Welcome to Axel Rittershaus' Running blog focusing on ultra marathon running, marathon training, nutrition and races
Thank you for visiting my ultra marathon running blog. I'm a regular guy who got infected with the Ultra Marathon virus at the age of 37 (that was in 2007).My most recent posts about (ultra) marathon running, nutrition, races and more:
Session 127/2014 – 2 Peaks in one go (Devil’s Peak + Table Mountain) – 15.5 km – 1550 m elevation – 18.10.2014
After yesterday's 30 km training run I was curious to see if I'd have to pay a price for that today. Today I did a long and for me my most important training run, preparing for the 3 Peaks Challenge, happening in 2 weeks time, going up and down two of those three...
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Session 126/2014 – We’ll see if this was a good idea – 30 km – 17.10.14
Tomorrow a group of AAC runners is going to go up Devil's Peak and I'll be one of them. I'm happy to be able to learn the route again and run with some running legends, including the 2 time female winner of the Three Peaks Challenge, Caroline Balkwill. After our...
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Sessions 124 + 125/2014 – One easy trail session and one road session – 14./15.10.2014
After my first Devil's Peak attempt on Saturday I took 2 days off. And on the third day I felt my quads... Tuesday I did a lovely easy trail run together with my wife and our dog along pipe track, while on Wednesday I ran some 13 km after my gym session on the Gun Run...
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Session 123/2014 – Learning the route up Devil’s Peak – Trail – 6,5 km + 6,9 km – 11.10.2014
One of the fundaentals of running the "3 Peaks Challenge" is know how to get to the peaks 🙂 I am grateful that running club mate and trail running expert Simon agreed to guide me up Devil's Peak on a training run. This is the only one of the 3 peaks I haven't been up...
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I’m back 🙂 Looking back and ahead – the next challenge is around the corner
I confess I have been very lazy in terms of posting on my blog. Please accept my apologies. I don't come up with explanations or excuses 🙂 Let me tell you, I had a busy and good time, in terms of life, business and running. During August and September I was able to...
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Session 92 – 94/2014 + race 7/2014 – Good week with a race – 17.08.2014
This was a good running week with a race on Sunday. The picture was taken on my trail run early in the morning. 2 days after full moon I started running in the clouds and after a few minutes I was above them. Magic! This weeks sessions: 7,7 km / 4.8 mi; 48 min - trail...
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