Greetings, The time goes by when you are having a good time, they say. I’m not entirely about sure whether I’ve had a real good time lately, but surely I have noticed how quickly the weeks go when you have a lot of to do. I have tried to gradually…
Patience required
Hi there, Once again a hasty update before the good night’s sleep. I started this week with a couple of easy runs, as I have felt really tired and not prepared to do any tempo or interval training. Well, sometimes it has to happen so the long weekend (thank God)…
Haspa Marathon Hamburg
Haspa Hamburg Marathon is one of my favourite running events due to its flat route, great atmosphere and successful organisation. For me Hamburg is a convenient place to start, as it only takes roughly a bit over an hour to travel from Bremen to Hamburg by train. I prefer travelling with the…
Workouts from the end of the last week
Hi, It seems I’m struggling with my blog writing nowadays, and it really seems hard to find time for the writing, but let’s see; I wouldn’t like to stop writing entirely as I have the feeling it would have a negative impact on my overall writing skills etc. The past…
Tempo run
Distance: 6,95 km Duration: 31m:05s Average pace: 04:28 min/km Max pace: 03:20 min/km Average heart rate: 152 Max heart rate: 177 Tonight the training program suggested I should do a tempo run. Without this kind of trainings it’s hard to develop so I tried to force myself to do a…
Progression run
Distance: 15,21 km Duration: 1h:21m:31s Average pace: 05:22 min/km Average heart rate: 143 Hi there, today’s workout was about running a steady longish run with the last miles with a higher pace, i.e. progression run with the target to start slow and finish fast. I have had this kind of…
Gradually getting back to the training modus
Hi, This week I have started to feel quite OK, but I have wanted to start carefully with the training in order not to jeopardize the recovery and the upcoming races. On Thursday I ran approximately 9 k with a couple of intervals. When going at a rapid pace I…
Kyrönjoki-maraton
Hi there, still feeling not 100% healthy so no training before everything is fine. I don’t want to take any chances now after that many setbacks lately. The third running event I want to present in my blog is Kyrönjoki-maraton in the former municipality of Ylistaro, Finland, now a part…
Raatteen maraton
This post is a continuation to my newly born series about races, where I either have been involved as participant or where I really would like to take part. In the first part I told about the local running event here in Bremen, the Vahrer-Seen-Lauf. In the second part of…
Vahrer-Seen-Lauf
Good Evening, as I still haven’t completely recovered, there’s some time to have a look at the future races and strategies. 😉 If only I’m healthy, I’ll participate on a local event in our neighbourhood – Vahrer-Seen-Lauf. Vahrer-Seen-Lauf is organised every year on the first Sunday of June and there are two…
Back to the reality
Hi, a brief update: I caught cold once again. Probably it’s the same disease as my son was suffering from a couple of days ago. Anyway, now the training program has been cancelled for a few days. It’s so unbelievable frustrating to fall ill, when you had the feeling that everything…
14 x 400m
After a busy week at work I was a bit worried how it would go with today’s training. Moreover, I spent today with the family a couple of hours by helping out in the campaign “Bremen räumt auf” – “Bremen cleans up”. We managed to fill a couple of trash bags…
9. Famila Lauf in Oldenburg
Hey, Today’s agony was to accomplish a half marathon after a break of several years. After having been a ill for a long time during this winter my expectations were not especially high. I just wanted to get a solid run done and have a better self confidence for the…
Reset
Having the latest setback – fever and diarrhoea last week – made me rethink about this years’ goals and targets. My following race was supposed to be Famila Lauf in Oldenburg next Sunday. I will still participate, but with rather modest goals. To finish with a reasonable time and not to push…
Back to the writing
The past few months have been tough time in many ways, mostly due to the changes in the professional life (I switched job at the beginning of the year) and on the personal health level – I think I have never had flu that often than this winter. This has…
In the sick bay
In my latest post I was afraid that my overall bad feeling would transform into a disease. That’s exactly what happened – on Wednesday when I returned from the work I felt so lousy I had to go to bed immediately and the temperature went up. The following three days…
Workouts from Sunday to Tuesday
Sunday: Distance: 21.35 km Duration: 1h:47m:23s Average pace: 05:02 min/km Max pace: 03:06 min/km Average heart rate: 141 Max heart rate: 166 Monday: Distance: 7.10 km Duration: 43m:29s Average pace: 06:08 min/km Max pace: 04:37 min/km Average heart rate: 123 Max heart rate: 150 Tuesday: Distance: 8.70 km Duration: 40m:37s…
Easying towards the weekend
Friday: Distance: 8.06 km Duration: 44m:59s Average pace: 05:35 min/km Max pace: 04:14 min/km Average heart rate: 143 Max heart rate: 177 Saturday: Distance: 9.75 km Duration: 57m:26s Average pace: 05:54 min/km Max pace: 04:07 min/km Average heart rate: 143 Max heart rate: 161 The latest two runs were a…
Runs in the middle of the week (Tue, Wed, Thu)
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Tuesday was the first actual day of my new training plan. I’m pretty excited at the moment as I’m fairly confident that this time I’ll be able to reach major improvements in my performance. This weeks two interval trainings have been tough as there haven’t been any…
Workouts from the past week
Sunday: Distance: 7.05 km Duration: 41m:09s Average pace: 05:50 min/km Max pace: 03:41 min/km Average heart rate: 131 Max heart rate: 159 Monday: Distance: 5.34 km Duration: 32m:11s Average pace: 06:02 min/km Max pace: 04:35 min/km Average heart rate: 127 Max heart rate: 147 Tuesday: Distance: 8.15 km Duration: 43m:59s…