Running in snow is tough. Was out today for almost 16km, mostly on the home door step standard running route around the Vanhankaupunginlahti bay. And what do I see? There’s a cross-country ski run put into the snow along the way. On my running trail! Now all those rigorous and ego-centric skiers come along and [...]
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He’s definitely a runner! We all knew it! He’s just way too good, not to be a runner. Those shoes are Ascis running shoes. That’s proof enough. Congratulations America to such a good choice for president. Mr. President, if you have your way around over here in the European north, bring your [...]
minus 7 degrees celsius, the pair of running gloves needed a pair of thin cotton hospital gloves as additional lining layer to keep the hands warm. still about 250 runners found their way out to this third round of the winter running series called aktia cup in hakunila, vantaa, north-east of helsinki. for this project, [...]
… where a fast marathon is organized in the spring. but in this case it is rotterdam. the final decision of running this race was made on the weekend. although having been under consideration for a while, otherwise the training most probably would not have been planned exactly 12 weeks ahead. 12 weeks is a [...]
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there are all kinds of different species out there on the nature trails within city limits. there’s the nordic walker with her/his sticks blocking half the trail, the baby walker normally seen with a stroller and dark rings around the sleep deprived eyes. further there’s the dog walker, who is seen out [...]
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progress for him after 9 weeks since the first family run is to go a bit longer, perhaps 8 instead of 6km. progress for her is to actually enjoy the winter sunny weather and the nice views of the baltic sea bay while running together with the family. progress for the [...]
the daycare closed during the holidays, the queen at work, so the little princess joined in on the morning session today. conditions dry an crisp with temperatures just below freezing, no snow. ideal for the stroller, a hartan skater model 2003, which was never really optimal for running but it actually does the job good [...]
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finally it’s christmas! the annual festivity of family, food, goodies, presents, alcohol in individual amounts and lying around almost half dead with stuffed bellies.
that’s the time of the hobby, amateur and wanna-be-pro runners (sorry for all you real pros, the following does not totally apply to you). the hob, amat, and w-b-p runner eat [...]
it’s equally wet in southern germany as it is in southern finland. but that didn’t prevent micke-midlife to go out and challenge the younger generation on a 23km run. well, actually both were rather tired. the young guy from a crisp training session the day before - 6 min runs in 3:30min/km - our hero [...]
Continue reading about thinking about the world record in southern GER
on the 19km fartlek run (no, it’s nothing nasty as you might think, fartlek is a swedish word used in international running lingo for “playing with speed”) today, there was enough time to reflect on saturdays’s 10k test race.
km1 was way too fast - again, 3:17mins. there’s no way to hold your horses at the [...]
