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:
Detailed training plan for a 2h 03min marathon (no joke)
Have you ever heard the name Renato Canova? The Italian might be THE best running coach in the world, coaching numerous world class athletes, like Moses Mosop, who together with countryman Geoffrey Mutai broke the Boston Marathon record by 3 minutes, finishing in 2h...
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January 2015 – Training on track
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 ran two...
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Race Review 1/2015 – Bay 2 Bay – 30 km – 04.01.2015
The Bay 2 Bay 30 km run is always a good start into the year. In contrast to the previous 3 years, where I always aimed for a sub 2h 30 min finish, I changed my approach for this year's race. Due to the injuries I had in the previous years leading towards the big...
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2014 – Looking Back to a year of running
Wow, what a year 2014 has been! I completed my 6th consequtive Two Oceans Marathon, my 4th Comrades and my very first trail race, which was the iconic Three Peaks Challenge. For the first time I ran for a charity (Pink Drive) at Comrades and collected quite...
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Race Review 9/2014 – Three Peaks Challenge – Peak Three – Part 3 – Finish – 01.11.2014
After the nice break at Green Market Square I felt great running towards Peak Number Three: Lion’s Head. From the refreshment table I took a pack with ‘Coconut Water’. So far I experienced coconut water as a drink in Cuba or on the Bahamas, but not during a run J The...
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Race Review 9/2014 – Three Peaks Challenge – Part 2 (the accident) – 01.11.2014
Here we go: From the city up to Peak Number Two: Maclear's Beacon, the highest point of Table Mountain. I took the same route as for the first peak: from Green Market Square to Deer Park and up to Tafelberg Road. Video: Running towards Peak Two...
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