tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60045050476477031082012-01-29T16:14:03.289-05:00Run. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.comBlogger10091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-79091239969042454272012-01-29T16:14:00.000-05:002012-01-29T16:14:03.294-05:00

A week ago we moved to new home. That usually means busy times which was the case this time, too. Last week comprised work 3 related trips to Hel and back, and that had a negative effect on running. I managed Tuesday's 400ms and Thursday's tempo repeats pretty well but on Saturday morning just less than 9 hours after Friday evening's stroll I just couldn't make it. Legs were so beaten. So I

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-4842656992544022032012-01-17T16:38:00.002-05:002012-01-17T16:39:08.684-05:00

After two days break I bounced back. The weather turned into winter. Thus, I had to do Tuesday's workout indoors on track. Due to our routines, the only available timeslot for race pace intervals was at 7 AM. It was okay, even if I had pretty hard time to match my HM PR pace when running 800s. Last weekend's highlight was USA's marathon trials. My favorite, Dathan Ritzenhein PRed but it wasn't

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-84240646673278374242012-01-10T07:11:00.000-05:002012-01-10T07:11:04.929-05:00

I've been rather busy. After we got the keys to our house additional spare time has not been a problem. Now all the painting jobs are done, sauna and bathroom is under renovation. Next up is yet another moving but I hope that this will be the last one for awhile, say in next 30 years... Running streak has been pretty satisfying until today. I have progressed with Phase II's two first weeks with

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-24712970821390266112012-01-01T16:41:00.000-05:002012-01-01T16:41:00.241-05:00

2011 in review: Number of miles conquered by running: 2275 Number of marathons completed under 2:30: 0 Number of marathons completed under 3:00: 0 Number of marathons completed over 3:00: 1 Number of running related disappointments: several Number of running races other than 26.2: 6 other races (2 victories) Number of the best ever training plans started during 2011: 301 Number of miles conquered

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-54850035323086067252011-12-28T16:09:00.001-05:002011-12-28T16:10:03.546-05:00

The start of phase II was windy. Monday and Tuesday SW Finland was hit by severe winds. Tomorrow will be something between Monday and nice Summer breeze. Anyway, on Tuesday I chose to run Q1 by getting aid from tailwind. Not a bad choice... Tomorrow morning I know that 5xmile is waiting for me but the weather status is bit uncertain. One thing is for sure - it is not winterish. Oh, and I did

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-45503128792010993762011-12-23T03:08:00.000-05:002011-12-23T03:08:17.301-05:00

Yeah, Wednesday morning embedded with slippery roads. I had already decided to do an easy run instead of planned workout. Luckily, on my way back I had to pay a short visit to forest administration's office and there I realized that the Worm (gravel path, about 666 meters long loop) will be the place to be! And there I was, running 3x2k (7:10-6:59) without any traction problems. How cool is

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Easy weeks suck. Luckily, the latest edition it's over. Now it is time to gather additional energy for our next moving... Tomorrow will be the last WOW of Phase I. I think that I'll run 3x2k @ T-pace. Again, I have to try my luck early in the morning, but after tomorrow Xmas lunch at work there is no way to run anything in the evening. Great news is that continuous rain enables pretty decent

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-84072533868633277422011-12-16T13:30:00.001-05:002011-12-17T03:07:47.052-05:00

Yesterday I spent the whole day in Helsinki by attending 4-5 meetings. Accordingly, I chose not to run. Similarly, Wednesday was bit busy, but I had time slot for a faster 3.1-miler (+WU & CD). Tomorrow I would have a change to run our monthly test run but my legs are still aching. [Oh I forgot that I'm supposed to care of the timing so no running for me.] This easy week has been a busy one.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-68607053467477946422011-12-14T14:25:00.001-05:002011-12-14T14:25:15.912-05:00

I'm busy.

