04 Nov 2006

Running:
15km - 1:22

Moderate speed. Perfect conditions. Felt good.

03 Nov 2006

Swimming:
600m (12, 4, 8)


First swim in more 4 months. Heavy arms...

02 Nov 2006

Treadmill ECG

Bruce Protocol: 16 minutes 24 seconds, workload 19.4 METS. Apparently got pretty far before a short, but useful atrial flutter occurred (250 bpm). Result!

29 Oct 2006

Running:
10km - 58min

First 35 minutes easy (with my mum!) and the rest fast.

No GPS, no heart rate, no good. Perfect weather, though...

27 Oct 2006

Running:
10km - 59:00

Slow run, felt a bit sluggish. HR monitor not working properly; either battery low or I can now run uphill with a pulse of 42 - I hope it is former...

21 Oct 2006

Running:
16km - 1:26:30

Faster than planned. Very good run. GPS all over the place...

18 Oct 2006

Running:
12km - 1:05

Moderate speed. Everything back to (ab)normal.

08 Oct 2006

Cologne Marathon - 4:08:01 [Result]




KM 1: 06:02
KM 2: 06:05
KM 3: 05:48
KM 4: 05:50
KM 5: 05:42
KM 6: 05:38
KM 7: 05:41
KM 8: 05:46
KM 9: 05:42
KM 10: 05:43
KM 11: 05:31
KM 12: 05:40
KM 13: 05:37
KM 14: 05:35
KM 15: 05:32
KM 16: 05:33
KM 17: 06:02
KM 18: 05:31
KM 19: 05:42
KM 20: 05:40
KM 21: 05:43
Half: 2:00:42
KM 22: 05:28
KM 23: 05:36
KM 24: 05:46
KM 25: 09:10
KM 26: 05:48
KM 27: 05:39
KM 28: 05:39
KM 29: 05:40
KM 30: 06:09
KM 31: 05:37
KM 32: 05:45
KM 33: 05:58
KM 34: 05:40
KM 35: 05:59
KM 36: 06:25
KM 37: 05:46
KM 38: 06:41
KM 39: 05:57
KM 40: 06:32
KM 41: 05:52
KM 42: 05:37

Ah well, another miss on the 4 hour barrier. Atrial flutter just after km 25 for about 3 1/2 minutes (plus 30 seconds to convince the ambulance crew to let me go...). Took it easy afterwards and quite enjoyed the run.

05 Oct 2006

Running:
10km - 59:00

Last jog before the big one. Done the miles, got the speed and lost the weight; if the ticker plays along everything should be fine...

01 Oct 2006

Running:
16km - 1:30

Last 10 miles in marathon speed. No problems at all with the ticker.

30 Sep 2006

Bangor 10km - 1:01:48 [Results] [Google Earth KML File]

Two atrial flutter episodes at 3km and 5.5km, respectively (approximately 5 minutes each with peaks of 235 bpm according to HRM). Worst timing possible. Very depressing. Not quite sure whether to run next week...

Not that it matters, but km1=4:45, km2=4:43 and km3=4:50.

28 Sep 2006

Running:
10km: 57:00

Another easy and short run. Battery on GPS watch died. Again.

23 Sep 2006

Dublin Half-Marathon - 1:51:00 [Results] [Google Earth KML File]

Start: 0:42
Mile 1: 8:15
Mile 2: 8:50
Mile 3: 8:35
Mile 4: 8:32
Mile 5: 8:21
Mile 6: 8:25
Mile 7: 8:28
Mile 8: 8:43
Mile 9: 8:22
Mile 10: 8:08
Mile 11: 8:17
Mile 12: 8:15
Mile 13: 8:19

Quite a nice race if the long uphill stretches at 6 and 12 miles wouldn't be. Was a bit tough towards the end, but ok. Got a bit sick afterwards.

21 Sep 2006

Running:
10km - 54:00

Moderate speed; last test before Saturday.

18 Sep 2006

Rowing:
2000m - 07:56

Weights: 120 reps @ 40lbs

Felt I had to do something for my upper body for a change...

16 Sep 2006

Running:
32km - 3:04

Second 20 miler with less problems than first one. Left hamstring still not ok. Watch / GPS died!

14 Sep 2006

Running:
14.7km - 1:20

Moderate speed. First run without foot / ankle support. Almost there...

13 Sep 2006

Running:
11.3km - 1:03

Easy run to test out foot which is better than anticipated.

09 Sep 2006

Sprained Ankle

Right foot of little use for a couple of days. Very frustrating...

04 Sep 2006

Running:
11km - 1:04

Good run at moderate speed around the Itzhoe forest area. So much easier to run with a buddy.

03 Sep 2006

Hamburg 10km - 48:06 [Result]

KM 1: 4:49
KM 2: 4:48
KM 3: 4:44
KM 4: 4:43
KM 5: 4:42
KM 6: 4:47
KM 7: 4:48
KM 8: 4:57
KM 9: 4:50
KM 10: 4:44

Very big race with 5,000 runners. Terrible time; just wasn't a good day. GPS didn't work either...

01 Sep 2006

Running:

25 mins warmup
1000m (4:18) ++ 1000m (4:19) ++ 1000m (4:18) ++ 1000m (4:15) ++ 1000m (4:13)
10 mins cooldown

A bit slower than usual but shorter breaks in between.