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🌏 THE GLOBAL TRIATHLON, dag 1: Det har været

🌏 THE GLOBAL TRIATHLON, dag 1:

Det har været en ualmindelig overvældende og skøn åbningsdag på min store rejse. Og søde mennesker, takket være jer (og al den skønne energi og opbakning, jeg har fået & følt dagen igennem) vil den altid blive husket. Fra hjertet, tak! ❤️

Den halve time på Rådhuspladsen var helt særlig for mig på mange planer og et føltes som en stor forløsning (trods giga klumper i halsen) at cykle op ad Vesterbrogade og ud af København.

Der har været kolde tæer stort set hele dagen i cykelskoene. Maven har været svedig inde bag alle lagene, men den har været dækket af laber uld, så beklædningsmæssigt har det været godt og problemfrit. Koga kører helt fantastisk og jeg føler mig voldsomt godt tilpas på cyklen. Wow og cadeau til cyklen! Vi er allerede best mates! ❤️

En lang dag i sadlen. Da jeg ved solnedgangstid (19.40) trillede ind på Gedser Lystbådehavn for at slå mig ned for natten i et shelter, rundede jeg 150 km. Tilfreds Zülle.

PS. Jeg læser alle kommentarer etc., men jeg når desværre ikke at svare på alle i disse (fortsat) crazy-turbulente dage. Men jeg holder stadig af dem (og af jer 😍).

Statistikken:
Dag 1: København - Gedser
Antal km cyklet: 150
Tid på cyklen: 7 t 29 m
Gennemsnitsfart: 20.1 km/t
Max.fart: 39.3
Højdemeter op: 728
Højdemeter ned: 727
Nuværende højde: 1
Distance i alt: 150
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THE MOMENT (1. april 2023, 21.48): This is where

THE MOMENT (1. april 2023, 21.48):
This is where the very first day of my world tour ended - at a shelter at the southern most point of Denmark after 150 km on the freezing roads today. Toes 👣 are icy. Boy is tired. A beautiful day. Way too cold. But boy is content 🙏

ØJEBLIKKET (lørdag 1. april 2023, 10.00) TAK!

ØJEBLIKKET (lørdag 1. april 2023, 10.00)

TAK! ❤️

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Kram, kærlighed og følelser uden på (vinter-)tøjet 💚

Nicolai

🥵 BREAKING INTENSO DAY: Wow, wow, wow. It has

🥵 BREAKING INTENSO DAY:
Wow, wow, wow. It has been a completely crazy and intense day! Words are not enough. My emotional register has been stretched in every imaginable direction and there has been farewell sadness, tears, excitement, interview in front of rolling cameras at home in my living room, a welcome last-minute-delivery of sponsored gear (delivered directly to my home), a 2.5 hour long (and really interesting) visit to Rigshospitalet (State Hospital), where I went through a series of physiological tests and examination by knowledgeable staff at the Center for Active Health. Doctor Jacob and colleagues Nina and Iben, who were in charge of the study, subsequently had only very encouraging and positive feedback. Rumor has it that Doctor Jacob even talked about the superman league 😛. A wild afternoon!

Immediately afterwards, a couple of my best childhood friends came by for a goodbye chat. Tough. I have spent the entire evening finishing packing and preparing for tomorrow's departure. It is SO weird and an indescribable experience to live through these departure days, to be present and feel the intensity of life - and at the same time feel completely alienated in relation to the many, crazy things that are happening in and around me now.

The battery is empty for today. I’m exhausted. Even before the journey has begun 😅. The bike is packed and ready, and is barking impatiently in the bedroom. It will be very special for me to leave Copenhagen tomorrow - the tears are rolling again...

👉 To those who didn’t get it first time around: I start my global triathlon around the world tomorrow, Saturday 1 April 2023 at 10.00 from the Town Hall Square in Copenhagen.
I hope to see you for a goodbye hug there.
I expect to be there at 9.30 and will take off at 10.

❤️ A big thank you to Nina, Iben and Jacob from the Center for Active Health at Rigshospitalet for a lovely afternoon - and to filmmaker Jakob for documenting all the glory 💚

BREAKING EMOTIONS 🥴: Dagene er ultra travle, søvnunderskuddet mærkbart, to-do-listen gror som ukrudt på Substral, der er uvirkelige og hårde afskedsknus, mit københavnerliv pakket i flyttekasser, møder, opkald, separationstanker om alt, hvad jeg har kært 🥰, emails, opslag, beskeder, nedpakning & klargøring, forberedelse & rengøring.

