Ultra-Trail Australia I can’t believe it. I got an entry for the Ultra-Trail Australia 50 km (~31 miles) race on May 18, 2019. Somehow my wife got notified on Facebook and asked me if this is nothing for me. I checked the event schedule and realized that the time for register is only one day later on […]
Strength and Aging
Strength and Aging I feel it, I’m getting weaker every day. Okay this is an exaggeration, but for sure I’m weaker than I was 20 years ago. Weaker means that I have less strength and this is one reason why I’m also getting slower with every year. I started to do some research and found […]
Half Marathon Race TrainsAsOne Preparation
Half Marathon Race with TrainsAsOne Preparation On 16th September I did a half marathon. I finished in 1:55:16 h which means 5:25 min/km (8:39 min/mile). My goal was to do it in 1:45:00 h (4:59 min/km or 8:00 min/miles). Race Analysis Conditions and Plan The weather was perfect. Around 20°C with blue sky. The start […]
Traveling, Running and Surfing in Morocco
Traveling, Running and Surfing in Morocco This year I had four weeks holidays and was traveling with my family and our beloved camper van to Morocco. We wanted to see and experience something different from Europe. The Journey to Morocco From our place (Constance) it’s roughly 2300 km (1426 miles) to Tangier plus a ferry […]
The Whole Picture
The Whole Picture What do I mean with the whole picture. To get in the best possible shape for the activities you want to do, you have to consider everything in your life. Mind, body, training, habits, health, work, sleep, nutrition, clothes, family, society, etc. Everything which could be improved can have a positive effect on […]
Stress Score Monitoring
Stress Score Monitoring Reasons for Measuring and Monitoring your Stress Score Too much stress for an extended period of time is bad for your health (fatigue, depression, fat gain, risk of injury,…) It is possible to see in which condition the body is It stops guessing. Can I do a hard workout or do I […]
Problems and Possible Solutions
Problems and Possible Solutions As I get older more problems seem to come up. But fortunately we are living in a world with apparently endless possibilities. So if there are problems, there may be already as well possible solutions. Identifying and accepting a problem is essential to solve it. Finding solutions is then possible. For […]
10km Running Road Race
Last Saturday (June 23) I decided spontaneously to make a 10km road race. When entering the race into the goal section of TrainAsOne (Setting trainasone up), the system was showing me that it is not possible to make a serious plan for an event so closely. So the system proposed to run casually, such as […]
TrainAsONE Paid Plan
Paid Plan After the free 21 days test period I decided to continue with a monthly subscription (paid plan). One reason is, I am lazy and with the free plan it was no longer possible to use the TrainAsOne Garmin Widget to download the workouts to the Forerunner 735XT. But there are other benefits as well. https://www.trainasone.com/plan-feature-matrix/ […]
Medical Check-up (First Things First)
Medical Check-up Before I started over, I went to my doctor for a medical check-up. Following things were checked. Blood values Blood pressure Vision Hearing test Weight Urine Diabetes Prostate Family history (Depression, Heart disease) Smoking habits Alcohol usage Because I am over 50 he recommends to do this check-up once a year. Luckily everything […]