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Workout Wednesday was awesome even if a strong headwind tried to kick my butt. I did 5x3min with 2 min recovery jog at 6 AM. No one sane was around running in that weather. On Saturday I expected that I will join a large(ish) group of triathletes in their threshold run but it turned out that there was only two guys and lot of icy roads. I ran 5-miler by accelerating the last 3km which weren't 

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-18829903189379854292011-11-29T13:26:00.000-05:002011-11-29T13:26:29.647-05:00

Last week was a mess. Instead of running any faster workouts I did two steady state runs. Both were 6-milers. Tuesday evening's workout was a kick ass, but Saturday morning was baaad. It sucked mud. On Sunday I had good company and a nice long run (18 miles) which was a decent compensation for Saturday. Now I feel lucky that J made me realize how I should deal with running from now on. More

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-19988615140397398262011-11-22T15:30:00.000-05:002011-11-22T15:30:43.706-05:00

Yesterday I didn't have guts to take Lil' D out for a tempo run. He didn't enjoy Sunday's longish run at all after raisins ran out. In addition, yesterday's weather was less inspiring, so I decided to postpone the planned workout by one day. Accordingly, I ran HR moderated tempo run around a mile-long loop close by our current evacuee place this eve. And it felt really ok. In your face, aging.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-42335915669185529512011-11-19T01:21:00.000-05:002011-11-19T01:21:09.942-05:00

Ok. On Wednesday, even if I was promising to myself to be a runner, I skipped everything else than eating junk food. As a remorse I was up and go at 6 AM on Thursday. I was punishing the asphalt by running 5x3min'2min. The pace was slightly slower than the last time but it was mentally pretty rewarding to find myself in that situation. Yesterday sweetie left to Boston for a research conference

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-63201313068915345272011-11-16T11:00:00.000-05:002011-11-16T11:00:43.412-05:00

A late one but still... test run (10k) took little more time than I expected but still I was able to break the time which I was scared of. Honestly, I'm not so happy with the fact that I'm fighting with 37 minutes but this is now. On Sunday I joined youngsters (Bruni and Masai) in their long run. It was pretty awesome especially when I've been running about 98% of my runs alone. Today (Wed) I

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-35728469985461272262011-11-11T15:35:00.000-05:002011-11-11T15:35:49.003-05:00

Next up... test run (partially hilly 10km). Today (Friday) work kept me too busy so I skipped my date with the asphalt. Today's work related event was actually the first public appearance as a researcher in Finland since we returned from the US. I've been lurking in the shadows. 

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-57639398419248070242011-11-06T16:12:00.000-05:002011-11-06T16:12:53.878-05:00

What a race in NYC today!!! 2:05 on that course is fast and solid performance. Kenyans' marathon results during this year have been insane and I feel so lucky that I'm not involved in selected their marathon team for next Summer's Olympics... On the contrary, I'm pretty happy with this week's running effort. On Wednesday I did hills and yesterday I started a long way back to faster paces by

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-3153706559606478622011-11-04T05:49:00.000-04:002011-11-04T05:49:04.295-04:00

I want get faster as much as rabib dogs eager for fresh meat.

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No running for couple of days has changed my feeling from energetic to sluggish. Accordingly, Monday and Tuesday were ez days. Today I had to get back on the schedule which meant hill repeats (10x1min.). After a slow start the repeats felt easier and easier. Not bad at all. Since the plan is to get faster the next workout will comprise faster pace. Oh yes, this sport is rocket science.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-30498268929816009662011-10-30T14:44:00.001-04:002011-10-30T14:44:49.899-04:00

Even if I spent this week with stomach flu and some fever and did not run at all, I joined triathletes in their "swamp walk" workout this morning. Nice, 3hrs experience.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-90182711138826990042011-10-28T08:17:00.002-04:002011-10-30T14:45:15.375-04:00

I'm happy to share the news that 3 days of stomach flu is gradually changing into feverish flu. Awesome! NOT! Happy happy joy joy!

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Last week was pretty ok. Almost 50 miles, long hill repeats on Thursday and a race (10.4k) on Sunday. Race was a great workout, like start of a new training season. J won that race and I lost to him about 18 seconds per km. So, I have some work to do. Now I have a stomach flu. Not having one would be much better but what you can do...

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-56816857878730159332011-10-20T15:18:00.002-04:002011-10-20T17:17:10.304-04:00

Long hill repeats. They rule but still I will skip Berlin Marathon 2012 (registration opened today).

