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Sparkassen Citylauf Merzig

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Location:

Neunkirchen,Germany

Member Since:

Jan 23, 2018

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Marathons:

Merzig (04/09/05): 3:56:41

Cologne (05/09/11): 3:26:16

Frankfurt (07/10/28): 3:17:16

Essen (09/09/11): 3:23:34

Frankfurt (18/10/28): 3:16:46

Ulm (19/09/29): 3:11:53

Personal Bests:

10k 37:24 (2009)

HM 1:23:42 (2009)

M 3:11:53 (2019)

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • 5k < 19:00
  • 10k < 39:00

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon < 3:00

improve my 10k and HM-PB

Personal:

married, two children, born 1981, 40 hours-a-week-job in a local townhall

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Sun, Mar 08, 2020
Race: Sparkassen Citylauf Merzig (6.214 Miles) 00:39:27, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.520.000.006.2112.73

30´ warum-up, 5.5 km (5:35/km) incl. 3 x 20" strides
 
10 k-road race in 39:27 min.; the course was a bit hilly with some curves, but I liked it very much. And it was quite windy. Did "easy" at the first km and then found my rhythm. And I was able to run a good bit faster over the last 2-3 km. As I did mostly easy mileage and just a few marathon-pace runs in the last months, I am happy with the result. I think it was a good training for next weekends´ half-marathon.
 
27´ cool-down, 5 km (5:25/km); tried to get some more mileage in. I wasn´t as destroyed as last year where I could barely run a cool-down after the races. 
 
PB for my 2nd running career by 22 seconds, but there are still 2 minutes left to my lifetime-PB!

Comments
From Donald on Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 15:09:50 from 24.119.22.216

Wow, Martin! Congratulations on a PB! I hope to run a 10k under 40 minutes one day...

From Martin on Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 15:31:55 from 217.238.68.126

Thanks Donald!

Thought you would be well under 40 minutes. You will definitly!

From jtshad on Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 13:05:11 from 141.221.191.225

Great race and time.

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