 weeks away now. I just got my Specialized Shiv TT bike ready last week so I have been out doing the first rides on it and it feels great and gives me a lot of motivation towards Hawaii that I have even some slightly better material than before and it's just enjoyable to ride so I think it should give me a little advantage on the bike.

My training is going really well too. I'm definitely feeling better than I was 7 weeks before Challenge Roth which ended up quite well, so I'm guessing that I should be on the right track.

In 10 days I'll be going down to Playitas on the Canary Islands where I also did my Hawaii preparations last year. I know that it is an ideal place for me to be. It's a vulcanic island just like the big island of Hawaii, so it is very similar terrain, a lot of hard wind and crosswinds and it is quite hot as well in september, so I should be well prepared after a couple of weeks there.

Then I will be back home for a week and my primary objective there will be NOT to fall off my bike and break my hand like I did two and a half weeks before last year's Hawaii. I need to stay healthy this time because I feel I have a good shot at one of the top spots in Hawaii so I shouldn't blow it this time.

I'll go out an enjoy to be in Kona two weeks before the race and hopefully be ready when we get to race day!

Aloha!

Rasmus

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