2022 Training Log |
Since Marrakech was cancelled I've decide to go back to the 2020 format and just track the whole year rather than have a goal race. My goal for 2022 is to run 25 km a week and try and do one race a month.
Training Schedule
| Week | Kilometers Ran | Kilometers Rode | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 7 | |
| 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| 3 | 26 | 0 | |
| 4 | 28 | 0 | Reppischtal Lauf |
| 5 | 26 | 0 | |
| 6 | 25 | 0 |
|
| 7 | 40 | 0 | Der 44. Salmsacher Grenzlauf |
| 8 | 20 | 0 | |
| 9 | 37 | 0 | |
| 10 | 26 | 0 | |
| 11 | 33 | 0 | Running Day Eschenbach |
| 12 | 36 | 0 | Badener Limmatlauf |
| 13 | 36 | 0 | Prague Half Marathon |
| 14 | 34 | 0 | San Salvatore Trail |
| 15 | 22 | 0 | |
| 16 | 27 | 0 | Spreewald 5K |
| 17 | 41 | 0 | Luzerner Stadtlauf |
| 18 | 28 | 0 | |
| 19 | 26 | 0 | Irish Runner 5K |
| 20 | 30 | 0 | Dreiländerlauf |
| 21 | 11 | 0 | |
| 22 | 12 | 0 | |
| 23 | 35 | 0 | LGT Halbmaraton Plus |
| 24 | 31 | 0 | |
| 25 | 27 | 33 | Lauerzerseelauf |
| 26 | 18 | 0 | 35. Stanserhorn Berglauf |
| 27 | 31 | 65 | |
| 28 | 24 | 21 | |
| 29 | 31 | 0 | |
| 30 | 35 | 0 | Freddie's Night |
| 31 | 8 | 11 | |
| 32 | 6 | 0 | |
| 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 5 | 0 | |
| 36 | 27 | 0 | |
| 37 | 36 | 0 | Greifenseelauf |
| 38 | 18 | 0 | |
| 39 | 20 | 0 | |
| 40 | 27 | 0 | |
| 41 | 21 | 0 | |
| 42 | 28 | 0 | Genuss Marathon West |
| 43 | 27 | 0 | Glarner Stadtlauf |
| 44 | 27 | 0 | |
| 45 | 24 | 0 | Augusta Raurica Lauf |
| 46 | 30 | 0 | |
| 47 | 17 | 0 | Johns Creek Turkey Trot |
| 48 | 5 | 12 | |
| 49 | 33 | 0 | Trotteuse Tissot |
| 50 | 37 | 0 | |
| 51 | 43 | 0 | |
| 52 | 25 | 0 |
In the US the next couple weeks and I've started on a training plan for the Vesuvio Ultramarathon on another page. I know, I haven't finished one goal (running 25 km a week this year) and I've already started a new one. I'm going to continue tracking the miles in the table above, but writing about my training will be there from now until the end of May.
20 November 2022 - Alpharetta - 13 km
13 November 2022 - Augusta Raurica Lauf
This evening after spending the day on Titlis, including a lovely hike around the Trübsee, I signed up for the Vesuvio Ultramarathon next May. I have about 30 weeks to train, but I'm definitely excited to be running up a volcano.
Guy Fawkes Day with the Hash House Harriers...
3 November 2022 - 11 km - Lauftreff!
30 October 2022 - 14 km hiking
Today I finished hiking the Fischingen-Rapperswil section of the Jakobsweg with Iwona.
Glarner Stadtlauf
27 October 2022 - 11 km - Lauftreff!
Turns out I had a misunderstanding about the Genuss Marathon and it wasn't actually a race. Still a fun day out in the October sunshone though!
10 October 2022 - Norwich - 3 mi
7 October 2022 - Norwich - 3 mi
6 October 2022 - Norwich - 6 mi
This morning Paula and I got up and ran in the dark predawn hours.
2 October 2022 - Strahlegg - 11 km hike
It has been raining and cold and I have been lazy, so I was nice to go out this Saturday morning with no expections. Paula and I just ran and ran until we were done.