Der er (alt for) meget tryk på i disse dage, og selvom jeg de sidste par måneder har været i fuld gang med forberedelserne og forsøgt at undgå alt for megen last-minute-panic, så er det som ventet en ret ubehageligt tilspidset situation her kun 56 timer før afgangen.

Følelsen af emotionel turbulens og hængt kat sidder tungt i mig, og på en særlig sur-sød måde ser jeg virkelig frem til at komme i gang med eventyret, komme ud på landevejene og - blandt vinterkulden - mærke eventyret tage mig på vej...

🇬🇧 BREAKING INTENSO WEEKEND: It’s been a h

🇬🇧 BREAKING INTENSO WEEKEND: It’s been a hectic and intense few days since I got my new bike on Thursday. On Friday I held a farewell party at my house for a bunch of great friends, and on Saturday I held a farewell party for my beloved ex-hometown friends whom I have known for some 30-40 years. Despite the 'sad goodbyes', we had such good, funny evenings, the memories of which I’ll take with me on the solo ride ahead.
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Today I was invited to the Copenhagen Bike Show, where my Koga got some well-deserved shine among the bike fair's many visitors - and I got to greet the Koga people and view a kick scooter from KickBike, that will deliver my two-wheeled transport on the 🛴 stage in Australia and NZ.
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I haven't had time at all for the new bike, that’s standing in my bedroom looking oh so tempting. I (optimistically) hope that the next 5 days until departure will be a little less action-packed, and that I’ll have plenty of time to test ride, fine-tune and transmit a bit of love-at-first-sight to the new kid on the block. If nothing else, I expect to have plenty of time for that along the way...
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🇩🇰 BREAKING INTENSO WEEKEND: Det har været nogle hæsblæsende og intense dage siden jeg i torsdags fik min nye cykel. Fredag og lørdag holdt jeg afskedsfester for mine skønne venner, og trods 'sad goodbyes' var det de dejligste, sjoveste aftener, som jeg vil tage med mig i tankerne på solorejsen forude.
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I dag var jeg inviteret til Copenhagen Bike Show, hvor cyklen fik lidt velfortjent shine - og jeg fik hilst på Koga-folkene samt besigtiget et løbehjul fra KickBike, som står for den to-hjulede transport på 🛴-etapen i Australien og NZ.
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Faktisk har jeg endnu slet ikke haft tid til Kogaen, der står inde på mit soveværelse og gør sig til. Jeg satser (optimistisk) på, at de kommende 5 dage inden afrejsen, vil blive en anelse mindre action-prægede, og at jeg vil få god tid til at testkøre, finjustere og overøse cyklen med kærlighed-ved-første-blik. Om ikke andet, så får jeg forventeligt rigeligt med tid til det undervejs...

🇩🇰 ØJEBLIKKET (Torsdag den 23. marts 2023):

🇩🇰 ØJEBLIKKET (Torsdag den 23. marts 2023): Cyklen er i hus. Det er vildt. Og efter kun 3 km på Kogaen - fra Vesterbro til Amagerbro - i København i går, kan jeg konkludere, at den er alt, hvad jeg har drømt om i cykelland.
Wow-wow-wow! ❤️

🇬🇧 THE MOMENT (Thursday 23 March 2023): The bike is here! It’s insane. And after only 3 km on the Koga bike in Copenhagen yesterday, all I can say is that it’s everything I’ve dreamed of.
Wow-wow-wow! ❤️

🇩🇰 Når 1) vejret - modsat kalenderen - stad

🇩🇰 Når 1) vejret - modsat kalenderen - stadig taler vinterens sprog, 2) man gerne vil prøve sit nye, labre telt af inden afrejsen og 3) man er ved at blive helt camping-skruk, så er der kun ét at gøre…

🇬🇧 When 1) the weather - contrary to the calendar - still speaks the language of winter, 2) you want to try out your new tent before departure, and 3) you’re getting pretty ‘camping broody’, then there really is only one thing to do...

