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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, Dec 17, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.900.000.000.0021.90

A.M. Cold long run this morning, -2°C but with the wind chill factor added it was -8°C (18°F). It wasn't a run to dawdle that was for sure. I've suffered recently with cold naughty bits and got myself a pair of Helly Hanson briefs used for the first time today, the luxury of warm nether regions is not to be sneezed at. I don't know if that was a factor, or that I'd raced on Sat or the day off yesterday but I felt good and strong today. Felt no problems throughout and I added on 3k, at the end I felt I could have carried on and ran the whole marathon distance. Total 35k in 2:45:32, av pace 4:44/k or 7:37/mi.

Comments
From Dale on Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 14:24:47

Sounds like you needed to pull out all the stops to stay warm. Also sounds like the day off did you good. Good 10k a couple of days ago, even though things didn't work out quite as you'd intended. Many times, it's how we perform on not-so-good days that help us the most. I'm sure it'll help boost your fitness, both mental and physical, to help you in the long run (no pun intended).

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