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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 24, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.70

A.M. Enjoying some warmer weather, an early start to pick up a local 1/2 M course that involves mainly cycle paths but also some road running for a change. Legs felt a little tired this morning but slipped into a comfortable gear and kept it steady thoughout. Total 22k in 1:38:26, av pace 4:28/k, 7:12/mi.

Comments

From MichelleL on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:34:17

Ok Ian, I don't remember when exactly your race is again (would you mind reminding me again? so sorry), but I see just one thing in your training you can do that might help you with your upcoming marathon. You might not like it. So, I think you need to differentiate better between easy and hard pace. There should be at least 1 minute difference between your goal marathon pace and your easy run pace. I don't know exactly what your goal pace is, but I would guess it is not quite 6:00-6:15, at least not yet :). You have taken some of your easy runs very easy which is good to see, but alot of them are 7-7:15 pace, which may not be enough rest either during peak training nor as you taper. I would suggest slowing it down, and no runs have a faster ave pace than 7:30 unless you are doing speed on that day. So that's my two cents.

From Brent on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 15:21:19

Ian, thanks for your comments on the race. I have spend a few weeks in Germany several times, the bike trail capital of the world, but, the trails all seem to dead end. Anyway, no doubt, without Gwen, you certainly have the talent to meet your goals. Do you have any training partners? My experience, if you can hook up with a training partner of similar goals and abilities it would really make a difference for your hard tempos runs, etc. Stay Kool, Run Hard, Have Fun, B of BS Rools out

From Ian on Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 14:44:32

Thankyou both for the comments. Michelle, you're right about the easy run paces, they are a little too fast. My pace range for easy runs is 4:33-4:52/k. (7:19-7:49/mi) As I'm tapering I've got more energy at the moment and this is reflecting in the pace.

Brent, I'd really like a training partner, I can see what a positive difference it makes in so many blogs.

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