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-11691308247969987462011-10-16T08:12:00.001-04:002011-10-16T15:38:39.075-04:00

I'm sort of back at it. The next three months will comprise just running. Mostly easy, but hopefully more than during this year's weekly averages. I gotta run a bit slower in general but at the same time pay way more attention to speed. That I've neglected totally lately (=during the last 9 months + 2-3 years before that). This week was 38.5 miles which is more than those 3 miles which I ran two

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-5452736463734894552011-10-12T12:20:00.001-04:002011-10-12T12:21:33.731-04:00

...among others Clyde's 10k, Pike´s Peek 10km in Rockville, Broadstreet 10M... Today I registered for this race in Norway: Skaala Uphill.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-33347178415947397952011-10-12T04:29:00.001-04:002011-10-12T13:12:42.756-04:00

Yeah. That's me. A slacker. Last week I barely collected 30 miles of easy running while others recovering from Berlin were already racing. Realizing this didn't change anything since I skipped Monday and then I skipped Tuesday. And I didn't regret anything. But this morning I was running hills at 6:30 AM which makes me so proud of myself. Starting with 2 miles warm up (oh yes, it was 35F in the

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-26827210687005130602011-10-09T17:09:00.000-04:002011-10-09T17:09:27.443-04:00

Making plans phase continues... this week was 30+ miles without any pressure other than work related issues. Yesterday and today running felt pretty ok.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-61969594339189566552011-10-01T13:00:00.002-04:002011-10-01T13:03:06.972-04:00

First run after Berlin. Both legs feel still bit tired, but not bad. I added 20 miles bike ride since Sun was shining. Next up.... eeeezzzz. Next big race might be Broadstreet Run next May if the plans turn out ok.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-83343099222985373082011-09-28T11:42:00.003-04:002011-10-01T13:05:08.166-04:00

Making plans.... have to find a way out from the rock bottom and taste the pain.

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-89115607073965214202011-09-27T06:51:00.001-04:002011-09-27T06:51:28.078-04:00

Berlin is done. I broke 3 hrs for the first time but totally in a wrong way. So, marathon didn't go quite like I expected but by the time I hit the wall (22-24km) I was sure about what I have done wrong/have neglected. Long story short: I'm not that disappointed that I just ran the worst result ever. Summer hasn't been that easy, but now I'm eagerly waiting for getting back at it. One thing is

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-73583011401027615312011-09-18T03:09:00.000-04:002011-09-18T03:09:46.797-04:00

Enough said.

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This used to be the best time of training. All the mileage and hard workouts are done and then you just had to be patient enough. Now, I don't even remember how to taper... Luckily, it's not rocket science. I missed Monday's run and the same happened today but I'm not worried. Maybe tomorrow I won't skip the daily dose and continue from where I left myself yesterday (2x2k'1k+1k @ sub MP).

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-56747633682699385382011-09-05T07:54:00.004-04:002011-09-05T07:56:01.828-04:00

Hello from the stealth mode. Berlin is in 3 weeks. Enuff said. Here's what has been going on: Last-last week M: Off / Off (this far this workout has been most perpetual) T: Easy / Easy W: Easy / Easy T: 20x200m'200m / WU+20x200m'200m (on track)+CD (late evening, was really nice) F: Easy or moderate long run / Easy short run S: Easy / Easy S: Tempo run 12.5 miles / Tempo run 12.5 miles @ MP (I

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-2132140366748043662011-08-25T16:09:00.002-04:002011-08-25T16:12:53.623-04:00

Too much other activities than running have been going on lately. After staying a week in San Antonio we moved to a temporary housing (for the next 3.5 months to get away from pipe repair and kitchen renovation taking place at our home), I faced enormous work load and almost lost the touch with running. That's the reason for the absence from blogging, too. Today I had a time slot for 20x200m'

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Too busy

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Greetings from San Antonio, TX. It's fun to back in the US. I DO miss many things and people here, but I'm quite sure that hot and humid weather is not one them. I ran a deaccelerating 7-miler in humid (feels like) 85F. I was supposed to run 13 miles. Did not happen. This particular ez run almost as painful as all of my workout from this Summer put together. So all of my running buddies in MD -

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-11901267951474425312011-08-09T15:43:00.000-04:002011-08-09T15:43:20.188-04:00

