by Axel Rittershaus | 7 Aug 2014 | Training Session
It was a good week runningwise. 4 sessions, including an easy trail run, and a longer run of 26 km. The joke of the week was the conversation with friends regarding my bench accident on the 27th of July, when she said “so, you really set a benchmark” š The...
by Axel Rittershaus | 2 Aug 2014 | Training Session
I took a 5 day running leave after my meeting with a bench last Sunday š 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 | 25 Jul 2014 | Training Session
This posts covers 3 sessions this week. My mid term plan is to work on my speed. This worked well with two session this week, 10 and 11 km long which both were ran at a 5 min/km speed. The second one included some 200 m of elevation up and down. So I was happy with...
by Axel Rittershaus | 17 Jul 2014 | Training Session
I’m going to take it a bit easy for a while, folks. I don’t have any big events planned for the next few months, and I’m pretty busy as well. For a while I might only be posting weekly updates regarding my training, until the next phase of race...
by Axel Rittershaus | 6 Jul 2014 | Training Session
This posts covers 4 sessions this week. IĀ traveled and worked a lot, and the sessions were not special at all. This weeksĀ sessions: 8 km / 5 mi; 48 min 8 km / 5 mi; 47 min 17.3 km / 10.7 mi; 1h 38 min (pretty warm and humid) 10.1 km / 6.3 mi; 1h 7 min...
by Axel Rittershaus | 30 Jun 2014 | Race Review
It’s been at least my 7th Stuttgart Half Marathon. And I trust it’s going to be my last one. The 21st edition of this city half once again showed weaknesses of the organizers, starting with an uncoordinated start in uncoordinated waves, and ending with...
by Axel Rittershaus | 30 Jun 2014 | Training Session
I have a very busy schedule this week. In addition to that,Ā I am running a half marathon on Sunday, therefore no major training sessions this week. Actually, only one session + one race = very relaxed week. The race is more “for fun” than going for a...
by Axel Rittershaus | 21 Jun 2014 | Statistics, Ultra Marathon
I analyzed the race a bit, and what you can see on the pictures is the data from my Polar RS400 watch. The horizontal scale is the race time in hours:min. First, let’s have a look at the elevation chart of this years Comrades Ultra Marathon Down Run. You climb...
by Axel Rittershaus | 21 Jun 2014 | Training Session
I really wanted to go out for a run today. Seems like I am recovered from Comrades 2014 3 weeks ago. It’s a good sign to feel the urge for a run. Last week I was not yet ready for it, this week I am. Next week I’ll run a half marathon and today I wanted to...
by Axel Rittershaus | 21 Jun 2014 | Training Session
“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together” is an African Proverb I use at one of my leadership seminars. One of the attendees of my seminar tookĀ the proverb literally and proved it right: Her standard running distance are 5 km,...
