aktia cup, hakunila, drizzling rain and a couple of degrees celcius above zero. not the weather you’d dream of for a 10k race, but pretty darn good for the 10k winter running series in hakunila, vantaa, just north of helsinki. about 260 runners found their way out there, as harri the race director mentioned afterwards. [...]
an article in the german weekly “der spiegel”, actually its internet edition spiegel online, on high intensity training made me wonder, whether something of this training method could be transformed and applied to running, especially longer distance running as well?
the principle of high intensity training is simple. when lifting weights in the fitness studio, and [...]
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the riddle of the mystery pair of trail running shoes that we presented last week seems to be lifted. the friendly folks at asics of whom tom@asics is one replied by email and wrote the following.
Thank you for your email. I believe the shoes you have just purchased are the same as the ASICS GEL [...]
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same place a bit over one month earlier looked differently. last weekend brought the winter over europe. in finland’s and sweden’s capitals air traffic was partly halted. in germany the usual traffic chaos on highways and state roads. 4 people died in austria in an accident. in switzerland fallen trees took [...]
week 13 reminded of a rollercoaster ride. monday after work, emergency call from home, the little one screams and no one knows why. by the time i arrive at home it turned out that the shoes and gloves haven’t been warm enough, feet and hands got cold on the way home from day care. [...]
micke-midlife had to prove himself in the second test today. and it looked good, almost too good.
the aktia cup is a 10k run winter series held in vantaa, north of helsinki. the series started today and consists of 5 runs, one per month from november to march. registration, start and finish organized in and at [...]
what’s the optimal weight for a marathon personal best of below 2:30? the usually used BMI doesn’t really help. one is considered “normal weight” from a BMI of 18.5 - 24.9. quite a wide range. this translates for a 186cm tall person to something between 63kg and 86kg. well, most probably 86kg won’t do the [...]
day 72 of course you would like to know your potential marathon time before actually running one. that’s what all those marathon time predictors on the internet are there for. they are quite handy, you enter a time you run over a shorter distance and get your marathon time prediction. the longer the distance [...]
no registration beforehand, no starting numbers, no prize money, no african gazelles. but rather tracktors holding up the start and finish banner, a prize raffle in the end and local people, a lot of local people. over 650 runners and walkers participated on a sunny and cold (2°C) november sunday. this old-school event was just [...]
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he proposes to go out to run together. she doesn’t object but isn’t enthusiastic. she agrees. the little one is happy to go out. she wants to go slow. he wants to train, but it’s a slow run in his training program. the little one is happy to sit in the stroller at whatever speed. [...]