Last week was awesome. Wednesday's bike ride, weekend's Nationals, Saturday's early tempo run w/ Moguli and Sunday's long run were pretty cool. A closer look shows that I was almost able keep up with the training program. M: Off // Off T: Easy // Ez W: AM Easy, PM Bike ride // Ez + short hills + 60 miles bike ride T: 4x2km'4min. @ HMP // 6xYasso 800s F: Easy // Ez S: Tempo 7-8 miles @ MP //

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-2479519028476566182011-08-07T14:33:00.000-04:002011-08-07T14:33:08.941-04:00

Some outcomes from this weekend. Nationals were held in our backyard - at the renovated Paavo Nurmi Stadium. I didn't have any "offical" photo tasks this time but here's some pictures.

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So all of sudden this year's vacation time is over and I'm back at work. On next week's Friday I'll fly over to San Antonio, TX for a research conference (there's 8k/15k race on Sat evening, but I have to skip it). Accordingly, I will continue "on" days for an extra five days and have an ez week while staying in the USA. Last week's plan/execution: M: Off / Off T: Ez / Ez W: Even Steven workout

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-66641629430401775512011-07-27T15:25:00.000-04:002011-07-27T15:25:24.527-04:00

Just a note: McMillan's Even Steven workout was an awesome experience. Because this week's no. 1 workout will be Sunday's marathon-oriented long run and I just on Saturday ran tempo repeats, ES was a convenient option for "doing something else". I highly recommend this kind of multipaced workout. Go for it!

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-47816731709839354972011-07-26T03:51:00.000-04:002011-07-26T03:51:31.012-04:00

One year is gone since Lil' D was born. Time has really flied by during the last 12 months. Only time when time seems to be crawling is when I race. Last week was relatively warm and suprisingly humid but I won't continue any further since I'm aware of the conditions in the US and in MD. Anyway, I have felt pretty thirsty every time I've been running. But still running-wise I'm now pretty

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-61314306508887423712011-07-20T16:02:00.001-04:002011-07-20T16:03:03.510-04:00

Sweetie has her first Half-Ironman on Saturday and accordingly I was bit nervous the whole week and especially on Sat. Thus, it was right time for an ez week: M: Off T: Ez W: Tempo run 5 km (17:31) T: Ez F: 20 x 200m with 200m jog: 36-37 secs S: Off (Will be following sweetie's Half-Ironman!!!) S: A sissy ass 7 miler. I was so tired after Saturdays activities. The run took place on a

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Execution of the week #2: M: Ez T: Tempo run 9 miles @ MP-HMP. I ran this on afternoon and during the run weather was easy on me. Workout felt controlled but after the run legs hurt a LOT! W: Ez T: Ez bike 40km. During the night the right foot started aching and I couldn't even step on it. In the morning it was even worse but luckily Dr. was hanging online and I got help via Facebook. It turned

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-35051355416183819262011-07-06T08:21:00.001-04:002011-07-12T13:35:13.995-04:00

Just ran an awesome workout yesterday. 9+ miles (15km) @ marathon pace + 5 miles of WU/CD. It has been 6 years since I last time did something this organized training. The workout was totally in my control even if the kebab roll (kebab ingredient rolled inside pizza, ) was willing and able to mess the whole thing up. In the evening my legs started to hurt like hell but in a good way. This

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-82005938315091401452011-07-04T16:17:00.001-04:002011-07-12T13:34:45.238-04:00

This time the vacation surprised me by starting a week too early. And this was only based on my false perception, not on the actual calendar. So from last Friday... screw you office. After learning on Tuesday that Thursday would be my last work day for a month, work kept me busy. Really busy.   Execution of week 1 for Berlin: M: Ez + Myrtle Routine x 2 T: Ez W: 3x2km'1km @ (5:50-5:40). Was too

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-73034163612582220712011-06-27T06:38:00.003-04:002011-06-27T06:43:28.726-04:00

Nowadays when I'm not racing on track anymore, the Mid Summer is more relaxed and fulfilling (=lots of eating). Do you think that I'd have anything to complain about with this. If I had a kick-ass start for last week, the rest of the week was busy at work, hurting my hamstring, but giving me a chance to run a moderate tempo run on early Thursday morning. Yes, this week was an ez one. On

