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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
91.300.0011.800.00103.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.800.000.000.0010.80

A.M. Slow-easy pace hilly trail run. I had a gippy stomach this morning and I was twitching at the end. Finished the run with a 10m dash from the front door to the loo in a record breaking time. Total 17,4k in 1:25:25, av pace 4:55/k, 7:54/mi.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.400.000.000.0022.40

A.M. Reverted back to my old long run round this week, nice and soft underfoot. My heart wasn't really in it today and it was an easy and steady 32k before injecting a fast 3k. I normally fade on the return hills but this week there was no problem and I only lost 5 secs off the pace on the longest uphill.

So it was 32k in 2:38:25, av pace 4:57/k, 7:58mi, then 3k in 12:06 and 1k cooldown.

Total 36k in 2:55:28, av pace 4:52/k, 7:51/mi.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.200.000.000.0012.20

A.M. Recovery run, up through the woods to Schloss Wildeck, down and then up to the ruins of  Schloss Helfenberg. Down again and then up to the top of a beckoning hill overlooking the town for a last wee view before cruising back down. Total 19,6k in 1:42:19, av pace 5:13/k, 8:24/mi.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.400.006.200.0018.60

A.M. Valley run, 5k warmup at easy pace, 10k in 39:47, finish with 5k cooldown. I felt good today and the tenner was pretty comfortable. Total 20k in 1:29:38, av pace 4:29/k, 7:13/mi.

P.M. Evening run with Johanne, we caught a bus out into the countryside and ran back home together. Total 10k in 58:24.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.300.005.600.0015.90

A.M. I felt weary to start this morning. Warmup for 4k, then 3 x 3k hard with 2k easy inbetween. Finish with 8,6k easy. Splits for the 3k's was: 11:57, 11:45, 11:47. Yesterday had seemed so easy, today felt just tough and tiring and I had a deep ache in my right thigh at the end. Total 25,6k in 1:59:30, av pace 4:40/k, 7:31/mi.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.400.000.000.0012.40

A.M. Recovery and birthday run today, 43 years old, only another couple of years to AK45 :-) We're both off together today so rather than split the run I got it out of the way in one go to enjoy the rest of the day. Johanne came with me and ran a 10k round, I ran 20k nice and slow, pretty warm this morning.  I took 5k splits to make sure I stayed at rec pace as I have a tendency to get gradually faster after the first 5k is out of the way. Total 20k in 1:45:12, av pace 5:16/k, 8:28/mi. We're now going to go out for a cycle ride this afternoon with a stop for some tucker on the way.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.800.000.000.0010.80

A.M. Hilly trail run, easy effort with 3 x 150m strides. Very warm, 30°C/86°F and with no wind I sweated some. Total 17,4k in 1:25:24, av pace 4:54/k, 7:54/mi.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
91.300.0011.800.00103.10
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