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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, Mar 24, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.400.000.000.0012.40

Easter hasn’t gone quite as planned. I thought it would be a good opportunity over the holiday long weekend to get some decent mileage in, instead I wound up sick. Thur and Fri I had been coughing a little while running, Fri I was up all night with a constant chesty cough and sore throat. My wife picked up a couple of medicines for me Sat morn and I have stayed in at home since then to shift it. This morning I ventured onto the treadmill for 4 x 5k with breaks in-between to drink water, have coughing fits, suck lozenges etc.

  1. 5k 24:57 5:00/k
  2. 5k 23:43 4:45/k
  3. 5k 22:29 4:30/k
  4. 5k 21:12 4:15/k

I was struggling on the last 5k, what was easy a month ago now feels hard, blah!

P.M. A short 3k walk outside in snow showers to get some fresh air, staying inside has driven me nuts. Goal next week is to get rid of this b%*#y  cough and get some easy runs in.

Comments
From Dale on Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 13:34:31

Don't sweat the times....you're sick coming off a long build-up and you're body's bound to let you down a bit. It'll come back quickly once you're healthy and hitting the trails again. Just concentrate on staying sane and getting rid of the cold!

From Tom on Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 15:08:07

I'll second what Dale said. Hope you can get rid of the cough and get some proper spring weather.

Considering your situation with the cough I think you had a great workout.

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