> Lynne Knightley is an English runner living in Denmark. She plans to run her first marathon soon and blogs about it on Beginners Copenhagen Marathon 2011. And she will be running it for the charity Help for Heroes.

What has been your favourite race/run so far?
As of now I have only run in 3 races. The first was a 5k in Copenhagen around some army barracks, by where the cruise ships dock, and then past where The Little Mermaid should be (she is currently in China).
The second race was a 10k called Friløbet also in Copenhagen from near Parken football stadium, along by some lakes, into Tivoli, and back again. I really enjoyed running around inside Tivoli and hope to do this race every year!
The third race was a 10k around the area I live in on Amager.
Still my favourite run would definitely be one I did in Berlin with Mike’s Sight Running Tours. We ran around the streets of Berlin in the evening for the Festival of Lights and it was fantastic! I enjoyed this so much that I will be doing a running tour in every city I visit from now on. (There are photos on www.beginnersmarathon.blogspot.com).

What race would you like to run?
That question is too easy! I’m origianlly from England, just outside of London, so it goes without saying that I would love to run the London Marathon. It’s just a shame it’s so hard to get a place in it. I’ll see how it goes with Copenhagen 2011 and take it from there.

City road or remote trail?
I’m still trying to work out why but I prefer roads to trails! It must be because there are so many interesting things going on and I find that the people I pass are friendly and generally wish me a good run.

Crowded major events or quiet local ones?
Right now I prefer to run alone but I think in a race situation I like to see the crowds, and hear them clapping and cheering. It really does make the time go quicker and me run faster.

One more reason to go running?
To leave the day behind and have time to myself to just do my thing where I can be me and not just a mother and a wife.

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