Biking in Spain
So, today I registered my bike for the Spain flights, cause I couldn't find a cheap bike rental in Barcelona. I think about taking my skates with me as well, as the beach boulevard seems to be a perfect spot for skating.

Kai's is also moving out of Ingolstadt next week and he offered me to take most of my stuff on a trailer to Hamburg. So I don't need a rental car and will just leave Ingolstadt with my backpack, bike and cello on a train. Then, after coming back from Spain, I can pick up these things in Hamburg.

Daily Life
Another swimming session with Tim today, followed by a trip to a Vietnamese restaurant. The afternoon I spent in the university visiting some friends and professors as well as researching for jobs.

Swimming
I went swimming today with Tim, who gave his best to, again, correct my false crawl stroke technique. I feel it's going better every session. So I'll go again Monday or Tuesday.

The Running Dilemma
I waited ten days for my foot to heal. But today was enough. I didn't feel any pain for days now, and the weather was simply too tempting. The landscape had turned white within 30 minutes, so I went out into the snow storm.

The surrounding was perfect. Carla Bruni was whispering her quiet melancholic words into my ears, I was testing my new distance and speed measuring toy, a Nike SDM Triax, which I bought at ebay.com. I decided to take it easy and just went on my short 10k lap. But 100 metres before arriving back home, the pain in the middle left foot returned. What a f...! The bad thing is, I have no clue what it is. Maybe I should really consult a doctor this week. Let's see. But time is ticking away, I already missed 90 km of my training plan.

Away with the bad news. The rest of the weekend was pleasant. Julia visited me and on Saturday we went out to see Igby in the Audi cinema, before finishing the evening in a Spanish Tapas bar. Sunday we relaxed and went for a sauna.

Weekend in Bremen
It has been a nice weekend in Bremen visiting Steffi. Saturday we went to the Bundesliga soccer match of Bremen against Berlin, the first against the last in Germany's premier soccer league. It was raining, but the athmosphere was phantastic, mainly because Bremen clearly won 4:0.

Later that evening I got a sightseeing tour of Bremen's bar scene, which is much better than I expected. Sunday was quite, with just a small walk around the city centre.



upper left: Werder Bremen - Hertha BSC Berlin soccer match/ upper right: Bremen's famous dish
lower left: Mill in the city centre/ lower right: The "natural" Bremen Town Musicians

Today I came back to Ingolstadt, where I will stay until the end of February.

The first ten days of the training plan went well, I did all of the 100 kms that were scheduled. But yesterday it was somehow unpleasant. First a dog crossed my way, which thought, joggers are there to play with. Later heavy pain turned up in the middle of my left feet. I don't know why and how, may be the last days have been too much training? Or did I simply had an unlucky step? I don't know. All I know is, that even walking hurts right now. But the marathon is still months away, so I shouldn't worry.

On the weekend I'll be in Bremen visiting a former fellow student, before returning to Ingolstadt on Monday.

Marathon Training Plan
This week I started the preparation for the Barcelona Marathon, a 10 week plan written by Steffny and Pramann (book). I choose the training plan for a 3:15 time, which means 54 to 91 km per week, 750 km overall. Let's see if I'm motivated enough to stick to the plan. If so, I may set a new personal best in Barcelona, improving my current 3:25 from the Berlin Marathon.

Until now it is fun, running through the snowy and hilly landscape of my hometown.

Daily Jolle...
3 months since the last time I locked myself out of my apartment. So it was already overtime to happen again. Today I simply took the wrong key when leaving for a swimming session with Tim.

But this time I had no open window to crawl in, so an emergency door opener had to come. He needed almost 30 minutes to come in, therefor the fee of 30 Euro was fair, I guess.

The coming weeks...
On Saturday I'll leave Ingolstadt with a rental car and visit my granny on the way home. I'll stay in the North til the end of January, visiting some friends.

In February I'll be in Ingolstadt, start the application process before taking the March off for a long Spain holiday. On March 21 the Barcelona Marathon will be my first big run this year. (See a nice race report from last year.)

That's it for now. Have fun, Jolle!

It's over...
The last sleep had been on Monday, the last food on Tuesday. But now it's over, I finished writing half past eleven and filed the thesis at midnight in the universities post box. Now I just can wait and see.



I don't know what to do next, I haven't thought about it yet. But after getting some sleep I will let you know. See you, Jolle!

Astonished...
...to find my two sites at number one and two at Google.com. What a New Year Surprise.