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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, Nov 08, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.90

A.M. slept badly in the night waking up at 3am and struggling to go back to sleep again. Felt tired and a grey wet morning did nothing to help. A med-long run was on the cards and I picked my roller-coaster loop, on the crest of the 1st hill I knew it was going to be a drudge day. Set my legs to auto pilot and went along for the ride. Total - 3 little ducks 22,2k in 1:46:44, at 4:48/k or 7:44/mi. Surprised as I felt sure it was much slower.

Comments

From MichelleL on Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 11:04:00

Doesn't seem like a drudge day to me. Its great when you can feel yucky and still run well.

And man, Ian, you are racking up the miles this week!

From Dale on Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 15:57:07

It's the runs that you really, really, really don't want to do but do anyway that I believe make the difference in the end.

I lived in Wiesbaden for 3.5 years in the mid-90s, and if memory serves, this time of year are mostly wet, gray mornings in Germany. Still, what I wouldn't give to have a nice cool Hefeweizen waiting for me at the end of the day. All the more reason to run a few extra miles!

From Ian on Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 04:15:02

Thanks for the comments, I'm pleased I'm coping with the plan comfortably so far. The recovery runs are shorter than what I would normally run but I feel much fresher and able to run those longer runs easier.

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