Fell way behind in updating this blog. I guess that is par for the course for most of my projects most of the time. Track trainings: In August, my achilles tendon still wasn’t happy. As a consequence, most of the track trainings that I did were not on the track but on the Rollingergrund stairs;…
Ben Nevis (Mountain Path route)
In September 2014, I set out to summit Ben Nevis on the easy Mountain Path route. Since I was pressed for time, I chose to run/powerhike and made the 16km trip up and down the highest mountain in the UK in less than 4 hours, half of what it might take a typical hiker.
Month in review: July 2014
July saw a return of injuries. On July 6th I ran a 100m that I was moderately happy with; but then on the 100m series of the national championships a week later a set of injuries reared its ugly head again. Despite the injuries, my focus in July was more on track and less on…
Sunday 20/Jul/2014
Went out for another “easy” 5km jogging on Sunday. Once more, I drove up to the nearby “Gehaansbierg”. Didn’t see many runners, but the place seems to be quite popular with people walking their dogs. Unfortunately, my current fitness level makes these “easy” runs feel less easy than they should be. There’s nothing I can…
Recovery week and first 5k training in a while
The past week has been challenging. Not only was my hip and groin area not happy after the 100m race on Saturday, but the left achilles tendon was also pretty sore. I’d constantly get the feeling that the entire area was not stretched enough to cope with things as simple as walking after getting out…
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…
Month in review: June 2014
June was an average month. Compared to May I did less road&trail running, and a little more track&field. A three-day stay in the Alps also meant that I got some more hiking done. Walking: 99.1km (4750m vert.) – most of the vertical elevation, as well as half of the total mileage, was accrued in three…
Hochsölden to Rotkogel (2947m) and Schwarzkogel (3018m)
Distance: 14,97 km Time: 6:06:03 Avg Pace: 24:28 min/km Elevation Gain: 1.338 m Calories: 1.941 C
Sölden to Schwarzsee
Distance: 21,29 km Time: 5:31:14 Avg Pace: 15:34 min/km Elevation Gain: 1.483 m Calories: 2.007 C