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-23082272140721411572011-06-20T04:17:00.001-04:002011-06-20T04:17:43.777-04:00

Last Thursday core workout was just a dream. Luckily, on Friday I had chance to run about 7.5 miles around sunny Stockholm. Hamstring was relatively painful but I crushed my Swedish fellow morning joggers by finishing @ sub 6:30s. "That'll teach my hamstring, too", I thought. But it did not. On Saturday I was feeling slightly off the whole and didn't hesitate to skip running (maybe this was

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-85257097689585046682011-06-15T03:30:00.004-04:002011-06-20T04:17:58.973-04:00

Monday was a day off but I did a set of 100s and 2xMyrtle Routine. Yesterday morning I ran an ez 6 miler and did one set of short steep hills (following Brad Hudson's recommendations). Today I woke up bit later than planned and thus I was out running only at 6:30. Plan was to run a steady state run of 7.5 miles. And the plan was nicely executed. For the first time since the treadmill test

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It was been suprisingly warm recently. Temperature has been at 90s and that does not ease the pain. After Wednesday's massage therapist session left gluteus started co-operating and I was able to keep myself on the road. Thursday and Friday were easy. Today I joined triathletes on their test run. It was - again - pretty warm (89F at 5 PM) for a tempo run, but since I skipped my morning session

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0Turku, Finland60.420896721061354 22.31968999963987760.21900772106135 22.123874999639877 60.622785721061355 22.515504999639877tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-76939376629250718592011-06-08T02:12:00.001-04:002011-06-08T02:13:27.876-04:00

On Monday I hesitated between taking a day off or just keeping it as an easy day. Due to democratic reasons I had a chance to run home from a lake nearby so I chose an easy day. The run was actually a nice 5 miler in warm evening weather with an increasing pain in the butt/hamstring. The latter caused a chance in plans for Tuesday: instead of running anything I biked 30 miles (it was warm, 82-84F

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Rest of my time in Tallinn went fast. On Saturday morning I felt really tired but somehow ready to roll. Due to lot of sitting on bad chairs/floor caused some tension in my hamstrings, especially in the left one. Thus, warm-up wasn't so painless that one could and should expect. I managed myself to our team's/club's old test run route and ran 5 km test run in 17:17. Unfortunately, the time is

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Due to the additional load on Monday and Tuesday, I skipped yesterday's run. But so did Manu who I met at yesterday's plenary session. Tomorrow we ran 7.5 miles ez and got lost only a little. Then I ate and ate some more. Next up gala dinner. On Saturday things are back to normal. 100 miles week... here I come? No, 60-70 miles is the next level.

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I planned to run this week steady state run tomorrow morning but it turned out that I'm heading to Tallinn, Estonia, already around 8 AM. So even if I was still pretty tired because of yesterday's exercises I did it today. Funny thing is that the temp was all of a sudden around 75 and it felt too much. The workout wasn't nothing to brag about but it's done (6 miler @ 6:15s). Honestly I'm still

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Yes. Facing the truth is the hardest part. My anaerobic threshold has dropped dramatically even if I've been able to get the base in order during this spring. So all the girls and guys over there... the moment of wisdom.... brrrrrrrr.....brrrrrrr... running only at easy comfortable pace doesn't increase your anaerobic capacity.... No shit? But this cold shower was something that I needed since

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KICK ASS!

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Monday: A day off Tuesday: Ez 6 miler Wednesday: Didn't sleep so much, a day off Thursday: Planned a mid-long run but ran w/ Lil' D, Ami, AP and brand new dad Mikko Friday: Steady state + hills Saturday: Mid-long run Sunday: Ez + strides Monday: Treadmill test wo/ VO2 max test (gearing up for Berlin...)

