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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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Fri, Aug 29, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.20	0.00	9.30	0.00	15.50

A.M. Back on the cycle way for a tempo run. 5k warmup, 15k at threshold pace, 5k cooldown. 5k splits: 1) 24:27, 2) 20:00, 3) 19:58, 4) 19:55, 5) 24:33. The last 5k split at tempo pace was the fastest although it was slightly uphill and it also felt the easiest. I've noticed when I start to tire I have a more relaxed form and speed up. I was pleased with the workout but I had a deep ache in my left hamstring during the tempo that turned painful during the cooldown. I feel like my body is falling to pieces this week. Spin the wheel to see what is going to hurt tomorrow. Total 25k in 1:48:53, av pace 4:21/k, 7:01/mi.

Comments

From Tom on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:02:56

Great run Ian, those back to back 5K splits are very impressive.

I can surely relate to the body falling to pieces comment. I think most of us (especially us master's age folks!) are in the same boat at this point in the training cycle. We are just hoping and praying to get to the start line of the big race in one piece. My left hamstring also gives me grief quite regularly. Hope you get lucky with the spinning wheel tomorrow and have a pleasant surprise.

From Dale on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:10:20

Great splits. Wish I knew your trick for starting to tire and then speeding up with an easier effort! That's a great trick to have in your kit.

Noticed that you did some hammering 3 days in a row: tempo, hills, and cruise intervals. You might want to cut that hammie some slack tomorrow. Not even the young pups can take 3 hard days in a row for long...

From Ian on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:50:23

Thanks for the comments lads. The weekend will be easy recovery. Dale - no trick, when my leg muscles are tiring slightly they relax and move easier.

From RivertonPaul on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 17:36:25

Very impressive workouts lately.

From JimF on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 18:59:31

Great job on the workout. I agree with Tom that many of us are trying to hold the body together before we get to the starting line. I think you are smart for taking it easy over the weekend to recover. Easy runs seem to always do the body good.

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