Hi,I wanted to write this post a lot earlier, but there have been many reasons, why the plan was postponed. On the 9th of June 2023 I drove with my family on a rental car to Lüneburg, Germany, in order to avoid any further stress with the travel. The weather…
Ultra run and how to energize yourself
Hi there, my greatest concern at the moment is the upcoming 100k ultra run in Lüneburg – I feel a bit worried in many ways. The main concern is related to the fact that I haven’t got any experience of this kind of an event before. How to prepare oneself…
Transalpine Run 2 & 100k ultra
Hey there,it’s been a while once again. I still want to continue maintaining this blog, even though my frequency of writing has become less and less random. It still does not mean that not anything is going on in my life. I have been actually been training more than for…
Towards Berlin Marathon 2022
Hey, it’s me! It seems I have partly lost the inspiration to write about my running activities, but I want to keep this blog still. Maybe there will be better times ahead and more time for the writing. Anyway, the blog has now moved to a new and more performant…
Progress or stuck in the mud?
Hey ho, how are you? I don’t think there are many readers left, if there ever were any, but with this pace of posts there hardly is anyone who regularly follows the blog. Anyhow I want to give a sign of life – especially that I now am suffering from…
3. Bremer Brückenlauf
Greetings, My journey as hobby runner took a further step on last Saturday, when the 3. Bremer Brückenlauf (the third bridge run in Bremen) took place. I had participated at the event last year as well and was full of expectations because the event is really well organized, follows a…
Towards a new running year
Hey, it’s me again after a short break. Lately haven’t had that much to write or to comment so I’ve been mainly concentrating on the work or other hobbies than running. I have experienced the same phenomenon previously after the year’s running events have been accomplished and the motivation to…
19. Sparkassen-Küstenmarathon in Otterndorf
Hi there, After the marathon there is a new marathon coming up. That’s exactly my thought three days after the latest accomplishment. The next marathon will probably be Oldenburg marathon in about four weeks, so there’s hardly any time for recovery, but let’s try anyway. This post, however, will provide…
2. Bremer Brückenlauf
Greetings, The past few weeks have been much better than the previous six months when it comes to the training and motivation. The condition seems to improve slowly, but steadily. Now I hope to be able to maintain the trend through the whole summer. My next race is already scheduled…
Back to the racing
Greetings, I finally succeeded in taking part at a running event – after a very long time. I think I haven’t done this for about a year due to various reasons. On the one hand the issues in the personal life have made training very exhaustive and there were times…
Workouting
Hi, it seems I’m finally getting back to the right track and it gives a tremendous pleasure to be able to do tougher and tougher workouts. Now I only have to keep up with the good phase and go on until the Hannover marathon. I have also been thinking about,…
About the running equipment for a recreational runner (part 3: nice to have accessories)
I have discussed the recommended running gear in my previous blog posts (part 1 and part 2). In this post I’ll express my thoughts about further equipment that could be useful for a recreational runner: Tech In addition to the GPS watch there are plenty of wearable tech available nowadays.…
About the running equipment for a recreational runner (part 1: clothing)
The running as sports seems to become more and more emphasized on the equipment, the running gear, as well as all sorts of gadgets and apps. As person who is very keen on taking all sorts of new gadgets into use, I want to provide a brief look at the…
About training plans for marathon running
I have been running more or less regularly during the past ten years. Before that I used to go running, but I normally quit the running during the cold season which in Finland is pretty long. This is a thing I have regretted a lot – to waste the best…
Raate Marathon 2016
Hello, it’s been a while since the latest post due to the summer holiday, tiredness, and the fact that there simply was a lot to do. In this post I tell briefly about my latest marathon experience in Finland, the Raate marathon that is run on an area which was…
Fast Finish Long Run
Distance: 28.64 km Duration: 2h:19m:40s Average pace: 04:53 min/km Average heart rate: 149 Due to the thunderstorm yesterday morning I had to make a change to my plan and go for a run not until in the evening. The weather conditions were pretty harsh, about +21°C at 9PM with an…
Easy run on an easy week
Distance: 9.01 km Duration: 44m:04s Average pace: 04:54 min/km Average heart rate: N/A After a pretty heavy week this week is considerably lighter. Due to this I consider taking the trainings more seriously this week and follow the plan as closely as possibly. With about a month left one gradually…
Progression run (on Sunday)
Warmup: Distance: 4.25 km Duration: 25m:10s Average pace: 05:55 min/km Average heart rate: 125 Progression run (1/2): Distance: 14.79 km Duration: 1h:18m:43s Average pace: 05:19 min/km Average heart rate: 140 Progression run (2/2): Distance: 7.36 km Duration: 37m:24s Average pace: 05:05 min/km Average heart rate: 147 Yesterday I had a…
Easy Run
Distance: 7.02 km Duration: 37m:08s Average pace: 05:18 min/km Average heart rate: 137 Tonight I had just a normal easy run after the long run and the day off. I tried to take it really easy and made an effort to only reach a bit higher pace at the end…
Long run
Distance: 33.23 km Duration: 3h:11m:03s Average pace: 05:45 min/km Average heart rate: 132 Hi there, As usually on Sunday, it was time to gather some mileage for the basis training. I decided to back to Rhododendronpark here in Bremen where I was running last Sunday as well. Thanks to the…