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Training summary w/c 21st January
Posted on January 30, 2019 Leave a Comment
21 – 27th January 2019. Wow I can’t believe how fast these days are passing. Probably it helps that I’m way to excited about the Tokyo trip. Week 6 of Ironman Bolton training Week 13 of Tokyo/ Boston/ London marathon training. Monday: As always it was a rest day. I’m starting to like these days. […]
Training summary w/c 14. January
Posted on January 22, 2019 Leave a Comment
14 – 20 January 2019. This was my week 5 of Ironman training and Week 12 of Tokyo / Boston marathon training. I can’t believe how fast the weeks going by. Monday: Rest day, favourite day of the week. Done nothing at all this day. Got my recommended 10 000 steps in by 10am at […]
First race of 2019
Posted on January 21, 2019 1 Comment
Well this was kind of an accidental race. I bet you wondering how is it possible? Let me start at the beginning. Last year when I was training for the Berlin – Chicago marathon, I’ve run an awesome 18 miler training run. Few weeks after that I was supposed to run my 20 miler. Back […]
Training summary w/c 7th January
Posted on January 14, 2019 Leave a Comment
I realised that all my Facebook posts are about my training posts. I love sharing my ups and downs but I bet it gets annoying after a while. So instead of sharing daily , I’ll write a post about how my week of training went on Mondays. Monday’s are my rest days so will have […]
You can. End of story.
Posted on December 21, 2018 Leave a Comment
Wow what a year. I didn’t manage to achieve all my goals this year , but it’s life. Stuff happens , they knock you down but you get up , learn from it , move on and get stronger. Started the year out strong , was planning to run a race every month just to […]
I bit the bullet ….
Posted on December 1, 2018 Leave a Comment
Back in September a friend of mine posted something on Facebook. It was an invitation for a Free month training with a triathlon club. Becky is totally awesome, she’s done the best of the best, the hardest race, an Ironman. She forwarded my details to the owner of the club , Dave. Well that’s how […]
PAWS Chicago – 2018 Chicago
Posted on November 18, 2018 Leave a Comment
Chicago has a different charity system compared to London and Berlin. They have set fundraising fees if you apply pre lottery or post lottery. Because I knew that I’m totally unlucky with any kind of lottery I’ve decided to bite the bullet and apply for a Charity spot pre-lottery. It meant that I only had […]
I never been lucky in my life with drawings until …
Posted on November 13, 2018 1 Comment
I was supposed to write this post a few weeks ago but somehow I didn’t manage to do it. I’m part of a fair few running groups on Facebook , some of better than others but all is good to learn and get information. A few weeks ago I came across a post on the […]
Race day – Chicago Marathon
Posted on October 31, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s really important to carbload before a race, so on saturday we decided to have pizza. One of our host suggested that there’s an awesome pizza place near by and we should try it. They make “Detroit” style pizza , which means it’s a square one. It is a rectangular pizza that has a thick […]
Chicago Marathon Expo & International 5k run
Posted on October 27, 2018 1 Comment
The marathon expo opened up on the Friday. Luckily we landed in Chicago on Thursday so I was definitely be able to get to the expo first thing. If I can, I go to the expos when they open. They not as busy then, and also there’s a bigger chance to buy all the merchandise […]