Hallå hallå!
I’m back It’s been a while since my last blog post but I desperately needed that break, big time. Both a break from my training and also from blogging
Don’t think I was just lazy and spent most of the time on the couch of doom ‘cos you couldn’t be more wrong. During the [...]
Archive for May, 2008
May31
Following a new training plan
Filed in: Cycling workouts
May21
8k of enlightment
Yesterday’s run was quite a strange one. Still being fatigued and with my legs severely suffering from gravity I laced up my running shoes and headed to the Wehranlagen for a 45 minute workout.
Knowing that there was no chance this would be a great exercise my mood and motivation wasn’t as good as [...]
Filed in: Announcements Running workouts
May19
The first run with my new Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 trainers
Finally, I could go running wearing my recently purchased Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 trainers. I bought the shoes last friday at the Runnerspoint store in Wuerzburg after having had another video analysis and comparison to my Nike Air Zoom Triax 11. Again, I left being absolutely satisfied with the service provided by the sales clerks [...]
Filed in: Running workouts
May16
Making progress again!
I’m delighted to report about my last workout Yesterday afternoon I went for a 30-minutes run and despite the 23°C I performed pretty well compared to my previous sessions. I was still about 20 seconds to half a minute behind my goal, but at least I wasn’t pumped afterwards.
Moreover, there’s another reason to [...]
Filed in: Running workouts
May15
Step by step getting back into training
As planned, I went for a run on Tuesday to check on my form. I cannot say that I was happy with my conclusion, but I wasn’t too disappointed either. In short, I still haven’t fully recuperated yet, but I’m doing much better than the previous week.
Additionally, I’m pretty sure I found out what’s causing [...]
Filed in: Running workouts
May10
Being pumped and taking a few days off
Sorry for not having posted any updates on my training recently. Not that I didn’t go running, but I simply needed to a break from everything that’s related to my training ‘cos I felt both mentally and physically pumped.
Now I know that I should have taken at least a week off after the iwelt 2008 [...]
Filed in: Running workouts
May1
Re-Calibrating the Nike+ sport kit
Due to the inaccuracies that I noticed when running the iWelt 2008 half-marathon I decided to re-calibrate my Nike Sport Kit. So, I went to the athletic fields located close to the secondary school that I went to until 2000 and did what had to be done
Having re-calibrated my sport kit I felt [...]
Filed in: Running workouts