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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, Jan 21, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.30	12.40	0.00	0.00	21.70

A.M. Mild and windy weather for long run day. First 5k was easy pace, I was feeling good and decided to run the next 5k at gmp, I still felt good and just kept adding on the 5k's at gmp. After 20k of this I eased back, I feel I could have squeezed out more but that is in the schedule as a key workout next week, so I left it to build on from this one. The last 10k was hilly, I tried out a gel at 25k, then on a steep uphill at 31k I had stomach pains. Not sure if this was because of the gel or the effort on the hill. Other than that fueling was just with diluted sweetened lemon tea. During both my previous marathons I never took gels and I'm starting to think the same way for the next one. I find them unpalatable and they make me feel queasy. R achilles again felt tender today. So 5k splits, 24:15, 21:20, 21:09, 21:13, 21:14, 22:33, 22:59. Total 35k in 2:34:59, av pace 4:26/k, 7:08/mi.

Comments

From Sean on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 13:02:17

Great workout. I'm hoping to be in your neck of the woods in September running the Berlin marathon.

From Tom on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 18:30:42

Ian I notice with the gels that I have trouble with the caffeinated ones but do well with no caffeine. Also I notice if I'm taking anti-inflammatories close to runs/races it seems to make the stomach problems worse. Not sure if this has anything to do with your situation but thought I'd at least mention it just in case it helps.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 18:33:54

I never take gels. I think if you do not like the taste, your body is telling you it does not want them.

From MichelleL on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 18:57:39

I think if your body does not like the taste, its time to try a different flavor :) Perhaps trying a more natural type of gel, like the hammer gels Josse takes, would be something to try. I used to take gels, switched to shot bloks, but I will be going back to gels. I just will always do marathons so infrequently, I am afraid to "experiment" with no fuel. I guess I could try it on a long run and see how it goes.

From Ian on Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 14:39:19

Thanks for the comments. These are hammer gels that I've tried. I think I will just stick to whatever drinks they provide at the water stations. If I can't face taking the gels in training then I definately won't take them in a race. It's not just the taste but the texture as well. I've never seen shot bloks sold here.

From jtshad on Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 18:24:15

One thing that helped me get over the look and texture of the gels was to "perceive" them as something that I was more familiar with...yogurt and/or frosting. Once my mind processed them as being similiar to these two things, it made taking them a lot easier and I now I have no problems slamming them down during a marathon. My 2 cents worth...

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