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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 (1475 vert.) Track Trainings: 6 track trainings, 1 competition Indoor […]
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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 […]
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The newspaper had assigned me to cover a cycle race on May 1st, which is a legal holiday in Luxembourg. The 27e Grand Prix OST Manufaktur was scheduled to start at 14:30 and the first riders were supposed to cross the finish line around 17:40. In between, they were to cover 13 laps of 9.3km each. […]
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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 comparatively well in April was hiking (which I suppose is […]
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I went for an 1-hour run during my lunch break today. I only managed to cover 8.73km in 1:01:38 (7:04 min/km). I’d like to think it’s because the trail that I followed is twisting and turning and going up and down quite a bit (182 m elevation gain); but in reality it’s far more likely […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]