by Axel Rittershaus | 2 Aug 2014 | Training Session
I took a 5 day running leave after my meeting with a bench last Sunday 🙂 It recovery period went well, it seems there was no real damage at all. Lucky me. 3 days after the accident I went on a indoor cycle for 45 min without much load and it went great. On Saturday I...
by Axel Rittershaus | 9 Jun 2014 | Training Session
Day no. 6 after Comrades. The first 3 days I had very sore legs, mainly the tights were hurting due to the effect of the long down section in the last part of the race. Already on day 3 I went to the gym. I was not as strong as usually while exercising with weights....
by Axel Rittershaus | 10 May 2014 | Training Session
It’s three weeks to go until Comrades 2014 on June 1st. Today I went back again on tar road and increased the milage. I wanted to go 12 – 14 km, and ended running 15 km. It felt really good, I was still running slow and tried to reduce the impact on my...
by Axel Rittershaus | 8 May 2014 | Training Session
Next step forward: Running on tar road. Result: Great. This morning I dared to run on a tar road again. Easy 8.5 km that did not feel that easy. I ran a 6:00 min/km pace which is usually not an issue at all for me. This morning it felt a bit more challenging. You see,...
by Axel Rittershaus | 6 May 2014 | Recovery, Training Session
After Sunday’s first run after a 2 week break yesterday was a day off, following the instructions of my sports physician. The left shin did not show any reaction after its first contact with running. So I went for the next run today. I sticked to the trail...