Christmas step forward

stats of the week: run 15 km, zwift cycled 21 km, gym 3 h

Not surprisingly I could not resist to run the local 5K christmas run. I managed to finish it without walking in between so it was a step forward. The pace of 5:39 min/K was okay so far but I reached my limits. So there are doubts I will find back to pre-surgery performance.  However, I will be happy if I am able to complete longish distances without knee problems in the oncoming weeks.

Photo: I was the only runner in my age group but 82-year-old fellow runner Siggi was forced to join my group so I felt a duty to let him cross the line first.



Further improvement

stats of the week: run 10 km, zwift cycled 54 km, gym 3 h
stats of the previous week: run 10 km, zwift cycled 42 km, gym 3 h

I developed the cautious jogging workouts to a switch of 100m of walking with 400m of running. I was surprised how I lost the feeling for pace. The short stretches of running turned out to be way too fast I had to notice after looking at the Garmin stats. 

As I am now able to run 5K within 31 minutes I decided to take part at the local Christmas Run next Sunday. Just to be part of the event and enjoy the day.

This one is very long ago: