Hi, I have planned for years to develop a software tool or an app with which I could maintain bookkeeping about the kilometres run on my running shoes. Finally I finished a simple prototype for the task. I wanted to keep things simple and the architecture is therefore probably far from…
Workouts from last and this week
Hi there, this and previous week have been really busy ones due to that there’s a small lack of personnel at the work due to vacations and sick leaves. I have still somehow managed to get about four workouts per week (obviously almost merely running). The most important thing at…
Long run
Today I went for a long run – now there are 10 weeks until the marathon and I really have to push myself during these weeks in order to have a small chance for a new marathon best time. I wanted to run a normal long run with a little quicker…
Tempo run
Hi there, it’s been a really busy week and unfortunately I haven’t had time or energy to go running in the evening after the work. Yesterday I nevertheless decided I must go for a run so that this lighter week won’t be a completely wasted one. With well rested legs the…
Progression run
Greetings, today was a rainy day in Bremen, but it was so warm after all that the high humidity didn’t make the thought of running too depressive, so off I went. The training plan suggested I should do a progression run and I chose the pretty standard route, if I…
3×2 miles @Interval pace and 5 min recovery + wu/cd
Hi there, The service break is over and everything is getting back to the old state gradually. There still are some services I have to restore, but at least the blog is up and running and I can submit new postings. Tonight I wasn’t sure whether I could cope with…
Maintenance break
If everything goes as planned, there will a maintenance break tomorrow and therefore my server (and this blog) will be inaccessible. I’m moving to a new server technology, as OpenVZ based virtualization does not fulfill all my needs. Due to this I have to reinstall the whole server and restore everything…
Runs of past few days
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)…
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…
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…
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…
Initial Playground ready
On Monday evening I had that much of spare time that I could start with a long-time dream – to get an own virtual server with which to experiment and play with. After a short web browsing I decided to give a try to Misterhost as it had got some positive…