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Location:

Baden-Württemberg,Germany

Member Since:

Oct 29, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Started running in 2004.

PR's 

10k 37:44 Sülzbach May 08

Half 1:24:22 Bottwartal  Oct 06

Marathon: 3:06:18 Antalya Mar 08

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train consistently.  

Sub 37:30 10k

Finally break that longstanding 1/2M time

Run a sub 3:00 marathon.

Have a crack at a 5k, an uphill only race, a 50k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

2:55 marathon

37:00 10k

1:22 1/2 marathon

Place 1st in my age category.

Personal:

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.

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A.M. I had pain in my left hamstring again and my leg muscles felt sore so I decided to bin the run I'd planned for today. Instead we drove out and went hill walking for 3 hrs. Beautiful day, warm and sunny as summer has a last fling at the moment. It is frustrating at the moment but for some reason I feel I am not recovering, hard not to run today but I know it is the right decision. The hill walking compensates as I feel I cannot just do nothing, with autumn race season round the corner this is not the best of times for my body to start playing up. Ordered a book "Vegetarian Sports Nutrition", I think my diet is pretty good but I want to check if there is any holes that need plugging.

Comments
From Robert on Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 11:26:04

I'll give you my 2 cents worth. Take a hard look at the amount of protein you are taking in. This is especially critical since it sounds like you are a vegetarian. You might not be getting enough protein or calories overall. Were you losing weight before the injury? Most of my previous injuries occured while trying to lose weight. High mileage weeks and weight loss don't mix! Just ask the Kenyans.

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