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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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A.M. Slow paced hilly 2 castles trail run. Cooler and with light rain which was appreciated. One section of the trail was narrow and overgrown, afterwards I stopped to brush my legs down hoping to dislodge any ticks that may have jumped onboard. They potentially carry two nasties, one is the FSME virus which I have been vaccinated against, the other is Borreliose which is difficult to treat. Prevention is better than cure and now it is warmer I check myself after everyrun, even so each year I get 2-3 ticks that I've missed and I need to remove with pincers, usually in the middle of the night when I sense them. Total 17k in 1:26:35, av pace 5:06/k, 8:12/mi.

Comments
From Kim on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:05:15

As I first started reading your entry I was jealous of the 2 castles run. It sounds like such a neat place. However, the ticks really changed my thinking! Yuck! I hate ticks! Good luck in staying tick-free!

From Dale on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:23:44

Who knew running could be so fraught with peril? Glad there's compensation in the form of things like pizza and cheesecake. Oh, and better health....and castles....

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