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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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Sun, Feb 03, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.50	0.00	0.00	4.50	11.00

A.M. Cold and frosty, out early to use the track before the Sunday football teams play on the pitch. Workout was 6 x 1200m w/2 min rec, my aim was 4:30 for each 1200. Splits: 4:33, 4:31, 4:31, 4:35, 4:40, 4:46. For the first 3 intervals I was on target till after 800m, then lost it each time on the last lap. The last 3 intervals were a disaster, I was slowing up more and more and it didn't matter how much I fought, my legs felt like they were moving in quicksand. Big disappointment. With warmup and cooldown 17,7k in 1:19:04. av pace 4:28/k, 7:11/mi.

Comments

From MichelleL on Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 10:39:51

1200's are a hard interval. What you needed was a training partner. These workouts are so hard to do alone. Do you know runners who are different paces than you but are willing to get together with you for speed workouts. I find it really helps to have someone there, even if we aren't running the whole way together. The immediate feedback helps keep me on target.

There are positives to your workout. Being within 5 sec is ok, so the first four were on target. I wouldn't call #4 a disaster, just had to fight through it. 5 and 6 were bad, but you didn't bag the workout which shows toughness. Some workouts don't end up being stellar, but just give yourself your rest days and let this workout make you hungry for your next hard workout.

From Dale on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 10:27:25

I have to agree. You've been racking up bigtime miles, and your easy paces have been pretty aggressive, so maybe some additional rest is in order.

In any event, just one workout so don't worry about it. You definitely hit your VO2Max and kept it there for a while....that was the real goal of the workout. Good work!

From Ian on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 14:37:14

Thanks for the comments, a training partner would be good. We have some group training runs starting in the area in Apr which I plan to attend.

I found it hard to go walking with my wife yesterday afternoon so I'm definately cutting back this week.

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