Marathon Weekend
I'm in Stuttgart with Julia right now and recovering well from the race in Barcelona. This weekend I'll drive the 800 km home, taking a rental car. On the way I'll probably visit a friend near Frankfurt, and run the 4th Marathon Deutsche Weinstrasse. It was simply too tempting, running my 4th marathon on 4/4/04.
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Sunday, March 21, 2004
Barcelona Marathon
It was a tough race for me, quite a bit too warm and with just a bit over 200 km training this year, but I felt good and ran a new personal best in 3:22:09 h. Now I need to recover, until later, Jolle.
It was a tough race for me, quite a bit too warm and with just a bit over 200 km training this year, but I felt good and ran a new personal best in 3:22:09 h. Now I need to recover, until later, Jolle.
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Sun, wind and mountains
The last days I did a lot cycling around Benalup. I went to the beaches in Bolonia, Conil de la Frontiera, Barbate..., I went to the white mountain villages like Arcos de la Frontiera, Alcala de los Gazules, Vejer etc. I also found some time and a very nice track to a lake for running.
Today I planned another day trip on my bike, to the British enclave Gibraltar. I fought against the heave wind from the South-East and against the steep mountains in the Parc National de los Alcornocales, just to find at the border checkpoint, that my passport waits at home for me. What a pity, but this is me. :)
So I had enough time on the way back to explore the scenery Parc National and enjoy the wind, which now came heavily from the back.
On Thursday I will take a night bus to Madrid, and arrive on Friday in Barcelona. Julia arrives on Saturday, so we´ll have a week for sightseeing the city, if I am still able to walk after the marathon.
See you and have a nice time, Jolle!
The last days I did a lot cycling around Benalup. I went to the beaches in Bolonia, Conil de la Frontiera, Barbate..., I went to the white mountain villages like Arcos de la Frontiera, Alcala de los Gazules, Vejer etc. I also found some time and a very nice track to a lake for running.
Today I planned another day trip on my bike, to the British enclave Gibraltar. I fought against the heave wind from the South-East and against the steep mountains in the Parc National de los Alcornocales, just to find at the border checkpoint, that my passport waits at home for me. What a pity, but this is me. :)
So I had enough time on the way back to explore the scenery Parc National and enjoy the wind, which now came heavily from the back.
On Thursday I will take a night bus to Madrid, and arrive on Friday in Barcelona. Julia arrives on Saturday, so we´ll have a week for sightseeing the city, if I am still able to walk after the marathon.
See you and have a nice time, Jolle!
Friday, March 5, 2004
Arrived in Andalucia
I arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday and continued by Bus to Madrid, where I spent the night at the bus station before continuing to Andalucia in the morning.
Around 4 pm I arrived in Jerez de la Frontera, the citz of the Sherry, where Jersus and his father picked me up in the evening to drive to their Finca Orativa, which is nicely situated on the edge of Benalup, a 6000 people sized village.
Today I got up late and explored the surroundings while jogging for a while. Later Jesus showed me around the estate and their company.
Tomorrow I will start explorng the region on bike. But I didn´t make any plans yet. See you later, Jolle!
I arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday and continued by Bus to Madrid, where I spent the night at the bus station before continuing to Andalucia in the morning.
Around 4 pm I arrived in Jerez de la Frontera, the citz of the Sherry, where Jersus and his father picked me up in the evening to drive to their Finca Orativa, which is nicely situated on the edge of Benalup, a 6000 people sized village.
Today I got up late and explored the surroundings while jogging for a while. Later Jesus showed me around the estate and their company.
Tomorrow I will start explorng the region on bike. But I didn´t make any plans yet. See you later, Jolle!
Monday, March 1, 2004
The Weekend
On Friday I packed and cleaned my apartment until the late afternoon, before going to Stuttgart by train, where I arrived at 1:30 in the night. Around 8 Julia and me went to Mainz, where we walked around the city centre for a while. Hans picked us up later and we drove to the Nürburgring for another Team Cup of the Bonnfinanz Motorsport Team. I was selected to drive with Florian, the son of Hans. We got the pole position for the race, thanks to our combined best qualifying times. And we stayed first until the last half of the race, when someone crashed Florian in the middle of a curve and we fell back to the 7th position. Anyway, it was a nice race weekend and we ended up second in the overall standing for this years Cup.
Sunday Florian and his girlfriend took us back to Mainz and showed us a bit more of the city before we returned to Stuttgart, totally tired.
A message to Kai: Thanx soo much for helping me moving out of my apartment. I'm sorry I couldn't help you more in return. But I'll pay it back in a way, take this for granted. :)
On Friday I packed and cleaned my apartment until the late afternoon, before going to Stuttgart by train, where I arrived at 1:30 in the night. Around 8 Julia and me went to Mainz, where we walked around the city centre for a while. Hans picked us up later and we drove to the Nürburgring for another Team Cup of the Bonnfinanz Motorsport Team. I was selected to drive with Florian, the son of Hans. We got the pole position for the race, thanks to our combined best qualifying times. And we stayed first until the last half of the race, when someone crashed Florian in the middle of a curve and we fell back to the 7th position. Anyway, it was a nice race weekend and we ended up second in the overall standing for this years Cup.
Sunday Florian and his girlfriend took us back to Mainz and showed us a bit more of the city before we returned to Stuttgart, totally tired.
A message to Kai: Thanx soo much for helping me moving out of my apartment. I'm sorry I couldn't help you more in return. But I'll pay it back in a way, take this for granted. :)
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Moving out
The next 20 hours will be quite stressful. Right now I am in the middle of packing and cleaning my apartment. Tomorrow 11 am I will have to move out. Still a lot to do, so I may get no sleep this night. Let's see.
There was also a lot of administrative stuff to do at the university the last days, and lots of problems. I'll go to Stuttgart tomorrow, and on Saturday with Julia to Mainz and the Nürburgring. On Sunday I'll visit my aunt in Wiesbaden before returning to Stuttgart on Monday.
See you, Jolle!
The next 20 hours will be quite stressful. Right now I am in the middle of packing and cleaning my apartment. Tomorrow 11 am I will have to move out. Still a lot to do, so I may get no sleep this night. Let's see.
There was also a lot of administrative stuff to do at the university the last days, and lots of problems. I'll go to Stuttgart tomorrow, and on Saturday with Julia to Mainz and the Nürburgring. On Sunday I'll visit my aunt in Wiesbaden before returning to Stuttgart on Monday.
See you, Jolle!
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Running
Friday I've been to an orthopaedist. He said everythings ok. So I will start again with my marathon training, this time a bit less intense. It's 4 weeks to Barcelona, so still enough time to come into shape.
Friday I'll finally leave Ingolstadt, so there's enough to do this week.
Friday I've been to an orthopaedist. He said everythings ok. So I will start again with my marathon training, this time a bit less intense. It's 4 weeks to Barcelona, so still enough time to come into shape.
Friday I'll finally leave Ingolstadt, so there's enough to do this week.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
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.
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.
Friday, February 13, 2004
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.
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.
Monday, February 9, 2004
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.
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.
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