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Tomorrow is the last day of the current 3 weeks rotation so next week will be easy. Oh well, last week was easier than planned but I was really really tired. Today I ran an awesome pyramid workout (1/2/3/4/3/2/1). This short pyramid is relatively easy but it made me run faster than I believed was possible for me anymore. Tomorrow I'll join youngsters while they are working on their long run. And

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I just finished an awesome doner kebab meal. It was to celebrate a nice workout Wednesday. I ran 4 miles of steady state and finished the mix & match workout with 10x200m hill repeats (moderately steep hill, nothing like Mt. Nasty). I originally planned 2x8x200m but decided to skip that one. But in order to compesate this sissyness I ran the hills to moderate headwind. In all this workout

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-73517502751387461532011-05-16T13:04:00.002-04:002011-05-16T13:04:36.522-04:00

Watch more video of Sammy Wanjiru on flotrack.org

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Hmmm... I did race, I won, but I was slow. Awfully slow (36:18). In addition, I missed my goal today after crashing at the halfway point. Anyway, it was fun and chilly. After three weeks of training there's a progress to be recognized, but it is sloooow. Luckily I didn't have a chance to travel to the XC Nats this year. I would have died over there. The course looked really brutal on TV - like

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I just finished a short but fine bike ride in low 70s. In the morning, however, the temperature was ~33. Thus, running was pretty refreshing experience compared to the evening's biking. In all, summer is almost here. Tomorrow the plan is to run yet another steady state 6 miler, this time on the paths. It will be moderated by HRM. On Sunday I might go and face my demons by running a 10k race. The

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The nagging ache/pain is almost gone. Running did help to rid of that. On Wednesday I ran a steady state (or an accelerating one) 10k with bit longer warmup and cool down (together 12 miles). It felt ok, except I started to feel pretty fatigued during the cool down. That evening we drove to Helsinki. On Thursday I did my morning run with Lil' D and babyjogger. I got little lost and ran 11 miler

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All of sudden I was barely able to run this morning. Left hip got little irritated from the weekend. For the first time since last May the aching feeling didn't go away during the run. Then a new friend of mine is the sudden ache in the right foot. It's almost a typical "don't you start running again" -nagging but not quite. So after couple weeks of running pain free I'm on the verge of...

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It has been quiet in the updating front. Because of an easy week running has mostly been eazy. On Wednesday I had a massage and then of course on Thursday I had to try something new: eazy 9.5 miler with hard downhills. I got inspired by an article in the RT latest issue in which it was suggested that in case of heavy quads one should run fast downhills. Even if my heavy quads were partially

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A race day. The first since last May! Running most of my runs in low temperatures (30-35F) was the best preparation for today. Today was easily the best on this Spring (70s). Awesome. What a wonderful day to start new season and at the same time run your first hard tempo run since last year's May!!! I even got the farmer's tan! The run itself wasn't that fast (it was actually little slower

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Even if Wednesday's workout was far from "all out" one, I have felt it during the easy runs thereafter. So Thursday and Friday were easy ones (yesterday I ran w/ Lil' D) and today I ran bit longer one (15.5 miles) w/ Masai and Bruno. Then we had a nice chance to go biking with sweetie and we rode some 24 easy miles. Pretty enjoyable season opener (temp is now high 50s). Next up... guiding our

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My body/engine is regenerating itself piece by piece. Even if I did too long and partly too fast run on Monday, I was able to control today's tempo (6.1 miles @ steady state, hrm controlled, with 2k accleration in the end) quite well: 36:47 (18:32/18:15). In reality this particular workout barely saves me but I know that it could be worse! Then during the CD I wondered that did Brian Sell used

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This is one of the best Mondays ever. I had a nice run with Pasma and ran all together 12.5 miles (@ 6:50s). Thereafter I realized to follow Boston Marathon online which had some insane to offer this year. Geoffrey Mutai ran 2:03:02!!!! (with strong tailwind and non-WR course, but still...). Can't sleep... too much to digest!!! [edit:] Tomorrow morning I might break my "wear only black" code

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Cool. I was able to bounce back on the road this week after all. On Friday and Saturday I ran 7.5 miles around at 7.00s. Additionally, the general feeling is great. The weather is now so awesome!!! In the early mornings when I do my jaunts it is still freezing but in the afternoon it's about high 50s. Today I did the usual 5x3min'2min morning workout but running didn't feel so good (pace was

