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The \u2018team\u2019 from the Niels Bohr Institute that was the fastest UCPH team at DHL was actually one man, Kim Splittorff, who ran all the 25 kilometres.<\/p>\n

This is the latest development in an ongoing story, as the results and post-race interviews are conducted after the 5×5 km relay race Friday. [He has now been disqualified from the team competition, see below, ed.]<\/p>\n

The DHL race, a run-for-fun event with heavy University of Copenhagen participation by staff, scientists and students, is highly competitive at the top.<\/p>\n

Wanted to focus on star physicist<\/h2>\n

Yesterday Monday, the second place finishers, were relegated<\/a> after it became clear, that they unintentionally were pushed to the top of the ranking after only running three laps.<\/p>\n

Kim Splittorff, a 39-year old high energy physicist, explains to the University Post that the decision to have him run the whole race, and not send a team, came on the spur of the moment. They had bought the numbers, but it subsequently became clear that the DHL race was on the same day as a big event for the Niels Bohr Institute, the celebration of physicist Holger Bech Nielsen, he explains.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe didn\u2019t want to take away from the focus on the reception for Holger Bech Nielsen,\u00ab he says, adding that the \u2018Blasting Branes\u2019 name for the team, is inspired by String Theory terminology.<\/p>\n

Advantages and big disadvantages<\/h2>\n

Kim Splittorff is a runner who is good for 16 minutes 5km, 33 minutes for 10 km, and 2:37 for the marathon, and says that \u00bbat this time of year I am normally in reasonable shape\u00ab.<\/p>\n

Running the whole relay race entails running directly through the relay transition zone, while other team runners fan to the left and right to give the baton on to their teammates.<\/p>\n

This, small, advantage of not having to change over, is vastly counteracted by having to run five times through a gruelling, smoke-filled, twisty course, accelerating and decelerating past slower runners.<\/p>\n

Enjoyed himself<\/h2>\n

\u00bbThe main technical difficulty was getting something to drink: I hid a bottle in the bush, and stopped for a minute to take something to drink,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

For Kim Splittorff, Friday\u2019s race was in place of his normal weekend run, and had no problem with all the grill smoke.<\/p>\n

\u00bbIt was nice with all the people, I actually found it inspiring, and the smoke didn\u2019t bother me. I thought the problem was not as bad this year, and I liked the changes to the route,\u00ab he says, adding that it was \u00bba lovely evening\u00ab.<\/p>\n

No comment from organiser yet<\/h2>\n

He says to the University Post that he at one point saw another UCPH team ahead of him, on the first lap, [Probably elite runner N\u00f8rager, running first leg for ChemBiol, ed.], but no other competitors, except lapped backmarkers, since.<\/p>\n

As of yet, the University Post has not been able to get organiser Niels Wollesen to comment on whether the team is still eligible for the prestigious team trophy. [Update: organiser Niels Wollesen has disqualified him from the ‘team’ competition, see also below, ed.]<\/p>\n

Other teams in the UCPH\u2019s internal competition face the disadvantage of having to fill out five spots, resorting to non-elite, slower, runners. <\/p>\n

Complicated decision<\/h2>\n

Kim Splittorff himself would gladly give up the honour of being the fastest UCPH team, and will accept a decision either way.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI think the ChemBiol team [now reckoned to be first place, ed.] should get the prize, as they fought together as a team,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

But a hypothetical decision to relegate the Niels Bohr \u2018team\u2019 from first place only brings on new complications however: ChemBiol, an eventual new \u2018winner\u2019 had one of their runners running twice.<\/p>\n

[Update: Organiser Niels Wollesen says to the University Post that Kim Splittorff and his team have been disqualified from the team competition, but that he will receive a special prize. ChemBiol, third past the finish line, are now considered the official ‘fastest team’, ed.]<\/p>\n

Good story<\/h2>\n

For Kim Splittorff, the event is a fun, social, thing, and adds that he himself hopes that a solution is found to this intricate problem of fairness for future reference.<\/p>\n

\u00bbEither way, it is good that the University Post is covering this story,\u00ab says Kim Splittorff.<\/p>\n

