4 miles on Saturday

Very chilly here in Seattle now. -2 degrees but sunny and beautiful weather.

LAS VEGAS

Race start: 6:14 AM
0 Degrees Celcious.
Fireworks at the start.
1:43:46 - nice time, considering I wasn't running for 6 weeks.

Distance: 13.1 (official Half Marathon distance, my watch says I ran 13.2 miles) :)

Off to Vegas!

Heading to the airport soon! The Half Marathon starts at 6:15am, that's kinda early and it's really cold in Las Vegas that time of the year. It's about 0 degrees Celcious.

I also got my Team Challenge shirt last week. :)

Back!

I am running again - after about 6 weeks. The pain is pretty much non existent. The foot just feels a little shaky and I am anxious running faster (running now an ~8:30 pace). Anyways, it's good to be back! And the Las Vegas Half Marathon is just around the corner.

November, 25th 3.5 miles in ~ 28 minutes.
November, 28th 6.65 miles
December, 3rd 3.85 miles

Whoohoo!

Stress Fracture on heel bone

No running for the last 2 weeks. Went to get an MRI done and as it turns out I have a stress fracture on my right heel bone - have to pause running for 6-8 weeks to recover fully.

Started swimming instead - which is a good preparation since I want to do my first triathlon in 2010.

Recovery Week - Oh, Achilles... :(

Although I had planned a recovery week, this is a little more then I wanted. Ran only 3 miles this week (1 on Monday and two this Saturday). Mr. Achilles is making troubles... will keep on slowing down with running, until I can put full pressure on my foot during runs - otherwise it doesn't make much sense.

3 miles

21 miles on Saturday!

What a day. What a run!
Did a long run to get in shape for the Seattle Marathon. 21 miles in 2:38

The weather is chilly and windy, especially on the way back from Seward Park along Lake Washington I had to deal with headwind. Already wondering if I will ever be able to make a negative split on a run that long - big problem with this course is that it goes uphill the second half. Anyway, I am feeling good and actually less exhausted then I thought. The runs during the week certainly show to pay off!

It's getting cold...

Sunday, September 27th - 4.1 miles (after a bike ride over to Woodinville and to the Red Hook Brewery)
Tuesday, September 29th - 4.1 miles
Wednesday, September 30th - 4.3 miles
Thursday, October 1st - 4.2 miles

Total mileage: 1037.8 miles

Make a change, donate to help find cures

Recently I joined Team Challenge to raise money and help find a cure for the Crohn's & Colitis diseases.

As part of Team Challenge I am raising money for the Crohn's & Colitis foundation and run the Las Vegas Half Marathon on December 6th, 2009.

I am asking for your help to reach my goal of $3500 to aid research in the hopes of finding a cure for these horrible diseases. My personal deadline is November 15th to reach my goal of $3500. Every donation, no matter how small, helps to find a cure.

Click here and donate now!

Thanks!

Crossing the 1000 mile border...

This week I crossed the 1000 mile border since starting long distance running.

Couple of fast paced weekday runs:
Monday: 4.1 miles

Wednesday: 4.2 miles

Friday: 4.4 miles with a pace of 6:45/mile

Saturday: 15.1 miles

The weather today was great; cool and sunny, perfect for a long run. Ran two loops around Greenlake, then back to Capitol Hill via Fremont, U-District and Montlake.

Total mileage: 1021.1 miles

The miracle of increasing the pace is....

...to run faster! :)

Tuesday: 4.1 miles
Thursday: 4.1 miles

Saturday: 12.7 - long run in the rain, along Lake Washington, Interlaken Blvd.
Sunday: 1 1/2 loops sround Greenlake (4.7 miles)
Then back home with 7:06 per mile pace 7.1 miles

Total mileage: 993.3 miles

Multiple runs this week, including a nice 14.6 mile run

Monday, 5 miles

Wednesday, 4.4 miles

Thursday, 4.4 miles

Received my Garmin Forerunner 405CX GPS watch, really nice! :)

Saturday, 14.6 miles (two loops around Seward Park and then back home along Lake Washington to Madrona and up to Capitol Hill)

Sunday, 5.8 miles (fast pace run 7 minutes/mile)

Total mileage this week: 34.2 miles

Total mileage: 960.6 miles

Fast paced morning runs and long Saturday run

Couple of fast paced morning runs this week:
Wednesday, 4.4. miles
Thursday, 4.4 miles
Friday, 4.4. miles

Increased my pace to run 4.4 miles in about ~30 min - pretty decent.

