Running on Bad Weather? Need Motivation?

Sparkassen-Westspangenlauf

10 km run, 55:10 minutes, place 470 out of 597 below 1:10:00

Photos from the Half Marathon

Half Marathon. Done.

26. Deutsch-Französischer Straßenlauf

Official time: 02:02
Place: 606th (out of 718 finishing participants)

21097 meters

This is my new goal: running a half-marathon by the end of this year. This is twice the distance I am able to run right now, but with enough training and determination nothing is impossible. Not even a marathon.

And good luck to my mentor! Jan is doing his first “Ironman” Triathlon this summer (it includes a marathon).

[Added 2007-03-18] Half Marathon? Done. It took only a little more than a month.

First 10km – 1hour, 3min

ASICS GEL-1120

After dealing with a running related injury, I bought some real running shoes:

iPod Sport Kit

Fast Runner, Slow Dancer

After more than one week of staying in home because of a prolonged flu, I finally went running again, and surprise: I beat my best running time by another whole minute, finally reaching 35 minutes. While physically I am surely not fitter than usual, this being the last chance to reach the milestone this year gave me plenty of motivation.

So what are my milestones for the next year’s running? 30 minutes for the same track (that’s aprox. 15% faster), and then gradually increasing distance. For this however I need to measure the distance I am running, that’s why I’m considering buying an iPod Sport Kit. So if Santa is still around, that would be the perfect Christmas present, even if it comes with a slight delay.

[Added 2007-02-17 - Progress]

[Added 2007-03-15 - Progress]

About the “slow dancer” part of the title there is not so much to say. Just some online test that might accidentally be right, but I wouldn’t bet my life on it, considering the poor overall quality of the test and the fact that I skipped many stupid questions. Anyway, here are my results:

Hammy the Squirrel

Added 2006-12-08: I finally managed to beat my best running time. The previous best was 37 minutes, and I matched it at least four or five times. Today I improved by one whole minute, and hopefully I will go below 35 minutes soon. So running with imaginary friends like Hammy seems to pay off. I wonder if a little caffeine would help

Running with the Squirrels

I was running with this little guy, and he was always complaining about this, complaining about that. Now he’s playing dead. What a good actor, he’s not moving at all. I have to find a better running partner.