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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Fri, Dec 28, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

A.M. -3°C and very icy. Still felt powered out and I felt content to run a short & slow recovery run. At the Annasee (pic left) I was astounded to see a couple walking with a pram on the ice, I know it is not deep and the ice thick but it is such an unnecessary risk to take. Total 10k in 55:06. av pace 5:31/k, 8:52/mi.

P.M. Evening treadmill run, 6k in exactly 30 mins. Reading the Paula Radcliffe autobiography at the moment, she concentrates during a marathon by counting from 1 to 100 over and over. Used this technique on the treadmill, it helps.

Comments

From Tom on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 17:59:34

I've used the counting thing before as well, I think it does help... for a while anyway.

Wow you sure are getting the miles in lately, this week you may give Sasha a run for his money on the Mileage board. I would think that sub-2:55 goal might be looking doable sooner rather than later.

From Dale on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 23:16:40

Okay, you must be a machine. Feeling good, feeling bad, no matter, you're always cranking out 10-20 mile days. I only dream of being that consistent some day. Guess it must be because you're obviously listening to your body tell you when you need recovery time.....keep it up!

From Ian on Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 09:44:13

Thanks for the comments lads. I believe firmly that it is the days that you have to force yourself to go out, whether you feel bad, tired, cold, down, that really makes the difference. I've cancelled my running magazine subscription this month as they published an article telling you to cut down the mileage, it's old fashioned. Just a few quality workouts a week will bring better results. Nothing in there to say that quality AND quantity will get you further, not in the short term but in the future.

From Dale on Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 19:39:09

They write for the masses, not for the driven obviously. How many elites run low mileage, even before they were elites in the build up to breaking thru? Probably none, but that's not the "popular" view nowadays, when "less is more". Yeah right...

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