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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.003.700.0013.20

A.M. Back on the cycle way. 5k slow warmup, then 6 x 1k cruise intervals at between 10k and 1/2 pace with 1k easy. Finish with 5,3k cooldown. I started tentatively but my knee was fine today, just a slight ache at the end. Splits, 3:59, 3:54, 3:51, 3:47, 3:45, 3:40, comfortable and enjoyable workout. Total 21,3k in 1:36:50, av pace 4:33/k, 7:19/mi.

Comments
From Snoqualmie on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:59:45

You've got some great mileage! Glad your knee is behaving better. It sounds like you have lovely country to run in. Good luck with your goals.

From JimF on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 16:32:22

Very nice workout especially considering that it felt comfortable. Hope the knee doesn't cause any problems. I have been dealing with some knee issues as well.

From Tom on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 17:01:47

Nice workout Ian, always impressive when you can hit that last interval the fastest. Hope the knee is good to you. Seems like everyone right now is feeling on the verge of an injury and just hoping/praying we make it to the start line in 1 piece.

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