Saturday, September 6th: 14.1 miles

Total: 926.4 miles

Team Challenge Meet-Up @ Greenlake

A few weeks back I joined Team Challenge to raise money for Crohn's and Colitis research.

We are going to run the Las Vegas Half Marathon in December and my goals is to raise 3500 dollar. The half marathon is going to be one week after the Seattle marathon. Fun! :)


Please donate here now and help me reach my goal and help find a cure for Crohn's and Colitis diseases:
http://www.active.com/donate/lv09northwest/johannr

We meet up in the morning and ran around Greenlake together. I decided to run back home from there. Was a great 11 miles run, came back on Stone Way, headed over to Gas Works Park and to the University District then up to Capitol Hill, Volunteer Park. Awesome.

On Sunday I did a 6 mile run and during the week I ran twice in the morning 4.4. miles. I have the feeling that my pace increases with the morning runs. :)

Total mileage: 899.1 miles

Couple of runs....

In preperation for the Seattle Marathon, I need to slowly ramp up on my weekly mileage again. This means running more in the morning during the week. Also went to Super Jock'n'Jill to get new running shoes, my old ones carried me for about 500 miles... This time I got Brooks.

Week of August 10th:

4.5 miles during on Wednesday
12.3 miles on Saturday (around Capitol Hill, Lake Washington, Arboretum, Volunteer Park)
6 miles on Sunday

Week of August, 17th:
4.4 miles on Tuesday
6 miles Saturday
11.3 miles Sunday

Total mileage: 873.3 miles

4.4 miles on Saturday, 12.3 miles on Sunday

Makes for 16.7 miles this weekend. :)
Total milesage: 828.8

4.9 miles at Capistrano Beach

It's so nice here in the morning, just gotta go run.
Total milage: 812.1 miles

Running at Capistrano Beach and Dana Point, CA

7.5 miles in the morning. Really great weather here, perfect for long distance runs.

3 times 4.4 in the last week

Total Miles: 13.2
I also did a 110k bike ride Saturday.

Sunday 10 mile run

Awesome weather, very warm but not hot and there is a slight breeze which makes running delightful, especially along Lake Washington.

Ran a little less then 80 minutes and 10 miles.

4.4 miles on Saturday

Did a relaxing slow 4.4.mile run this Saturday to Volunteer Park.

Couple of runs

27th, June: 15 miles
28th, June: 5.7

4th, July - very nice long run: 16 miles (See picturet)
5th, July - 6 miles

11th, July - 6 miles
12th, July - 4.4 miles

5.7 miles on Sunday

Nice run on Sunday morning to Cherry Hill and then Volunteer Park.

Total Mileage: 719 miles.

15 miles on Saturday

Total Mileage: 713.3

Took about 2 hours.

Back in Seattle, two runs to Volunteer park this week

Came back at around 5pm on Monday afternoon and did a quick evening run to Volunteer Park and back. Ran the same distance today again.

Two times 4.4 miles.

Total Mileage: 698.3 miles

Luberegg, Austria

Did a small round, about 4 miles.
Saturday, June 20th

Total mileage: 689.5 miles

Madrid, Spain - Parque Quinta de los Molinos

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Location: Parque Quinta de los Molinos
I ran for about an hour so it was probably around 6 miles (likely a little more though).

