Tonight I left for my long run a bit too late – I didn’t want to miss the football match between Germany and Ukraine so I had to keep up the pace from the beginning. On the other hand the weather was optimal and I got a nice marathon pace…
Zoirun metrics
Hi, While watching the starting game of the Euro 2016, I try to provide some insights of Zoi based on my experiences until now, and also provide an overview what kind of metrics you can measure with the device. Basically there are the following data available (see the Runteq website for…
Vahrer Seen Lauf 2016
Hi there, Today was the long awaited running party here in Vahr – Vahrer Seen Lauf. It was the third time I participated at the event and I still love it. This year the weather was really nice – for the spectators – for the runners it was mainly a…
Zoi by Runteq
ZOI® is a newly released product for improving your running technique. It is provided by a Finnish company located in Tampere, Runteq. The gadget contains basically a sensor attached to a running shoe (alternatively one may attach a second sensor to a heart rate strap and get more accurate statistics)…
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…
Easy run on Saturday
Good night, the day’s been a busy one. In addition to all the activities within the family I also managed to go for an easy run in the evening. I chose to run on the route of Vahrer-Seen-Lauf in order to keep up the motivation. In a week I’ll see,…
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…
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)…
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…
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…