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Skaug smashed her own half-marathon goal

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hedda Schroeter Skaug finished as the second-fastest woman at the Drammen Half Marathon in 1:14:01, beating her previous personal record and breaking 1:15 for the first time.
  • The 24-year-old running influencer finished 23 seconds behind European Championship runner Madelène Wanvik Holum.
  • Eritrea’s Senay Fissehatsion won the race in 1:03:33, more than two minutes ahead of the other runners.

Hedda Schroeter Skaug had been chasing a time under 1:15 in the half marathon. At Drammen, she finally got there, finishing in 1:14:01 and smashing the goal she had narrowly missed earlier this year.

The 24-year-old running influencer finished as the second-fastest woman in the race, just 23 seconds behind European Championship runner Madelène Wanvik Holum. “It’s absolutely incredible,” Holum said about Skaug after the finish.

“I’m very pleased,” Skaug told the organizers after crossing the line. She has quickly established herself as a strong runner after making her half-marathon debut in Drammen last year, when she finished in the 1:18 range.

It’s absolutely incredible.

· Madelène Wanvik Holum, European Championship runnerHolum praised Skaug after Skaug finished the Drammen Half Marathon as the second-fastest woman.

Skaug set a personal best of 1:15:07 at the Grue Half Marathon in May. That left her eight seconds short of the sought-after barrier. In Drammen, she broke it, meaning she has improved her time in all four of her half-marathons.

Skaug is also known from season two of “Norges Tøffeste” and the TV 2 program “Spillet.” Eritrea’s Senay Fissehatsion won the race in 1:03:33, finishing more than two minutes ahead of the runners behind him. His time was just over a minute slower than the course record.

I’m very pleased.

· Hedda Schroeter Skaug, runner and running influencerSkaug described her reaction to her 1:14:01 finish to the race organizers.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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