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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, Apr 09, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.700.000.000.0017.70

A.M. Quad still sore, instead of the planned speedwork ran an easy run instead. Drizzle, on hilly trails, especially no pounding downhill and a slow initial 5k to warmup. Total 18k in 1:28:28, av pace 4:55/k, 7:55/mi.

P.M. Short evening run in the rain. Quad felt a little better after 15 mins of slow jogging, kept the route as flat as possible. Total 10,5k in 52:13, av pace 4:58/k, 8-/mi.

Comments
From Tom on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 18:19:11

Seems like lately our weather patterns are in sync. I really hope this is the last week of winter-esque weather.

Great miles this week as usual. Have you decided on your next race yet?

From Ian on Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:55:58

My next race will have to be soon, my wife mentioned the other day she is missing the cheesecake that always gets served up at these events. I would have liked to race this weekend, same idea as you, use it as a tempo run. I just don't want to strain my quad again.

From Dale on Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:57:53

Cheesecake? Dang! I need to fly overseas for more races! Cheesecake is a GREAT motivator!

From Ian on Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:01:56

Is it not the same with your races in America Dale? It's homemade cake city at these events, plus usually a hot dish, wurst and beer.

From Dale on Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:07:26

Stop! I'm drooling all over my keyboard!

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