The Flughafenlauf is a nice race where you ran around the airport. (as the German name indicates). In preparation for Gigathlon, this would be another test to see where I’m at fitness-wise. However to keep it fun I decided to go back to the basics and just run by feeling. Last year I ran it […]
Amy and I had signed up for the Red Bull World Run a while ago. It sounded like a fun new experience. For those not familiar with the RedBull World Run. You start running on course and 30 min after you start a catcher car (finish line) starts driving and slowly accelerating until it has […]
Lead up to the race I had a great 10k time and decent running volume almost as much as I did for Ironman training minus the biking and swimming. I knew that I wasn’t in top shape and I still carried an additional 10 lbs compared to previous years. I was thinking a lot about […]
If you just curious about the race report jump down to Race Report. Otherwise, on your own risk read a little background about my motivational issues and struggle first. It has been a while since my last blog post, while this is not the first race since my last Ironman I didn’t feel like writing […]
For once I was standing at the starting line and I wasn’t that nervous. I had no clue what to expect and my body was ready for a break after a 3 week training block. I also didn’t have enough time to warm up and was telling myself to start with a reasonable pace. The […]
(Considering that I have my next race tomorrow, I felt obligated to finish the blog post from my last race 3 weeks ago 🙂 ) In fall 2013 my training was heavily bike focused, which normally means that the run times “suffer” somewhat. In December I had a surprising good 10k. This race would be […]
For a long time I had a personal goal to run a sub 1:20 half marathon. I attempted it many times but the closest I came was last year at the Pittsburgh half marathon with 1:21:25. According to my coach I am in shape to run a sub 1:20 but his estimation for this hilly […]
My training plan called for a 10k and the Magnusion Series which I did before (last time the 5k) conveniently fell on the same date. My previous PR for this distance is from Jan 29th 2012 where I covered the 10k in 38:11. (read more). I knew the course and that it wasn’t the fastest, […]
After the Ironman in Wisconsin I took two weeks, followed by a transition week and now I just finished the first block of training. In these couple weeks I gained about 3.5kg which I attribute to the awesome food I ate (read: fast food, there is a reason I came to this country after all […]
I entered this race with high expectations. After my PR on this course last year, I was expecting to set another PR. I even was hoping to go sub 1:20. According to my coach I was in shape to get a high 1:20 or low 1:21 finish time. His pacing strategy for me was to […]