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…
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…
More workouts for the November streak
Distance: 7.06 km Duration: 37m:09s Average pace: 05:16 min/km Max pace: 04:08 min/km Average heart rate: 142 Max heart rate: 167 Distance: 10.40 km Duration: 59m:06s Average pace: 05:41 min/km Max pace: 03:29 min/km Average heart rate: 140 Max heart rate: 151 Two workouts and my legs feel again more…
Intervals
Distance: 9.58 km Duration: 51m:27s Average pace: 05:22 min/km Max pace: 02:32 min/km Average heart rate: 146 Max heart rate: 180 Intervals: 5x800m + 400m recovery + warmup and cooldown Hi there, Thursday’s training was focused on doing some intervals. I didn’t feel like doing it as it usually is…
Another day of the November streak
Distance: 10.03 km Duration: 53m:49s Average pace: 05:22 min/km Max pace: 03:45 min/km Average heart rate: 136 Max heart rate: 162 Another day of the November streak and I can already feel the excitement about the next run. Maybe I simply have to continue with this after the November. I…
Steady, easy run for the November streak
Distance: 7.00 km Duration: 36m:01s Average pace: 05:09 min/km Max pace: 03:55 min/km Average heart rate: 140 Max heart rate: 161 Due to the family related issues my run yesterday was at a very late time. I generally don’t have anything against evening workouts, but then it also usually takes…
Easy Run
Distance: 8.21 km Duration: 46m:23s Average pace: 05:39 min/km Max pace: 03:52 min/km Average heart rate: 135 Max heart rate: 167 Hey, this run was a bit unexpected as I originally was prepared to have a day off from the running, but then I got I reminded by a friend…
Brisky run (im Nebel)
Distance: 10.85 km Duration: 54m:04s Average pace: 04:59 min/km Average heart rate: 148 Max heart rate: 173 Hi there, tonight’s run was a pretty brisk one. It happened again – after the marathon I really feel like running fast. This time I went for one of my standard routes aiming…
Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Marathon
Distance: 41.48 km (is the reason TomTom or under-distance?) Duration: 3h:15m:48s Average pace: 04:43 min/km Average heart rate: 163 Max heart rate: 189 Today was the day – time for the marathon once again. When I woke up in the morning I felt darned tired despite the transition to the…
Easying, preparing for the marathon (Easy Run)
Distance: 6.31 km Duration: 38m:53s Average pace: 06:09 min/km Average heart rate: 125 Max heart rate: 166 Today I woke up with a terrible feeling in the throat, but fortunately the feeling got better during the day… In the evening I just wanted to get some fresh air and keep…
Saturday night’s round
Distance: 7.36 km Duration: 46m:21s Average pace: 06:18 min/km Average heart rate: 125 Max heart rate: 145 Good Evening! After having spent three hours on my feet in Weser Stadium I decided I have to get some movement in the evening. This was a great chance to get familiar with…
Easy run with fast finish
Distance: 8.30 km Duration: 40m:48s Average pace: 04:55 min/km Average heart rate: 145 Max heart rate: 191 Greetings! Tonight I wanted to have an easy run with a faster finish to get some feeling how it is to run at the marathon pace again after a while. I ran the…
The latest three runs
Sorry about the pause with the updates. I’ve had some issues in my personal life that have made it a bigger challenge to find time for writing blog posts than I expected. All in all – I’m still running. Last Sunday I did about a half marathon which was extremely…
9 k with a peaceful pace
Distance: 9.00 km Duration: 48m:20s Average pace: 05:22 min/km Average heart rate: 144 Nothing special: a recovery jog after yesterdays’s harder tempo try. Maybe tomorrow the next run; today a bit too lazy to run. Instead of running I chose the football game and a beer…
Easy(ish) run
Distance: 6.83 km Duration: 30m:33s Average pace: 04:28 min/km Average heart rate: 160 Max heart rate: 177 Even though still not feeling entirely fit I decided to put a bit more effort to today’s run. The overall feeling was better than on Sunday, but still I had the feeling that…