| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 67.20 | 9.30 | 18.70 | 0.00 | 95.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
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A.M. Me and Johanne jumped into a couple of races in the Schwarzwald, me a half and Johanne a tenner. They were part of a sports festival weekend organised by a small sports club in Ulm-Lichtenau. It was just workout races for us but we had a good time. The course was a delight, fairly flat, all rural, though woods on trails and on small farmland roads surrounded by sweetcorn fields and orchards. The temp was about 27°C/80°F, ok in the shadow in the woods but in the direct sun it was pretty warm. I didn't go banzai in this race, I went though the 15k point at 1:01, all pretty steady, overtook a couple of guys at the 16k point and that finally triggered off some race aggression. I didn't what them to overtake me and I then worked hard to the finish. Result was a 1:25:42 half, Overall 12th/155, M40 5th/32. The first 3 runners in my age cat were all in 1:21:xx times, I would have to make a huge improvement to be competitive, difficult to see that happening.
Johanne was very happy to run a PR in 55:42 for the 10k. She hopes to run under 55 mins in Sep and I am confident she will crack it.
This was a real friendly race in a different area for us, we couldn't fault the organisation, in the festival tent afterwards they actually had a vegetarian option for a change, spagetti and salad. Afterwards we drove 5k to the Rhein to a ferry point, there was a large procession of antique tractors, decorated with the German and Baden flags being transported across to France, old folk in their best smiling and waving from the back on their tractor trip. It was a happy weekend. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.30 |
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A.M. Legs are a bit sore so a recovery run round in the woods at granny zimmer frame pace. Total 12,1k in 1:07:06, 5:33/k, 8:55/mi.
Evening - absolutely pouring down with rain but I just wanted to go out and stretch my legs for a short run. Surprised to see a female jogger going in the opposite direction, I greeted her with "wir sind verrückt" (we are crazy) which could only be agreed with. 7,7k in 39:58, av pace 5:11/k, 8:21/mi. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.70 |
| A.M. Cool and rainy, 2nd recovery run day, hard work begins again tomorrow. Hilly muddy steady trail run, no probs, just ticking over. Total 20,5k in 1:45:24, av pace 5:08/k, 8:16/mi. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.40 | 0.00 | 5.60 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
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A.M. Run on the cyclepath in the valley, 3k warmup, then 3 x 3k hard with 2k easy inbetween, finish with 3k cooldown. Target range was 11:36-11:51, I still felt some residue fatigue from Sun and the workout felt hard but enjoyable. Splits were 11:45, 11:48, 11:39. Total 19,2k in 1:25:06, av pace 4:26/k, 7:08/mi.
P.M. Short evening jog with Johanne. 5k in 30:03. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
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A.M. Sunny but fresh for a short steep hill run in the woods with 6 x 100m downhill strides, legs felt strong. Total 15,2k in 1:13:28, av pace 4:50/k, 7:47/mi.
P.M. Short evening run in the woods, jolly pleasant easy effort. Total 8,1k in 39:45, av pace 4:54/k, 7:54/mi. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.50 |
| A.M. On the cycle path, cool and rainy this morning. Workout was 5k easy, 15k M.P. in 1:03:20, pace 4:13/k, 6:48/mi. then 5k easy to finish. Felt pretty good and I knew I would complete the workout no probs within the 1st k. Total 25k in 1:51:00, av pace 4:26/k, 7:09/mi. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
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A.M. Short and easy hilly recovery run in the woods, right calf rock hard this morning. Total 12,1k in 1:00:56, av pace 5:02/k, 8:06/mi.
P.M. A short late evening run in the gloomy woods, slow pace, total 7,3k in 38:32, av pace 5:17/k, 8:30/mi. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 67.20 | 9.30 | 18.70 | 0.00 | 95.20 |
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