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Due to some health issues I had to take couple days off. Yesterday I joined a crew of youngsters (Bruni, Sundell & Mr. Rauma) and ran for 10 miles. Today I continued with 6 junk miles. Tomorrow I will have my turn to watch Road Running Nationals in Siuntio, and accordingly, tempo repeats will take place only on Sunday. This morning's top three songs:

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Support crew knew already here that women are going to win! (pic: Jarno Maimonen)

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After Wednesday's workout my legs have felt really heavy. And that is just awesome! Both on Thursday and Friday I did ez runs but today morning I found myself doing 5x3min.'2min. starting at 7:45AM. This workout was a bit more controlled than a week ago which is an indication of improving shape, right? Today is also time for Karhu-viesti which is the biggest road run relay in Finland. Men run

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Workout Wednesday. Nice. I was going to run tempo already in the morning, but since I was watching a really bad bad dream (I was choking under a huge pile of snow) just before waking up, I decided to postpone the workout to the evening. The plan was to duplicate the tempo workout which I used to do couple times on treadmill before I was ill. Today's 5-miler went pretty well (@5:53) since I ran

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Now they too have a blog! http://stridersracingteam.blogspot.com/ Awesome!

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This week I've been mostly running easy 6 milers. Today I dared to run the first workout outside since ice is almost gone. Workout comprised 5x3min.'2min. (@ 5:20-5:30) and it felt great. This was actually the first outdoor workout since last July. Good luck to everyone racing tomorrow at Cherry Blossom, in Berlin or at Tulppaanijuoksu.

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I missed 1.5 weeks due to a flu, but that's no biggie. Originally I planned to race on next weekend but that's not gonna happen. Instead, I'm happy to take care of Lil' D while sweetie races. I'll have plenty of other chances to start this season and anyway the start will be slow... But now I'm really happy to able to run again. Morning jaunt was fulfilled with series of coughing which was easy

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Friday-Sunday: no running + no voice to speak with. Silent storm!

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Tuesday-Thursday: 0 miles (I've been sick).

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After an ez week (50 miles) you're supposed to bounce back at running like no thing. Well, I was hurting so badly on Sunday's long run, so taking yet another Monday off was a brilliant choice. This time the night before was spend partially in hospital. We had to take Lil' D to a doctor around 4:00AM since he was barely able to breath. Luckily, the visit helped and he was ready to head home at

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I was supposed to run a test run today but Daniel got sick yesterday and he was feeling really sick in the morning. So, we were seeing a doctor instead of running. The amount of sleeping hours wasn't that great so I felt pretty tired and didn't feel so bad for not being able to run fast. Additionally, the roads were again a snowy mess thanks to slow spring.   The second best idea for compensating

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Today I had the best morning run for a while. Due work related issues (stress....hahaha) I woke up twice around 4 AM and then at 5:40 I was ready to roll. I did an insanely easy and loose 8.5 miler (@7.00) which also included 6x100m strides. I found a silent street with no ice and ran them like hell. Nr 1 song from this morning:

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On Saturday the treadmill I ran on tried to kick my ass. I was feeling so weak during a normal steady state run that I had to stop at 3 miles. But luckily I had guts to continue and I was able to finish it. A night before I was up too late and instantly had pay the dues. That's what getting older really means??? On Sunday I broke my barriers and took mp3s with me on the long run. Of the 15.5

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Treadmills are having their payback!

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The best thing in this morning's run was the feeling that it can't get much worse than this. Due to sudden and almost heavy snow storm, the springish roads were now covered with a thick layer of cold water and wet snow on ice. After running 50 meters my feet were soaking wet (and cold), but once the engine started humming I didn't feel a thing. Just listened to over and over again. BThis week's

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Soon it's time for less injury prone roads... marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon marathon

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As I have already mentioned, the current running conditions are a big freaking joke. I did only 14 miles and still got aches in lower back, upper thighs and of course in my jaws since I was cursing the whole way. During the last 2 km I chose to run on the street among cars (there was like 3 cars driving at that time) and thereafter the pace dropped from (ice-moderated) 7.40s to 6.55s (with grip).

