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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, Jun 05, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.800.000.000.0015.80

A.M. Still raining this morning, nevermind, out and up the first hill. Legs felt tired and I was a minute over my normal time at the top. Kept it slow and easy, then 10k into the run I starting to feel comfortable and the pace naturally picked up. What started as drudge ended up enjoyable and I finished wet, muddy but happy. Total 25,5k in 2:04:12, av pace 4:52/k, 7:50/mi.

Comments
From Tom on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 10:29:09

Hey I suppose "wet, muddy but happy" isn't such a bad way to be. Looks like you're getting the same weather we've been having out here in Utah in what is supposed to be a desert. Looking like another near 100-mile week for you this week. Good job!

From MichelleL on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 10:43:24

15 in the rain and mud??? I wish I was as strong as that. I woke up to very heavy rain just before 6am and was weak enough to go back to sleep. Now I'll be looking for a break in the weather to get out and run.

From Maria on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 17:41:27

Well done Ian! Going out in the rain and doing 16 miles is very inspiring. I'm not good at all running in the rain alone, especially when it's dark and cold (read, London winter). You are running some serious mileage here, I'm sure it will pay off in a few months.

From Ian on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 05:05:17

I felt bad about missing my 2nd run the day before so I tagged the mileage on to this mornings run. I quite like running in rain occasionally, just not day after day.

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