Total mileage: 685.5

Two runs in Dienten, Salzburg beim Hochkönig

1 run on treadmill: 3 miles

2 run up the mountain to Bürglalm (50 minutes) - 4.5 miles

Total mileage: 679.3 miles

Mondsee, Halbmarathon 21.1 kilometer (13.1 miles)

Beautfiful half marathon in Mondsee, Austria. Weather was great. Time: 1:42

Total mileage: 671.8

Luberegg, Austria 7.94 kilometer 4.94. miles

Run with my brother. 5 miles

7.94 kilometer

Two runs in Seattle before leaving for Austria

8 miles
30th & 31st May

Total milage: 653.7

Anniversary: A year of running!

It is now a year ago that I decided to become a long distance runner. And it is amazing. So far I participated in 3 half marathons and one full marathon. Wherever I travel to, I go running - it's awesome. Thinking back that for instance I ran in the mountains of Utah is just a blast!

Total mileage: 645.7 miles (this doesn't include my preparation for the first half marathon, I only started tracking distances on July, 11th - with this very blog. So let's see how many more miles I will add to that for my one year of tracking runs! :)

Catching up on tracking runs....

4 miles on Saturday and about 10 on Sunday, two weeks ago.
On the memorial day weekend I ran about 10 miles on Saturday and then 6 on Monday.

Overall: about 30 miles

Kirkland Half-Marathon 13.1 miles

Beautiful day - sunshine. Thge race started around 7:30 at Juanita Beach in Kirkland. Here is the course:

Miles: 13.1
Time: 1:42:40 minutes

Total Mileage: 615.7 miles

Thursday and Saturday run

Did two shorter runs, one during the week and one on Saturday. I decided to run the Kirkland Half Marathon this weekend.

Thursday: 4 miles
Saturday: 4.5 miles

Long Sunday run - basically a Half Marathon

Awesome weather! Capitol Hill. I-90. Leschi. Madrona. Madison Valley. Capitol Hill.

Mileage: 13 miles
Total Mileage 594.1 miles

Saturday run 5.6 miles

Multiple runs over the last 3 weeks

I did runs every Saturday and Sunday for the last 3 weeks.

11+12 April: 2 times 6 miles around Captioll Hill - went a bit further south and then up Cherry Hill and along 18th Ave to Volunteer Park

18+19 April: Feeling a little sick. Hopefully nothing serious, did a similar route as last week. 2 times 6 miles.

25+26 April: The last week I finally got sick. Wednesday was pretty bad, but I recovered so that I could go running this weekend. Did two shorter runs of about 4.4 miles.

Sum: 32.8 miles

Total mileage: 575.5 miles! :)

Mt. Rainier is back - 9.7 miles around Capitol Hill, Lake Washington, Leschi, Madrona

9.7 miles. Beautiful warm day. Spring is back.
Total mileage: 542.7

Saturday morning run - it's getting warmer and also sunnier

Ran around Capitoll Hill. Sun is out, which makes everything much better. Ran up Cherry Hill and there are tons of cherry tree blossoms all over the place. Really great.

Total mileage: 533 miles

Running through the Seattle rain in the early morning

Did a run on Wednesday morning through the Seattle rain. About 4 miles. Pretty awesome to rain in the rain.

Total mileage 526.8 miles

Running in Utah - high altitude, 3.3 miles

Spent the last couple of days in Utah (The Canyons, Park City). Did a 30 minute run this morning in the cold and snowy weather. Ran 3.3 miles. Felt pretty exhausting, especially the up hill parts. The sunrise was beautiful and Utah is awesome.

Thursday Morning run - 4 miles

Got up early to run around the hill. Leaving for Utah in the afternoon.

Mercer Island Half Marathon - 13.1 Miles

The run started at 9:00 AM. Weather was a little chilly but nice. It rained a little during the run which I felt was refreshing.

Time: 1:42:10

This is 20 minutes faster then when I ran the pace for the Seattle Full Marathon (back then I was about 2:03 after 13 miles)

Total Mileage: 515.5 miles

Half Marathon Weekend

Did a last run on Saturday as preparation for the half marathon on this weekend.
Ran about 6.6 miles around Capitoll Hill.

