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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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Sat, Jul 19, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	9.30	0.00	0.00	19.30

A.M. Late start, I slept for a whopping 10 hours last night. Despite the sleep I found this mornings run hard going. It was warm (25C/º77ºF) but not hot but I felt pretty dehydrated. Workout was 5k easy in 24:43, then 15k at M.P. in 1:03:36, av pace 4:14/k, 6:49/mi, finishing with 5k easy in 24:28. Total 25k in 1:52:49, av pace 4:31/k, 7:16/mi.

Best thing was coming home and drinking 2 pints of apple/orange juice/water mix, lovely.

Evening - My legs were feeling sore and stiff to I asked Johanne to do me a favour and go for a jog with me in the woods. Within the 1st km it started to pour down with rain. We jogged a short 6k nice and slow in 36:09, but it did the trick and I felt much better afterwards.

Comments

From Dale on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:47:26

Nice sleep! Even better 15K at MP. How did that feel for you? Tough, easy, medium? Just looking at your times, miles, and schedules, you seem to be getting into good shape to get your sub-3 hour time.

From Ian on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:53:06

It felt tough today Dale, my legs are feeling the extra miles this week. Next week will be a cut-back week.

From Dale on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:54:56

I know the feeling and I'm no where near the mileage you're at. Keep at it though....it'll come together for you.

From Tom on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 14:37:38

Great job on the workout Ian. I'm envious of what you've been doing lately, including on the sleeping front! 10 hours is awesome I would love to be able to for 10 hours straight as I seemed to have lost the ability. Even on those rare days when I have the time to sleep for 10 hours I end up waking up the same time I always wake up. I gotta ask....so what that a "natural" sleep or drug induced?

From Ian on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 14:52:16

I normally average 7 to 7,5 hrs sleep and wake up at a mouse whisper. I can't remember the last time I've slept like this, it was a surprise and yeah it was natural. I very rarely take any medication.

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