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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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A.M. Grey, grey, miserable day. -5°C (23°F) and freezing fog, a disappointment after the glorious sunshine of yesterday. Ran with the Lauftreff, only 5 of us turned up and for once we did the sensible thing and all ran together. A nice 11,5k loop through the woods to the top of a ridge and then back down. It was very slow and I felt chilled. 2 of the group didn't wear gloves and had warm hands, I had two pairs on and my hands were like ice. I finished with a quicker 4,5k loop to warm up and make up the distance. Total 16k in 1:26:40, av pace 5:25/k or 8:43/mi.

Comments
From jtshad on Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 10:17:28

Nice run...sometimes running in the cold really isn't any fun.

From Dale on Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 18:40:27

When the cold gets too miserable, think of running in the hot and humid. That *always* makes me appreciate the cold! Of course, cold here is 32F...

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