ØJEBLIKKET (onsdag 22. marts 2023, 12.50): Min

ØJEBLIKKET (onsdag 22. marts 2023, 12.50):

Min cykel nåede ikke at blive klar til overdragelse i går, men for kort tid siden fik jeg en opringning fra cykelbutikken på Vesterbro om, at det er den nu! Great news 🥰

Jeg er imidlertid på vej i toget hjem til mine forældre i Middelfart (for at se dem en sidste gang inden afrejsen 😢), så det bliver først i morgen, at jeg endelig bliver forenet med min nye Koga-cykel. Den, der venter på noget godt…

Det fik mig til at tænke på børnesangen ‘Bare det var søndag altid’ - skrevet af Povl Kjøller i (vist nok) 1972:

“Men når min far kommer hjem,
så er min mor lige gået,
Og når min mor kommer hjem,
så sover min far”

Bis Gleich 🥰

ØJEBLIKKET (tirsdag den 21. marts 2023, 12.25):

ØJEBLIKKET (tirsdag den 21. marts 2023, 12.25):

Forventningsglæden! 💚🙈

💚 SOME SORT OF STATUS: These are wild days! Day

💚 SOME SORT OF STATUS: These are wild days! Days are filled with preparation and planning of all kinds and the pace sometimes feels hyperlapsed like in the video. However, day by day things fall into place, and I’m doing my best to keep the to-do list manageable, searching for pole position prior to the departure.
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It’s one thing - with saliva dripping from my mouth - to sit at home and draw lines on a world map, which perhaps will have some degree of resemblance with the upcoming route of my journey through the world.
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Another is that - among moments of euphoric anticipation - it also begins to dawn on me what I have thrown myself into and what I’ll have to leave behind here in Denmark for the next year and a half. It stings a bit and my emotions often go in all directions.
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Fortunately, strongest is the desire for the adventure, the hunger for the world and a meaningful life, the gratitude having prioritized this project (which I know will require all my physical and emotional resources), the fascination with the unpredictability of life on the road, and a deep-felt trust that it’ll be a wonderful and challenging journey with huge potential for personal development on both inner and outer levels.
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In the midst of it all, I remind myself to enjoy this wild, turbulent time, ‘cos there’s a great satisfaction in quietly watching the project take shape, so that, hopefully - on the day of departure 01APR2023 - I can safely and with peace (and butterflies 🙈) in my stomach lean into the adventure and let life intoxicate and seduce.
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Saying goodbyes was never my thing, and I know it’ll be brutal to say goodbye next Saturday, but hallelujah Lord, it’s gonna be great! ❤️
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🇩🇰 BREAKING HATTEHYLDE: Med en dejlig aften

🇩🇰 BREAKING HATTEHYLDE: Med en dejlig aften i et forsamlingshus i provinsen i ryggen, lagde jeg i går midlertidigt foredragsholderhatten (og livet på de skrå brædder) på hylden for at give plads til nye eventyr det næste halvandet års tid. Verden venter 🌏

🇬🇧 BREAKING HAT SHELF: After a lovely evening in a community center at the other end of the country, yesterday I temporarily put the role as a public speaker on hold to make room for new adventures within the next year and a half. The world is waiting 🌏

🇩🇰 Man ved bare, man er ved at ramme toppen

🇩🇰 Man ved bare, man er ved at ramme toppen af karrierestigen, når man pludseligt figurerer på en satiretegning i et dansk magasin...

[Tak til Det Danske Spejderkorps’ ledermagasin, Wide for ugens foreløbigt største grin 😅]

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🇬🇧 You just know you're hitting the top of the career ladder when you suddenly appear in a satirical cartoon in a Danish magazine...

[Thanks to the Danish Scout Corps' leader magazine, Wide, for the laugh of the week 😅]

THE GLOBAL TRIATHLON 2023-2024: In just 19 days -

THE GLOBAL TRIATHLON 2023-2024:

In just 19 days - on April 1st 2023 (it's not a joke 😅) - I'll throw myself into the biggest, physical challenge of my life, as I'll begin my self-made triathlon around the world by bicycle, kick scooter and running.

