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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

A.M. Warmer at last and with it drizzle and mist but it was still nice not to start off shivering. Hill run with a steep and long initial ascent that gets the old heart pounding. Total 13,3k in 1:08:11, av pace 5:08/k, 8:15/mi.

Comments
From Dale on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 17:00:29

It may take a while to get there, but I'll try sending some of the abnormally sunny and dry weather we've been having in your direction.

From Ian on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 09:13:19

Thanks Dale but try sending a little further to Turkey instead. We read with disbelief the other day that Antalya has seen its first snow for 15 years.

From Dale on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:28:40

I'm sure it'll be gone in a week and you'll have fine conditions for your sub-3. The way you've been running lately, it should be a great race for you.

Just in case though, I think I've managed to send the sun and dry conditions onwards....looks like rain may come sometime today. Yippee!!!

From Tom on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:33:28

Hey Dale could you send some of that sunny, dry weather out Utah way as well? We're supposed to be a desert and have a lot of that kind of weather but not this year. Seems like most every Utah runner on the blog has had a least one spill on the ice this winter. Not to mention the frozen noses and cheeks.

From Dale on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:36:08

I'm thinking it should be in your neck of the woods in the next day or so, since Utah is a lot closer than Germany or Turkey, so don't let it slip by you!

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