Sprints on Saturday and a Sunday run in cold, snowy weather

Saturday 4.5 miles - I am adding sprints to my training.
Sunday 4.3 miles (heavy snowfall) This was a really exciting run. I coudn't see much, goggles would have been awesome!

Sunday run 5 miles; Really cold Wednesday run 4.2 miles

Total: 490 miles.

I also signed up for the Mercer Island Half Marathon in two weeks. Hopefully the weather is going to be a bit warmer by then. The run on Wednesday was below 0 degrees C.

Total milage 480.8

a little snow - Saturday run

It was quiet chilly this morning and also snowing and raining a little. Did a 5.6 miles run.

Just learned about the Mercer Island half marathon that is coming up on the March 22nd . I will sign up. :)

6.2 and 5 miles last weekend

Did two runs last weekend:
6.2 miles
5 miles

14 miles on beautiful Saturday noon

This is absolutely my favorite route. Running down to I-90, then through Leschi, Madrona, Madison, Montlake and then back up to Capitol Hill.

14 miles in 125 minutes - pretty normal speed, although I have to say that there is a huge part of the run that goes uphill. (especially the part in the end back up to Capitol Hill along 10th Avenue.)

Total distance: 464 miles

Wednesday morning run 4.4 miles

Total distance: 450 miles

4.5 miles around Capitol Hill

Total Distance: 445.6 miles

Long Saturday run 11.4 miles

Did a long run. Very nice, pretty steep and long uphill paths - very challenging and the weather was around 4 degrees which makes breathing sometimes a bit of a challenge as well. Towards the end the weather got very sunny and nice, actually felt kinda rewarding.

Total distance: 440.1 miles

Quick Sunday run around Capitol Hill

Weather is pretty chilly still. Ran around Seattle University and Capitol Hill to Volunteer Park.

Miles: 4.3

Total distance: 428.7

Saturday run

5.6 miles.

Long Sunday run

Weather turned out to be great. Did a really nice long run again along Lake Washington this Sunday. Distance. 9.7 miles

Saturday run after Snowboarding....

After coming home early from snowboarding, I decided to head out for a run around the hill. Weather was awesome, finally the sun is back in Seattle. :)


Distance: 5.4 miles

Total: 409.1 miles.

If the weather is as good tomorrow, I want to do a long distance run. Can't wait to run along Lake Washington ;P

Wednesday morning run

Got up during the week. :-)


4.65 miles to volunteer park and back. It seems to be getting a little warmer these days. Perfect running conditions.


Total: 403.7 miles. (81.7 since marathon)

Quickly catching up on recent runs

The weather is cold these days. I try to run about 2 times per week for about 1 hour to keep in shape. I hesitate to do runs that are longer then 1 hour, since the weather is pretty chilly right now.

9th January: 4 miles (usual round on Capitol Hill)
10th January: 5 miles
14th January: 4 miles (in the morning, funny thing, I "ran" into a friend)
17th January: 6 miles (no run on Saturday, since I went to Crystal Mountain snowboarding)
23rd January: 5 miles
24th January: 5 miles

Today I actually ran while it was snowing, that was very beautiful and "cool". Around Volunteer park there was snow on the ground.

Total: 399.05 miles. (77.05 since marathon)

Running in the cold weather

Temperatures dropped quite a bit recently. This was a really cool run. It's around 0 degrees Celsius right now. Got up on Saturday and did a 10 mile run around Capitol Hill to I-90 and back along Lake Washington.

Total Distance: 370.05 miles

That's 48.45 miles since the marathon.

New Year's run! Welcome 2009!

Happy New Year!

Got up and did a 6.5 mile run! Welcome 2009! It's cold :-)

Back from Austria, fighting Jetlag

Flight arrived last Tuesday afternoon. Felt like I have to do a quick run around the hill. So I ran up to Volunteer Park and back.

Distance: 4.0 miles