I'm still sore from Saturday's Greifenseelauf and only did a short loop with Paula. By the end I was limping with my bad ankle. Stupid old football injury.
17 September 2022 - Greifenseelauf - 21.1 km
5 September 2022 - Lausanne - 3 km
2 September 2022 - A Coruña - 5 km
1 September 2022 - Astorga - Ponferrada - 53 km hiking
31 August 2022 - San Martín del Camino - Astorga - 27 km hiking
30 August 2022 - León - San Martín del Camino - 25 km hiking
29 August 2022 - Mansilla de las Mulas - León - 17 km hiking
28 August 2022 - Bercianos del Real Camino - Mansilla de las Mulas - 33 km hiking
27 August 2022 - Calzadilla de la Cueza - Bercianos del Real Camino - 30 km hiking
26 August 2022 - Revenga de Campos - Calzadilla de la Cueza - 37 km hiking
25 August 2022 - Alto de Mostelares - Revenga de Campos - 28 km hiking
24 August 2022 - Rabé de las Calzadas - Alto de Mostelares - 33 km hiking
23 August 2022 - Burgos - Rabé de las Calzadas - 12 km hiking
22 August 2022 - Atapuerca - Burgos - 15 km hiking
21 August 2022 - Belorado - Atapuerca - 33 km hiking
20 August 2022 - Azofra - Belorado - 33 km hiking
19 August 2022 - Ventosa - Azofra - 18 km hiking
18 August 2022 - Logroño - Ventosa - 20 km hiking
17 August 2022 - Villamayor de Monjardin - Logroño - 38 km hiking
16 August 2022 - Muruzábal - Villamayor de Monjardin - 35 km hiking
15 August 2022 - Pamplona - Muruzábal - 20 km hiking
11 August 2022 - Rundemanen - 16 km hiking
Today we tackled part of the Märstetten-Fischingen segment of the Via Jacobi from the Kloster at Fischingen down to Münchwilen, which has a Bahnhof so small we almost couldn't find it.
5 August 2022 - Schnebelhorn - ~25 km hiking
Today Paula and I hiked up the highest mountain in the Zürich canton, Schnebelhorn. It's been a dry summer, so many of the farms' springs we past on the way down were not running. When we ran into Anita and Johannes about their beekeeping duties outside Steg, we took their offer of a ride home immediately.
4 August 2022 - Lauftreff - 8 km
Took Paula past her limits today, but made a lot of swimming stops. On the upside we finished the Rapperswil-Einseideln segment of the Via Jacobi.
30 July 2022 - Montreux - 15 km
29 July 2022 - Lauftreff - 11 km
22 July 2022 - Crikvenica - 5 km
20 July 2022 - Novi Vinodolski - 6 km
19 July 2022 - Ljubljana - 6 km
18 July 2022 - Salzburg - 14 km
14 July 2022 - Lauftreff - 11 km
10 July 2022 - Via Jacobi: Emmetten-Stans
9 July 2022 - Täuferhohle - 8 km
7 July 2022 - Lauftreff - 11 km
6 July 2022 - Burgdorf - 9 km ebiking
Today I went to the little medieval town of Burgdorf to pick up a second hand ebike for Iwona. It really feels like cheating, the ebike. Since I've gotten bitten by the biking bug again we're going to be going out together and the ebike will even the odds.
5 July 2022 - Greifensee - 50 km biking
3 July 2022 - Stanserhorn Berglauf
This past weekend I got on a bike for the first time in a while and clocked out rides over 16 kilometers both days, Sunday even after a long hike with Iwona.
24 June 2022 - 10 km - Lauerzerseelauf
11 June 2022 - LGT Alpin Halbmaraton +
4 June 2022 - Lai da Tuma - Rheinquelle
Frustratingly Strava somehow did not record the path, only the distance and time.2 June 2022 - 12 km - Lauftreff plus!
