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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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Wed, Jan 09, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
19.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.90

A.M. I had woken up in the middle of the night hungry and in the end got up and ate a couple of sandwiches. I blame the 2nd run in the evening for this, it seems to burn the calories up, even when I eat well afterwards. I'd moved my med-long run from Thur to this morning to give me a couple of days easier running before a 10k race on Sat. Suffice to say I was tired to begin the run, I felt cold and struggled throughout developing aches & pains as the run progressed. I think it was too soon for me to run this after Mon's long run, on reflection it would have been better leaving this run to Thur. This 2nd long run in the week is fast becoming my bogeyman. Total 24k in 1:58:45, av pace 4:57/k, 7:58/mi.

Late evening - feeling tired but ok to do a short treadmill workout. Total 8k in 37:46, av pace 4:43/k, 7:36/mi. I've split my tea leaving an extra portion to eat later before I go to bed to hopefully avoid any midnight hunger pangs.

Comments

From Dale on Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 19:15:20

Keep it up, Ian, you're doing great. I too found having one long run and one or two medium-long runs to be very tiring. That's why I wound up running the in-between days at a very very slow (recovery) pace....it was the only way for me to have the energy to give the longer runs a good effort. I've been watching your pacing, and you're really cranking the miles out at fairly aggressive "easy" paces, so I think you'll be able to smoke the 10k this weekend. Are you trying for sub-38? Looks doable, given the right conditions, which sounds like it might be tricky this time of year.

From Ian on Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:45:48

Thanks for the comment Dale, I've been trying to ensure as well that the recovery runs are kept at a slow pace. The easy runs are "hard-easy" to keep me in the middle of the "easy" pace range for a 3hr marathon. On the 10k on Sat I'm hoping for a sub 39, it's a hard hilly course. I would have preferred to race a 1/2 marathon but the first one in the region this year is one week before my marathon. I don't know if you'd agree but the one thing about the Pfitzinger plan I feel uncomfortable with is the lack of actual marathon pace runs. There is the two test runs and that's all.

From Dale on Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:56:03

Yes, I'd have to agree that I was a little anxious about the lack of MP running. And since I've yet to run a marathon that's equivalent to what I can do at shorter distances, that could well be one of the limiting factors. I will say that between Portland and Seattle, I focused on pushing the long runs a bit more....running the first half 20%, the second 10% off MP, which I think helped (at least mentally).

Funny you mention the "hard-easy" pace....that's what it feels like for me just to run in my McMillan Easy range, and now I can't help but wonder if that's trying to tell me I'm better at shorter distances. In any event, I see you having to run recovery paces much less than I did in my build up, so I think you're really conditioning yourself to run a fast pace for your marathon, lack of MP training aside. I think you've got an honest shot at breaking 3 hrs.

Good luck in the 10k. Hilly courses just make you stronger, right?

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