See if our photographer caught you in action in our gallery of Friday’s DHL run: If you’re not here don’t despair there are lots more photos on our Facebook page Part One<\/a>, Part Two<\/a>, Part Three<\/a>, Part Four<\/a> and finally Part 5<\/a><\/p>\n

miy@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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[He has now been disqualified from the team competition, see below, ed.]<\/p>\n<p>The DHL race, a run-for-fun event with heavy University of Copenhagen participation by staff, scientists and students, is highly competitive at the top.<\/p>\n<h2>Wanted to focus on star physicist<\/h2>\n<p>Yesterday Monday, <a href=\"node\/16098\">the second place finishers, were relegated<\/a> after it became clear, that they unintentionally were pushed to the top of the ranking after only running three laps.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Splittorff, a 39-year old high energy physicist, explains to the University Post that the decision to have him run the whole race, and not send a team, came on the spur of the moment. They had bought the numbers, but it subsequently became clear that the DHL race was on the same day as a big event for the Niels Bohr Institute, the celebration of physicist Holger Bech Nielsen, he explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe didn\u2019t want to take away from the focus on the reception for Holger Bech Nielsen,\u00ab he says, adding that the \u2018Blasting Branes\u2019 name for the team, is inspired by String Theory terminology.<\/p>\n<h2>Advantages and big disadvantages<\/h2>\n<p>Kim Splittorff is a runner who is good for 16 minutes 5km, 33 minutes for 10 km, and 2:37 for the marathon, and says that \u00bbat this time of year I am normally in reasonable shape\u00ab.<\/p>\n<p>Running the whole relay race entails running directly through the relay transition zone, while other team runners fan to the left and right to give the baton on to their teammates.<\/p>\n<p>This, small, advantage of not having to change over, is vastly counteracted by having to run five times through a gruelling, smoke-filled, twisty course, accelerating and decelerating past slower runners.<\/p>\n<h2>Enjoyed himself<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bbThe main technical difficulty was getting something to drink: I hid a bottle in the bush, and stopped for a minute to take something to drink,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>For Kim Splittorff, Friday\u2019s race was in place of his normal weekend run, and had no problem with all the grill smoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt was nice with all the people, I actually found it inspiring, and the smoke didn\u2019t bother me. I thought the problem was not as bad this year, and I liked the changes to the route,\u00ab he says, adding that it was \u00bba lovely evening\u00ab.<\/p>\n<h2>No comment from organiser yet<\/h2>\n<p>He says to the University Post that he at one point saw another UCPH team ahead of him, on the first lap, [Probably elite runner N\u00f8rager, running first leg for ChemBiol, ed.], but no other competitors, except lapped backmarkers, since.<\/p>\n<p>As of yet, the University Post has not been able to get organiser Niels Wollesen to comment on whether the team is still eligible for the prestigious team trophy. [Update: organiser Niels Wollesen has disqualified him from the ‘team’ competition, see also below, ed.]<\/p>\n<p>Other teams in the UCPH\u2019s internal competition face the disadvantage of having to fill out five spots, resorting to non-elite, slower, runners. <\/p>\n<h2>Complicated decision<\/h2>\n<p>Kim Splittorff himself would gladly give up the honour of being the fastest UCPH team, and will accept a decision either way.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI think the ChemBiol team [now reckoned to be first place, ed.] should get the prize, as they fought together as a team,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>But a hypothetical decision to relegate the Niels Bohr \u2018team\u2019 from first place only brings on new complications however: ChemBiol, an eventual new \u2018winner\u2019 had one of their runners running twice.<\/p>\n<p>[Update: Organiser Niels Wollesen says to the University Post that Kim Splittorff and his team have been disqualified from the team competition, but that he will receive a special prize. ChemBiol, third past the finish line, are now considered the official ‘fastest team’, ed.]<\/p>\n<h2>Good story<\/h2>\n<p>For Kim Splittorff, the event is a fun, social, thing, and adds that he himself hopes that a solution is found to this intricate problem of fairness for future reference.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbEither way, it is good that the University Post is covering this story,\u00ab says Kim Splittorff.<\/p>\n<p>See if our photographer caught you in action in our gallery of Friday’s DHL run: If you’re not here don’t despair there are lots more photos on our Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151184724559379.466742.155573349378&type=3&l=2f90f9a536\">Part One<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151184735499379.466744.155573349378&type=3&l=10e39f1009\">Part Two<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151184763134379.466748.155573349378&type=3&l=9be99a9597\">Part Three<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151184801644379.466755.155573349378&type=3&l=60e2a19d20\">Part Four<\/a> and finally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151184808809379.466756.155573349378&type=3&l=6f7c330e38\">Part 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>miy@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Campus","slug":"campus","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1547,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11488,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/kimsplittorffdhl2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35554,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15841\/revisions\/35554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}