by Axel Rittershaus | 13 Jun 2014 | Training Session
I’m still in a relaxed “post Comrades mode”. I eat a lot and run very little 🙂 During a business trip, I went out for a run in Düsseldorf, which was hit by a serious hurricane two days ago. Every third tree in the city area has been knocked over or...
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 | 29 May 2014 | Training Session
I just printed the boarding passes for the flights to Durban 🙂 Now even my nerves are kicking in. It’s not very easy to concentrate on work, so I do stuff which does not require 100% of my concentration. Today it was just a gentle and very short run without any...
by Axel Rittershaus | 27 May 2014 | Training Session
Today I received my final confirmation email for Sunday’s Comrades Ultra Marathon. It says “hard is what makes it great”. Yes, I have to agree. This week of reduced milage is not easy. Especially since I do not want to gain any weight during this...
by Axel Rittershaus | 25 May 2014 | Training Session
It’s crazy how time flies. Two Oceans has just finished, and now the next and major highlight of my running year 2014 (as far as I have planned it so far) is just one week away!!! I did a 10 km run with my dog, starting with 2.5 km downhill run-walk, followed by...
by Axel Rittershaus | 23 May 2014 | Training Session
It’s “Red Socks Friday” and I planned to do a final (and first in 6 weeks) intervall session. Well, not really like the intervalls I did in February and March (like this killer intervall), but definitely faster than I ran in the last weeks. I chose...
