Feldberg sprints
“So to start off, it’s sort of runnable. Slowly
looking down, looking up, looking at me,
but soon gets steep and unrunnable so let’s see.”
Training while injured can reveal how determination leads to improvements in strength, conditioning, and body composition. I am sure we’ve all come across the notion that as long as you want something enough, it can be achieved. My experience with life is that this is mostly the case although there are some limitations. When it…
This is the second week of 7:30 hours of training. Weights have gone by the way-side because of time constraints. Legs were tired so it seemed justifiable too. But, of course, they were on the original schedule and I could have done core/upper body. I am not letting this detract me though from the massive…
Every week Strava resets to 0 km and every week you have to begin your week’s training from that 0 kilometres. Sometimes, its hard to get over that line and to re-kick off the process. Once over the line, its started and you are soon into a groove. Of course, there is also all the preceding…
In a way, of course it is. It’s been roughly a year since I started to go from occasional jogs (well, running between maybe 1-2.5 hours a week) to a planned gradual volume increase from this ‘base’. If you can call it that. But increase gradually I did peaking at weeks of around 12hours earlier…
Rain or shine, dedicated runners press on! These are my favorite rainy day running gear picks. From the quiet OMM Kamleika to reliable waterproof caps, let’s dive into the world of gear for successful rainy day runs. Although it is July, it has been almost constantly raining here. Still, better than sweltering in the heat…
Looking back on my running recovery success story: growing determination, steady progress, and the joy of reclaiming one’s love for running. 20k with 325m of ascent seemed a steep challenge. Way above what I had recently done. I put in some training – hill reps that totaled 350m of ascend in one session and long…