I finally managed to get back into a somewhat reasonable routine in October. I still had to fight an uncooperative achilles tendon (which is still inflamed, and tends to worsen whenever I run faster on it). Track trainings: Winter season typically starts in early October, …
I knew September was going to be a difficult month training-wise. because of our wedding and going on a wedding trip. Since we were doing a road trip to Scotland, I ended up driving a lot; and feeling quite shot in the rare moments when …
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 …
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 …
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 …
After a lackluster spring as far as training was concerned, I finally got back into the groove in May. Walking: 87.6km (1140m vert.) – not entirely accurate, since I don’t record every single quick walk with a GPS watch Road&Trail Running: 10 runs, 82.2km total …
April was marked by lingering illness in the first half, and back pain in the second. Consequently, I did not manage to find the motivation to go running or head to the track with any kind of regularity. About the only area where I did …