I'm a Brit living in a small town in the south west of Germany, on the edge of a nature park, the Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald. The landscape is very hilly with vineyards & orchards on the lower slopes merging into forest above. 42 years young, married since 1997 to my lovely wife.
Easy recovery run, 13,3k at 5:31 pace. (sorry - metric here) damp drizzle day but I enjoyed splooshing in the mud in the woods. Recovery days I like to explore new trails and look around.
Welcome to the blog! It's great to see a few folks from outside the US on the blog.
From your personal info and goals it looks like you have a lot in common with myself and a few others on the blog. It would be great to see us all get to that sub-3 marathon goal in the next year!
Thanks for the welcome Tom, I've been reading the blogs on this site for a few months and its great to see the encouragement everyone gives one another to improve, whatever the level.
From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:15:09
Welcome to the blog! I think you are our first German runner. We do have a runner here that is fluent in German. His name is James W, and his blog is http://coolrunnings.fastrunningblog.com/
Wow! I'm so excited to see someone from Germany on the blog. My hubby, James W is has very similar goals to you and lived in Germany for 2 years. Someday he has promised to take me there!
Great job on your long run yesterday! You are going to smoke that Turkey Marathon, I mean, that Turkish marathon. :)
My german is, unfortunately, a bit rusty (use it or lose it), but it is great to see how this blog has spread. By the way, running has also helped me lose quite a bit of weight. Good luck on your next marathon, and keep up the good work!
Thanks for all the comments, the downhill marathon was this July in Austria, Gletschermarathon. This runs from the Pitztal Glacier high in the mountains down to the town Imst. Very beautiful. By the way, I'm a British expat married to my German wife.
Welcome to the blog. I lived in northern England for 2 years. Leeds, Doncaster, Hartlepool, Ripon and a few others. It's cool to see the blog expand to Europe. How did you find it?
Baden Wuerttemberg?! Ich komme aus Mannheim! I lived there for many years!
I miss those forest runs; they are so beautiful. There are few places that have so many great trails like Germany. Want to run along the river and up to a castle? Why not? In the forest then into downtown? Ok! How about some logging roads around a moutain lake in Bavaria? There are too many adventures out there!
For winter running there: I used to look for cross country ski marks on the trails. They leave a smooth path for you to follow and that should help you train without having to go deep into the snow with every step.
Time delay to answer the other comments as it was late last night.
Superfly - I found the blog on an internet search, I was looking for some inspiration and typed in "fast running blogs".
Jon - the pace was in metric, I can only dream of running a 5:31 pace per mile.
Adam - We go shopping occasionally in Mannheim, prefer it to Stuttgart. Your comments on the forest runs is spot on. Most my running is on forest tracks & trails, I have a favourite route that takes me past 2 castles. Winter running can be awkward here, sometimes I can follow a vehicle track, or use the cycle paths that get ploughed in winter, occasionally a Langlauf trail.
Ian, welcome to the blog, never ending biking/running trails in Germany. Your half marathon time, great, right on track to break 3 hrs for a marathon. I was in the military for 22 (reserves) years with several trips to Germany.
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