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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, Nov 19, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.500.000.000.0019.50

A.M. Back to bread and butter running. It had been a clear night and was cold and frosty this morning. I still felt a little residual soreness from Sat but the kms passed easily enough at an even steady pace. It was at km 23 on a 1k uphill stretch that I started to just get slower and slower. I checked the garmin near the top and I was running at 6:22/k, a granny with a zimmer frame could have overtook me. For the next 5k I gathered myself a little but slowed up again on the last wee hill. The 2k drop into town was no problems but I was happy to finish. Total 31,2k in 2:28:08, av pace 4:45 or 7:38/mi.

Comments
From jtshad on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 15:37:14

Great long run (especially this early in the week). You have been running really well these past few weeks.

From Ian on Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 05:19:08

Thanks for the encouragement, this is one of the best periods of training I've ever had. I was reluctant to start this blog as there is so many good runners on the site, but it has given me the determination to push myself. Runners like yourself of a similar age gives me something to aspire to.

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