Last week I didn't run much, but I still hiked over 50 km of (mostly) Norwegian mountains. This week is equally busy, but again not much running. Tonight we did hill sprints for nearly an hour and it nearly killed me. I still did more running afterward. It was probably good preparation for the 25K I'm doing in the mountains of Liechtenstein in roughly a week. On planes and trains lately I've been delving into Mark Twain again, specifically his European sojourns through Germania.
23 May 2022 - Uetliberg hike
22 May 2022 - Basel, Saint-Louis/Huningue, Weil am Rhein - 21.1 km
A hot, beautiful morning on the Rhine through three countries - the 3Länderlauf! It was a very international race. I saw one guy in a GA Tech t-shirt (I had GA Tech shorts on) and sat and talked with a Dubliner before the race who'd also flown down from there for the event. 1:59:30 was my reward for watching the clock carefully in my quest to finish under 2 hours. Live music completed the ambiance.
15 May 2022 - 13 km - Irish Runner 5K
I ran from my hotel to the park for the race and on the way fell and hurt my knee. A 23:59 time in the 5K was still among my best though, and I found solice at the Guinness brewery afterward.
7 May 2022 - Via Jacobi - 15 km hike
30 April 2022 - Luzerner Stadtlauf
28 April 2022 - Wetzikon - 11 km
27 April 2022 - Bachtel - 10 km
Today Paula and I ran up Bachtel and met Iwona at the top. This was not nearly enough, so after a beer we ran the 9 kilometers home, too.
Today's run was in the rain, which was cold at first but eventually very refreshing. The forest is just coming alive where the water meets the land along the creek.
Today's run was a real slog for some reason. It was my usual route down the Tobel and back, but for some reason it was really rough. I even found myself walking some up the hill. I guess that's why it's a practice. Some workouts are good; others, not so much.
23 April 2022 - Spreewald - 5 km
22 April 2022 - Psie Pole - 5 km
20 April 2022 - Kasprowy Wierch - 12 km
Last week was really a recovery week for my legs and I failed to meet my running goal. I did three interesting runs around Poland though and they're continuing this week as Paula joined me this morning for our first run together since her surgery. Hopefully this will help her rest in the hotel room while Iowna and I see museums today.
17 April 2022 - Kornowac - 9 km
15 April 2022 - Oświęcim - 7 km
13 April 2022 - Wrocław - 6 km
10 April 2022 - Paradiso - 3.4 km
A beautiful race in the sunshine today up San Salvatore Trail in Ticino!
Woke up this morning to pain in my left knee. Probably too much running on pavement the past couple days. I'm focusing more heavily on getting my weight down for the sake of my legs. Still hovering around 98 kg though. This weekend's race in Lugano is not a long one, but it is just uphill.
7 April 2022 - Wetzikon - 10 km
Today was my first LVZO Laufträff. Four middle aged men running around the countryside in the rain made for a fun evening. And I got to practice my Schwyzerdütsch!
6 April 2022 - Täuferhöhle - 15 km
I also shot a video in the cave, but I never found the Frauebrünneli (fountain of the old nunnery).
2 April 2022 - Prague Half Marathon
26 March 2022 - Baden - 13.2 km
Today I in the forest I played a fun game letting Paula chose the path whenever we reached a fork. We made a lot of loops!
19 March 2022 - Eschenbach - 10.5 km
11 March 2022 - Konyaalti Beach - 3 km
Just too darn cold to run long . . .9 March 2022 - Pamukkale - 13 km
8 March 2022 - Evrenseki Beach - 3 km
6 March 2022 - Antalya - 12 km
3 March 2022 - Pfäffikersee - 22 km
24 February 2022 - Askøy - 15 km
21 February 2022 - Adetswil - 5 km
20 February 2022 - Salmsach - 11 km
19 February 2022 - Pfäffikon - 9 km
16 February 2022 - Adetswil - 8 km
14 February 2022 - Adetswil - 12 km
Today I made it all the way down the Chämptnerbach to the Pfäffikersee with Paula and was rewarded with the exciting discovery that the Seekiosk was open! Ergo I enjoyed a midrun Bier while Paula chased ducks into the lake and then regretted it because of the cold.
