stats of the week: run 51 km, gym 2 h
stats of the previous week: run 43 km, gym 3h
Merry Christmas everybody!
A year of backdrops is approaching its end. Not just personal backdrops like my meniscus surgery and caught of parasites. It is a worldwide backdrop that let me feel how people might have felt during the thirties of the last century. I thought I would be too old to experience another great war but now I am not sure. It's guys like Putin, Erdogan, Trump and others in Britain, Netherlands and not least Germany that lead the world to its end.
Best wishes for 2017!
Wee Improvement
stats of the week: run 41 km, gym 3h
Small steps of improvement. I performed an average pace of 4:51 min/k at our local christmas race. However, it was still a strong fight. Season is over now but I look forward to running in South Africa's sun in 3 weeks.
Small steps of improvement. I performed an average pace of 4:51 min/k at our local christmas race. However, it was still a strong fight. Season is over now but I look forward to running in South Africa's sun in 3 weeks.
Forced to be happy
stats of the week: run 27 km, gym 4 h
The "Nikolauslauf" at our neighbour town Herdecke is quite a big event. About 900 runners start beside the river Ruhr and race a lap around lake Hengstey.
My own summary is ambivalent. I know I have to be happy to be able to run a sub 5 min speed for 10 K again just 3 weeks after a long illness. Otherwise it is hard to accept that long known rivals are much faster. At least it is a step forward. I hope to be a few seconds quicker next Sunday when the local Christmas run takes place.
The "Nikolauslauf" at our neighbour town Herdecke is quite a big event. About 900 runners start beside the river Ruhr and race a lap around lake Hengstey.
My own summary is ambivalent. I know I have to be happy to be able to run a sub 5 min speed for 10 K again just 3 weeks after a long illness. Otherwise it is hard to accept that long known rivals are much faster. At least it is a step forward. I hope to be a few seconds quicker next Sunday when the local Christmas run takes place.
Pacemaker's Cup
stats of the week: run 51km, gym 3h
Looks like a decent week, but it was still low key.
On Sunday it was my 37th appearance at Herten-Bertlich. The race had a big jubilee, it was the 100th edition. I was happy with my formerly poor time of 24:14 on the 5K distance and also happy about my 11th runner-up position.
It was great fun that C got the famous Bertlich winner's cup on her first finish there! If I ever win the ongoing joke will be over.
Looks like a decent week, but it was still low key.
On Sunday it was my 37th appearance at Herten-Bertlich. The race had a big jubilee, it was the 100th edition. I was happy with my formerly poor time of 24:14 on the 5K distance and also happy about my 11th runner-up position.
It was great fun that C got the famous Bertlich winner's cup on her first finish there! If I ever win the ongoing joke will be over.
Building up cautiously
stats of the week: run 22km, gym 3h
Slowly building up the load on the way back to normal. I reckon it will take around 4 or 6 weeks more to get closer to my former level. Keep fingers crossed that things are going well. I entered another familiar race: the Bay to Bay run from Clifton to Hout Bay and back that takes place on Jan 8. In 2014 I did the 15K, now I hope to complete the full distance of 30K.
Bay to Bay run
Slowly building up the load on the way back to normal. I reckon it will take around 4 or 6 weeks more to get closer to my former level. Keep fingers crossed that things are going well. I entered another familiar race: the Bay to Bay run from Clifton to Hout Bay and back that takes place on Jan 8. In 2014 I did the 15K, now I hope to complete the full distance of 30K.
Bay to Bay run
Signs of recovering
stats of the week: run 5 km, gym 3 h
Finally it seems that better days are approaching. It took 6 weeks to identify the Bolivian parasites that struck me down heavily. Now I got the proper medicin to get over it. Nothing serious the doc said. However, I wasn't able to walk up the staircase to our apartment without getting out of breath.
I still doubt that I even can reach the performance level I had until last year but I would modestly be happy to jog again. The first excitement about signs of recovering let me enter the Kilimanjaro Marathon that takes place end of February. 15 weeks to go.
Finally it seems that better days are approaching. It took 6 weeks to identify the Bolivian parasites that struck me down heavily. Now I got the proper medicin to get over it. Nothing serious the doc said. However, I wasn't able to walk up the staircase to our apartment without getting out of breath.
I still doubt that I even can reach the performance level I had until last year but I would modestly be happy to jog again. The first excitement about signs of recovering let me enter the Kilimanjaro Marathon that takes place end of February. 15 weeks to go.
Disappointment
stats of the week: run 53km, cycled 70km, gym 3h
A week of far too much load for someone who still has not recovered from illness.
Following a slow half marathon on Sunday my body reacted by fever and shivering. No chance to run the eagerly anticipated Chianti marathon in Italy. Now the weekend will end up as a sort of seniors' holiday. Equally disappointing that I have to refrain from Pecorino, icecream and pasta tartufo.
A week of far too much load for someone who still has not recovered from illness.
Following a slow half marathon on Sunday my body reacted by fever and shivering. No chance to run the eagerly anticipated Chianti marathon in Italy. Now the weekend will end up as a sort of seniors' holiday. Equally disappointing that I have to refrain from Pecorino, icecream and pasta tartufo.
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