Just like the previous weekend, I headed to my favourite training track, at the INS (“Institut National des sports”); reasoning that since my achilles was still on probation (so to speak) I shouldn’t subject it to anything extravagant. So laps on a flat track it was. Straight away, I found myself moving quite effortlessly at…
Category: Track
Daily training log: 19/Sep/2015
I really like reading other people’s daily training logs. George Zack for example has been blogging about training and various races in Colorado and elsewhere for years, and it’s always motivating to see consistency not just in training and racing, but also in documenting it all. One of the big reasons I’ve always been reluctant…
100m race at Championnats Nationaux
Even though I had been plagued by problematic muscles in the groin area during my first (and last) training of the week, I still decided to run the 100m and 200m races at the National Championships. I figured that with the last training being on Tuesday, I’d get plenty of rest and be fit to…
100m race at Meeting International, Dudelange
Weather predictions called for rain most of the weekend, so I wasn’t sure if I wanted to compete this weekend; especially since I’d also had less than stellar training sessions during the week where I still felt the aftermath of last week’s hiking and photography trip and subsequent 1200km drive back home. After photographing a…
100m race at Nocturne N°2 (Saint-Mard, Belgium)
In perfect sunshine and temperatures of around 24°C, I drove 50km to Belgium to compete at a 100m in Saint-Mard (near Virton). I arrived with a bit of time to spare and filled out one of those small cards to sign up that they probably already had in 1999 when I last ran there. The…
National Relay Championships
Yesterday evening, I was part of a 4x100m relay with my club (CSL) at the National Relay Championships. With a team that was slightly slower on paper than two weeks ago we nevertheless managed to run almost the same time, 44″75. While that is much slower than some relays I’ve run 10 or 20 years…
Championnats Interclub, Day 2
With March and April being less than optimal as far as training and just my health in general were concerned, I wasn’t too keen on competing this spring because I felt like I was pretty far away from what I’d consider prime shape. In early May however, my club asked me if I could compete…
200m & 4x200m races, Meeting Régional 2, Coque
On Saturday, I ran a 200m and then later on participated in a 4x200m relay. Unlike the week before, I had signed up for the competition in advance; which was a good thing since they were not accepting any late signups this time around. Even then, there were 47 competitors in 9 heats; which took…
60m race, Meeting Régional, Coque
Yesterday was my first competition for 2014. I did a 60m at the Meeting Régional in Luxembourg. Until the day before, I was undecided whether I should compete or not because my achilles tendon still wasn’t happy. While I’ve tried to do a better job with injury prevention in 2014, especially by reducing inflammation in…
2013 track races in review
Indoor races 12/Jan/2013 – Meeting Régional 2 (Coque) In my first race for the year, I ran a 200m in 23″41. I finished first in the fifth heat, and overall 16th out of 39. Later that day, I participated in the 4x200m relay, where I was part of my club’s second team. We ran 1’38″95….