Specifically, this is my plan:

• By bicycle from Copenhagen 🇩🇰 to Singapore.
• Fly from Singapore to Perth.
• By manual kick scooter across Australia and New Zealand.
• Fly from New Zealand to Los Angeles.
• Run across the US.
• Fly from US east coast to Portugal.
• By bicycle from Lisbon and back home to Denmark.

Roughly estimated distances:
🚲 Distance by bike: 23.000 km
🛴 Distance on kick scooter: 6.500 km
🏃‍♂️ Distance running: 4.500 km
🌎 Distance in total: 34.000 km
🕰️ Time frame: 18 months

That's the dream. That's the rough outline. It'll likely change along the way due to the geopolitical situation in the world at the moment, which - especially on the cycling part from Iran to Thailand - challenges the logistics with potentially closed borders, difficult/impossible visas, unstable regions and what not.

It's going to be wild, fantastic, hard, and unpredictable, just like any adventure is supposed to be, and I'm overly excited.

If you have any ideas, thoughts, contacts, suggestions or whatever, you are most welcome to comment or message me 🙏.

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With butterflies & excitement,
Nicolai

🌏 BREAKING GLOBAL TRIATHLON KICK-OFF: In exactl

🌏 BREAKING GLOBAL TRIATHLON KICK-OFF: In exactly three weeks it's departure time!
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21 days to get myself (and all the practicalities 🙈) ready for possibly the biggest adventure of them all.
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21 days to have a few serious words with the northern European weather gods, that drag the bliss of the winter cold a little too long into spring for my liking.
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Fittingly, I’ll start where I ended my first world bike ride (on February 20, 2010 after 1,413 days on the road); at the Town Hall Square in Copenhagen.
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🇩🇰 AT 10:00 AM ON APRIL 1, 2023, I will officially start the expedition at the Town Hall Square in Copenhagen (by the Town Hall stairs) heading south towards warmer latitudes.
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You’re more than welcome to come and see me off. I'd be very happy to see you there.
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I'll be at the square half an hour before departure - and I hope for slightly warmer, clearer weather than on this Saturday morning 🙏☀️
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When the winter weather (is beautiful, but) doesn'

When the winter weather (is beautiful, but) doesn't exactly call for an outdoor bike ride and I want to try out some equipment, then I’ll have to do with a fictional bike ride around the apartment instead... 🤷🏼‍♂️
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🇺🇸 At the US Embassy in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

🇺🇸 At the US Embassy in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 this morning, during a brief ‘over-the-counter’ interview with a kind embassy dude:

Official: Sir, what's your purpose in the US?

Me: I wanna run across the US, from Los Angeles to Charleston as part of a human-powered, global triathlon.

Official: Huh, so you wanna run across the country? I didn't even know that was possible!

Me: Well, I don't know either, but I'll give it a go.

Official (now smiling): Okay. Your visa has been approved. You'll receive an email when your passport is ready for pick-up. Have a great journey.

Me: Thank you so much! 🙏💚🏃‍♂️✅

Last night I gave a presentation (about my around-

Last night I gave a presentation (about my around-the-world bike ride) in my home town of Middelfart 🇩🇰. I’ve done this particular talk around 300 times over the last 12 years and somehow I still absolutely love it.
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Amongst a lot of ‘old faces’, seeing and hugging my favorite kindergarten pedagogue (1979-1982) for the first time in over 40 years 😳 was a true highlight of the evening ❤️
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🇬🇧 Until the big departure on April 1, 2023,

🇬🇧 Until the big departure on April 1, 2023, I gladly accept bookings for speaking events. So if the company, the club, the association, the institution, the family party, the college, the elderly center, the library etc. is looking for a few hours of motivational and personal speaking, give me a call...
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🇩🇰 Indtil jeg drager af sted på nye eventyr 1. april 2023, er jeg modtagelig for foredragsbookinger. Så hvis virksomheden, klubben, foreningen, institutionen, familiefesten, højskolen, ældrecenteret, biblioteket el. lign. har brug for et par timers motiverende og personlig beretning fra de varme lande, så giv mig et kald...

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🇬🇧 With just 44 days left until departure, I

🇬🇧 With just 44 days left until departure, I’ve submerged myself into full-on multi-tasking mode 😅

🇩🇰 Med kun 44 dage til afrejsen, er jeg nu på fuld tid gået i multitasking-mode 😅
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