TMM is back!!!!

A New Year and a new start

TMM has been out twice since the turn of the year
Last saturday a slog in the snow and ice - 4km in 22:47
Today as the snow melts out on the roads - 4km in 20:52

Races being booked so now we have at least 2 half marathons on the cards

The CeBIT half marathon in March around the Hannover Show Halls
The Prague Half Marathon at the start of April

So get out there and join the madman!

Only 159km to go!

Firstly apologies for the lack of new posts and updates on how the running has been going, but both myself and TMM have been suffering from a lack of internet access. However, we have both now completed 41km of the '222 challenge' - only 159km to go. Following the half-marathon in Dresden a few weeks ago, TMM followed up with a 10km run in Athens, while I ran a 10km in Hosseringen yesterday. Considering I hadn't actually ran since Dresden (apart from a 20m dash across the road walking back to the car from the AWD Arena last weekend) my time of 55mins 36 secs was fairly acceptable, although well off my best time. As far as the challenge itself is concerned (200km, in under 20 hours, raising 2,ooo euros) the statistics so far for TRSG are: 41km run, total time taken 3 hours, 43 minutes 56 secs, cash raised nil. Obviously, I need to start working on my fund-raising, as well as getting back out on the road!

2 hours cracked - just!!

At long last, an 'official' time of under two hours for the half-marathon was finally achieved in Dresden this weekend. However, unlike TMM who smashed the two hour mark by over three minutes, my wait for an official time was more agonising, as during the race my Garmin stopped at 21km precisely with me having run 1 hr 59 mins and 3 secs, but not having crossed the finishing line! Not until we arrived back in Offen on Monday afternoon did I finally find out that I'd got under the two hour barrier by a massive three seconds!! The final 200m sprint and the (still) sore legs were worth it!! A cracking weekend all told, which included a sell-out footy game (29,000 for Dynamo Dresden v Hansa Rostock - not bad for a 3rd division game!), but if you ever decide to run in Dresden ... beware the cobbles!! Good luck to TMM in Athens. My next run on the '222 Challenge' is a 10km in a field somewhere in Northern Germany ina couple of weeks time. Keep on running!!

It's there!!!!

Finally the OOBs have done it!!

The 2 hour barrier has gone and in some style to.

TRSG broke 2 hours in Dresden on Sunday morning with a nail biting wait for his official time - 1hour 59 minutes and 57 seconds!!!

TMM smashed his previous best of 2hrs and 39 seconds by running under 2hours finally with a time of 1 hour 56 minutes and 28 seconds.

TMM is now the OOBs half marathon record holder and 10km record holder so the gauntlet is laid down.

TMM is now off to Athens to run the 10km race as part of the 2500year celebrations of the original Marathon. The race runs on part of the original course and ends in the original Olympic stadium.

Check out the details online at athensclassicmarathon [pop it into Google]

Keep running

TMM

This time its 5 and freezing!!!!

Seemed like a good idea - Do a few weights and then an easy 5km

Then it was dark windy and around 2degrees

Still the weights were warm inside and the 5k was not too bad - 25mins 18seconds

Less than a week to Dresden

The TMM is back!!!

After no running for four weeks since the Hannover night run and the magical sub 50minute 10k the TMM is back out.

A gentle 10k before the Dresden half 52minutes 30 which is my third fastest ever.

Maybe a longer run at the weekend now that TRSG has set the benchmark that bit higher

Welcome back Garmin!

Finally got round to getting a new Garmin which meant two things this morning. Firstly, I found out that the German road sign mileage isn't quite as accurate as it should be (didn't run quite as far as I thought last week!), but secondly, it does now mean my runs are accurately measured in time and distance again. With two weeks to go to Dresden, decided to run a full half-marathon this morning and ran a personal best of 1:53:25. Was a bit of a struggle (not quite sure what effect the chilli-based muscle rub stuff I bought in the chemist for 20 euros yesterday had - none methinks and I could be looking at a pair of those long socks worn with such great success by TMM), but hopefully it means that things are looking good for a first sub-2hour race in Dresden. Training will now taper down before Dresden, which shouldn't be too difficult as midweek runs have been virtually non-existent the past couple of weeks. Keep on running!!!