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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Thu, Dec 06, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

A.M. Very mild weather this morning and I was overdressed and paid the price in sweat. I don't know why but have a general feeling of dissatisfaction with running with week. I ran very slow for the first 10k, then started to finally get into the grove and pick it up a little. I struggled on the last hill and not for the first time wished we were living in Holland. Tagged on one k at the end to make the distance. When I got in to cross out the workout I saw I should have only ran 21k, in my blurry eyed early morning state I'd read the wrong day on the schedule, boy was I happy. Total 24k in 1:59:12, av pace 4:58/k, 8:00/mi.

Comments

From MichelleL on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:18:45

Sometimes you just have to get it done without enjoying it. Good job doing just that. It's nice that you accidentally did too much today. Does that mean you can shave some of tomorrow's distance off?

From Ian on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 10:16:56

Thanks Michelle, you always seem to come up with a positive comment. Tomorrow is just a recovery 10k but Sat I'll knock a little off the distance to run a favorite route.

From Maria on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 15:45:22

It's very mild here too (London)! It's been like 14 degrees all this week, but not nice really - windy and rainy. Good job on your run, your training is solid!

From Dale on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 21:01:18

Man, you are a machine! Some pretty impressive mileage as of late, even if some is accidental. Gotta say I'm envious. When's your next race?

From Ian on Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:44:15

Maria - thanks for your comment, it's nice to know there is another blogger on the site living in Europe. Now I can read your blog and know what weather is on its way across. There is a very good website for the Serpentine running club in London.

Dale - I've been squeezing in extra mileage to what I'd planned up to last week but I think that has backfired a little. I'm considering entering a 3 race cross series, the first race is a 10k next Sat. I don't want the races to eat into the training so no taper and no great expectations.

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