13 February 2022 - Rigi
11 February 2022 - Adetswil - 3 km
Today saw me try out a new leash that Anita (one of our neighbors) likes for running. It's a waist-hugging leash that's also elastic. It worked great on the roads and sidewalks when I was running race pace, but is worse than a regular handheld leash at pulling me off balance on slippery trails and inclines. Also today I spent time doing a yoga update to see where I am relative to prior years. Some of the poses look good, but in some I also look depressingly fat. Instagram has also become pretty worthless for tracking this because you can't see the pictures without logging in. Walled gardens are worthless for sharing.
10 February 2022 - Adetswil - 6 km
8 February 2022 - Adetswil - 7 km
7 February 2022 - Kempten - 9 km
5 February 2022 - Scuol - 9 km
3 February 2022 - Ftan - 4 km
2 February 2022 - Adetwsil - 7 km
31 January 2022 - Adetwsil - 6 km
Today I did not run as long as I wanted because Paula ditched me. She ran off after a deer and then got lost and went home instead. Meanwhile I was worried and looking for her in the fields and woods. Eventually I gave up though, and found her back at home.
30 January 2022 - Stallikon - 8 km - Reppischtallauf
28 January 2022 - Kemptnerbach - 7 km
I feel like my running is getting stronger finally after injuring my foot in November. Maybe it is combination of sunshine and newfallen snow, but this week I have really been enjoying running. There are a few segments on Strava that I run regularly and it is satisfying to see the times decreasing by a few seconds every week. Until the restaurant on the beach reopens I don't know that I'll make it all the way down to the Pfäffikersee anytime soon though. It's just not the same when I can't get a Bier and a Bratwurst midrun there. This weekend is my first race of the year in Stallikon. I'm just excited it hasn't been cancelled! Iwona also surgery Monday on her knee injury from that fall in the creek in Lauterbrunnen last Fall, so I've been Paula's only walker.
26 January 2022 - Kemptnerbach - 7 km
25 January 2022 - Kemptnerbach - 6 km
23 January 2022 - Adetswil - 7ish km
Don't know exactly how long I ran with Paula this morning. My phone died mid vlog in the cold. The battery dies very quickly shooting video in the cold, and I am not exactly succinct all the time. Still, a good run though.
21 January 2022 - Adetswil - 5 km
I did not feel awesome today running in the new snow. It was beautiful, but covid left me with a runny nose and cough that really flared up when I sprinted up the street. I ended up with a headache from breathing so much cold air so quickly and coughing. Very not awesome. But it was beautiful.
19 January 2022 - Adetswil - 7 km
17 January 2022 - Adetswil - 7 km
It felt great to be unning through the woods with Paula again today. She clearly was worried about losing me as well, because she stuck by me, only wandering off for a couple minutes before checking back in. Fortunately it was a warm afternoon as well, so everything was crunchy or wet rather than slippery.
13 January 2022 - Hilton Head Island - 3 km
12 January 2022 - Hilton Head Island - 11 km
Trying to pretend the sickness is over, but mainly because of the warm weather I went for a slow run through Port Royal and along the beach. It was a beautiful day for a run!
10 January 2022 - Hilton Head Island
It's hard not to say that my goal of running 25 km per week failed in the first week, because I didn't run run 25 km. Fortunately I have a more long term perspective than that, and it's a goal for every week. This is a new week. And I'm sick. So we'll see how it goes this week.
6 January 2022 - Hilton Head Island - 7 km
Ran in the dark of the morning with Duchess this morning. No moon. Just stars.
4 January 2022 - Philidelphia - 12 km
After walking from the airport to my hotel in the cold sunshine of a Pennsylvania winter I still felt like exercising so I headed out for a run. The nearby John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge turned out to be perfect. A loop around partially frozen water where most of the other people out were birders. There were geese and ducks and cranes and a myriad of other birds standing out on the ice. Sadly the cold killed my phone halfway through so I didn't get as many pictures as I'd have liked.
