Virgin Money London Marathon: Training wk 09 in Frankfurt Germany
Frankfurt Westhafen One of Frankfurts Emblem: “Das Gerippte, Bembel”. The Tower near Westhafen embodies the traditional Apfelwein (German Cider) glass due to its glass structure . Week 9: Frankfurt Germany Preparation for the Frankfurt Half Marathon: Monday +Tuesday: Rest days after the…
Triathlon Convention Europe, 10k race
What a succesful Sunday. A few days ago I didn’t know about the event. I planned an easy run that day. Imagine how surprised I felt when my name was called for the 3rd place in my age group. On…
Virgin London Marathon: Training week 5-8
Hyde Park 7:30 am: Small lake opposite Kennsington Palace. Snow in London is very rare. Week 5: London Hyde Park This week was challenging. The snow looked beautifull but was freezing cold. ==> No excuse! I committed! Looking at the program…
Virgin Money London Marathon: Training week 3+4
The following 2 weeks were about implementing different training session to increase the fitness level. 4 running sessions with a gym strengthening session in the middle. This was about: holding a certain pace and heart rate ==> I can easily run a steady…
Virgin Money London Marathon: Training week 1+2
My Marathon training starts here in central London. Very exciting to run along iconic places in the city I live and will run my first Marathon in. I will pass landmarks and run along parks which I will later on revisit in the…
Virgin Money London Marathon 2015
So lucky, lucky, lucky! The London Marathon is one of the top 5 Marathons in the world and you can imagine how high the demand is to get a place. As soon as the marathon finished, they had…
FINISHED: Spiridon Silvesterlauf Frankfurt a.M.
DATE: 28.12.14 LOCATION: Frankfurt a. M. CHALLENGE: 10km It was too late to sign up for the race online but as they alway have a registration on the race day,…
FINISHED: Oxford Half Marathon 2014
10 days before the Oxford Half Marathon race my mind was ready! It was the day when I ran 16k in a steady pace and mentally ticked a box – Done! Colleagues and friends who already ran a Half before said: “You…
The day before the race: Oxford Half
Checklist I woke up before 08:00am. The weather outside was dry, cloudy but a bit of sun coming though. Perfect! Happy to start the day before the BIG day! To complete my training plan I only had to do a 20 min…
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