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For the next couple weeks roads will be a slippery mess here but it's only mandatory before the Spring and open roads are here. Especially in the mornings the grip is unbearable. Thus, jumping on the treadmill was an easy choice for today's steady state run. I ran a 5 miler (@ 6.14) which was just according to the plan (improving 15 secs from last week). Oh, the plan hasn't yet been introduced

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-52480068837210973942011-03-04T09:38:00.002-05:002011-03-04T09:38:41.130-05:00

Watch more video of Brian Sell on flotrack.org

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This week is sort of vacation. I'm having the last week of paternity leave (before I'll be with Lil' D for 6 weeks in April-May). This means a bit different schedule since I don't have to run at 6AM. This makes it special. Hah. No really, the chance to spend some time with Lil' D is the best. On Monday I had a massage at Roni's. He a talent and he's really popular among triathletes and some

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Monday was miserable experience as it is supposed to be when you're sick (puking + high fever). Tuesday was also a day off, but I felt alive again. On Wednesday I did a short shakeout run and on Thursday I jumped back to original schedule. Yesterday morning I did a nice 7.5 miler and listened to music for the first time in 23 years on the road. Weather was also easy on me (it was only 7F

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What a night. Sudden stomach flue messed up my sleeping schedule and I spent lot of time crawling between bedroom and bathroom. Originally today was decided for rest, but not this way. Lalalalala... Oh and last week's mileage was 47 which makes me happy! 

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Morning temperature was -11F => treadmill. Easy run would have been ok, but I had planned to run a wave run. Conveniently we have baby swimming at 8 AM in a spa which also has a gym with 2 treadmills. After "swimming" and sauna I sneaked out do to the workout. When I entered the gym both treadmills were in use so I had to warm up on a stationary bike. After 25 minutes on bike I was ready to roll.

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On Monday afternoon I had my revenge with treadmill (or vice versa). The first workout was a steady state tempo run 4k (@ 6:34) + 4k (@ 6:26) + 2k (@ 6:00) + 2k WU and 2k CD. It was fun but boring and humid. The weather outside was, however, a good motivator due to around -13F temp. Yesterday I had a massage but a pretty easy one. Today I did 6 miler starting at 6AM (in mild 0F). The worst news

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-11F.

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Tomorrow I'll do my first workout since.... some time. It will be me against the treadmill but only a steady tempo, not fast nor hard. This "me against..." setting reminds me of a certain local Hall of Fame comprising runners who had "killed" a treadmill at one particular gym. Once I got "Error 4" blinking on that screen, I was one of them. We rule (or did rule)! Hhmmm.... the prevalence of

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What a busy week. Basically it was caused by work, but luckily I've had time to run every day expect on Wednesday. On Wed I had to participate a workshop and give a presentation based on my thesis (I have opened it the last in Dec of 2004) at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications which took time due some traveling. On Friday morning I "invented" a new workout called "I own this city"

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Roads here are a mess. Yesterday they were plain ice and same was going on this morning. Luckily, I had to skip morning run since Lil' D has had hard time to adjust to our time zone. While I was biking to work, I noticed that waking up a little too late for a run was a blessing in disguise. I think that I wouldn't have been able to run at all on that icy roads. Afternoon we got some wet snow

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After the extremely nice 1.5 weeks in the US with HCS crew and especially with Jason, I'm back on the relatively lonely road. But visiting our "second family" was like a fresh mint with a blast of energy, so I will have boost to carry on. In all, this reminds me of the power embedded in training in a group - no matter if you are a enthusiastic beginner and absolute top guy. It sometimes gives you

Stehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611037883545247404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004505047647703108.post-12019913271355550732011-01-29T23:13:00.002-05:002011-02-02T02:36:03.798-05:00

Yeah man! The first Bagel Run in about 14 months felt awesome! This week has offered us a chance to see lot of familiar faces and Bagel Run continued that streak. At last I met Tom who I thereafter followed through pretty messy (icy, snowy, covered with fallen branches) Centennial Lake loop. I ran totally a 13 miler which about 67% of my total mileage in December. I felt quite good, but that's

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The planned Wednesday run with HCS crew did not happen as planned. Damn you, you reliable weather forecasts!!! We didn't drive to HCC and instead I ran with Jason twice around Centennial in a pretty heavy snow. I think that I saw an unicorn and a fox which wasn't red.

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