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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, Jan 07, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.908.000.000.0021.90

A.M. 6°C but with strong winds and heavy rain. Wanted to incorporate some gmp kms in the long run this morning. First 5k easy, then 5k at mp followed by alternate easy/mp kms for the next 13k before hitting the hills for 10k and finishing the last 2k at mp. The bike trail was full of deep muddy puddles and I was soaked through within the hour. I faded badly on the hills (as usual) reduced to granny pace at times, legs shaky at the end. Total 35,2k in 2:44:55 with 13k at gmp (6:50/mi). Av pace 4:41/k, 7:32/mi.

Comments
From Tom on Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 21:07:48

Good job on the strong workout even with the nasty weather conditions. With the high miles and quality workouts it will be interesting to see what you'll do in your next big race. Looks like you're due for some massive PRs for 2008.

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