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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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Thu, Dec 20, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

A.M. Med-long run and colder than yesterday at -7°C (19°F). I wore a long sleeve thermal base layer, fleece mid-layer, windproof running jacket, thicker running tights and 2 pairs of gloves today and was snug as a bug in a rug. Its very cold here but dry with no snow on the ground and very little ice, the trails are frozen hard and make for good footing. Ran my standard hilly route, steady on the uphills and push harder on the downhills and flats. Took a wrong fork as I lost my concentration deer watching which involved a little retracing. 5k splits: 25:17, 22:58, 23:13, 23:11 & 4k in 18:28. Total 24k in 1:53:11, av pace 4:43/k, 7:35/mi. A good solid run. My left knee was niggling me, it felt stiff and awkward, no pain but not flexing properly & a slight ache in my left hip, might be just the cold.  

Comments
From Dale on Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 21:25:34

Watch those slight hip aches. I had one a while back that quickly turned into some pain in the ITB along my leg. Some consistent post-run stretching of my ITB helped me get past it for the most part. Since you were getting both hip and knee pain, the ITB is the likely culprit (from what little physiology I know, that is).

Good run. The hills and countryside definitely make for better runs in my opinion. I like watching the deer and elk around here...keeps things fresh and fun.

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