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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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Mon, Feb 04, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.100.000.000.0022.10

A.M. I’ve decided to ease back this week. Last week I felt tired each day and no freshness in my legs. I had a lack of enthusiasm to run each day and a poor workout on Sun morn. A start today was a gentle paced long run on a cold, frosty morn. Total 35,6k in 2:54:31. av pace 4:54/k, 7:53/mi.

Comments
From Dale on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 15:46:40

Definitely sounds like the start of mild overtraining. I'm not sure I'd call 22.10 miles at 7:53/mi "gentle". Maybe make sure your recovery days are truly very very easy to get your batteries recharged.

Sometimes you need to throw in something different to respark the enthusiasm. That was the real reason I ran my race on Sunday....I needed to people and the atmosphere....everything else was gravy.

From MichelleL on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 19:59:12

I was thinking the same thing. . .22.1 miles at under 8 minute pace is taking it easy? I heard you can do your long runs as much as 2 minutes per mile slower than goal marathon pace, so 8:40 average would be ok. Do take it easy. You won't lose a thing. You'll only get hungry.

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