by Axel Rittershaus | 16 Apr 2014 | Recovery, Training Session
Today was the last of my aquajogging sessions before the 2014 Two Oceans Ultra on 19th of April 2014. The wind was blowing like hell, the outdoor pool was cold like the Atlantic even if the sun was shining. I managed to run for another 35 minutes in the pool, until I...
by Axel Rittershaus | 13 Apr 2014 | Training Session
It’s amazing how much I enjoy being able to move around in a pool for 45 minutes 🙂 I’m really glad I wrote in this blog, that I would not run for 1 week (starting 9.4.14) to let my injury heal. Because otherwise I would have started running today again,...
by Axel Rittershaus | 9 Apr 2014 | Training Session
No, I’m not back at 100% yet. My shin injury persists. This morning, after a gym session, I went out for another run. The first 1 km I was very happy. I did not feel any swelling at all in my left food. This was different to my last try on Sunday. But then it...
by Axel Rittershaus | 6 Apr 2014 | Training Session
I had other plans for this week… I wanted to have a last intense training week with one 30 km fast run and a final long 40 km run with 15 km at race pace. It came differently… The slight injury I mentioned 4 days ago did force me to skip both runs. I know,...
by Axel Rittershaus | 2 Apr 2014 | Training Session
It was extremely wet this morning, therefore I reduced the distance a bit from 15 km to 11 km for my run after a gym session. But this was not the only reason to shorten it. The main reason is that something is not 100% with my left food/shin. It’s nothing I...
by Axel Rittershaus | 31 Mar 2014 | Training Session
The one day break after Saturday’s 50 km training run was a good idea. It was a lovely relaxing Sunday. This week is the last intense week before tapering for Two Oceans. The intense workouts will start on Wednesday, today I just took an easy 12 km recovery run....
