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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, Aug 25, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.309.300.000.0023.60

A.M. Long run out and back on the cycle path from Beilstein to Marbach through the Bottwartal. The split today was 20/15, the 20k went steadily at an easy pace in 1:38:28, then it was time for the 15k at marathon pace and on cue the sun came out. The first 12k once I got a feeling for the pace increase felt ok,  but the last 3k was a hard effort to stay on pace and I kept dipping slightly over. I pushed the last 500m to bring it back under but I'm disappointed that I had to do that. The 15k time was 1:03:32, av pace 4:14/k, 6:49/mi. Finish was a 3k cooldown jog. Total 38k in 2:57:33, av pace 4:40/k, 7:31/mi.

Comments
From JimF on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:57:24

This may not have been what you were looking for but it is a strong run that comes after a 100+ miles last week. I expect once you taper down for your marathon you will see even bigger improvements. Great run!

From Tom on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:12:45

Great job on the workout Ian. Nearly perfect I think for helping you to reach your marathon goals.

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