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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. Double run recovery day. My resolution was waivering again this morning so I decided to change my scenery. Ran a neglected route that takes in two castles, one complete and one in ruins, and with some great views. Longer than I wanted to run but the motivational boost was more important. Easy and slow 16k run, av pace 5:23/k, 8:40/mi.

P.M. 8k run in the dark completes the day, stuck to a cycle path in the valley that has no obstacles only to nearly trip over a sleeping policeman in our street. Slow & easy again at 5:11/k, 8:21/mi pace.

Comments
From jtshad on Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:07:07

It sounds like you have some really cool places to run! Keep up the great work.

From Daniel on Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 14:52:25

I love Europe! You can't run past a couple of castles anywhere in the United States. Keep up the good work.

From wheakory on Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 17:56:52

I can really picture the great scenery you must run it. Being from Idaho we have a great mountain surrounding. Very nice work-out. What's your planned mileage for the weeks in your training?

From Ian on Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 06:12:33

Actually it's a 3 castle route, I forgot about the town castle that I start from. It has a birds of prey centre within the walls and every summer a medival festival weekend that is good run.

wheakory - now I can be envious of your surroundings, I love mountains. I've been a mountain walker for 20 years before I started running. The mileage varies according to the plan but peaks at 150k.

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