by Axel Rittershaus | 1 Jan 2019 | Inspiration, Statistics, Ultra Marathon
It’s the 1st of January 2019, time to look back at 2018 in terms of running and achievements. Mainly, it was a fantastic year of running, after taking it very easy in 2017, and I learned a lot of lessons. 2774 km of running193 runs68 gym sessions It’s also...
by Axel Rittershaus | 13 Feb 2015 | Statistics
This year’s training strategy is way less stressful than last year, where I did many very fast (for me) intervall sessions. I focus more on consistency at a pace of 20 – 45 sec slower than Two Oceans Ultra race pace (which will be 5:10 min/km). January I...
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 | 4 Apr 2014 | Statistics
The monthly review of my running month: March 2014 0 races + 18 training sessions = 18 runs March 2014 Monthly distance: 341.2 km / 212.0 mi Longest run: 50.4 km / 31.3 mi 1 gym session 2014 annual figures Annual distance: 956.6 km / 594.4 mi Average distance/run:...
by Axel Rittershaus | 1 Apr 2014 | Statistics
Due to business requirements, I could not run a lot during the week. I ran only on one day with two sessions during the week. Saturday I did my longest training run before Two Oceans 2014, a 50 km training session including quite a challenging final 12 km. It’s...
by Axel Rittershaus | 24 Mar 2014 | Statistics
Only 2 sessions during the week, but after recovering from a light cold I was ready to run the long sessions during the weekend. Just 4 weeks until Two Oceans Ultra Marathon 2014… Statistics for the week: 17.03.2014 – 23.03.2014 Weekly Total Distance 76.5 km /...
