Médoc or Not? 2025 Training |
We'll see if my spot on the waiting list gets lucky . . . sadly it did not.
Training Schedule
| Week | Ran (km) | Rode (km) | Yoga Sessions | Weekend Weigh In (kg) | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 102.4 | |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 101.6 | Bludenz läuft 2025 Fohrenburger Halbmarathon |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 104.1 | |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 102.5 | |
| 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 100.3 | SOLA Staffete |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 99.7 | |
| 22 | 31 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | ? | 101.1 | |
| 24 | 5 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 25 | 15 | 0 | ? | 100.2 | |
| 26 | 28 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 27 | 19 | 0 | ? | 100.0 | |
| 28 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 29 | 6 | 0 | ? | 99.6 | |
| 30 | 30 | 0 | ? | ? | Wyścig pływacki dookoła Molo 2025 |
| 31 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
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| 33 | 5-Tage Berglauf-Cup 2025 | ||||
| 34 | |||||
| 35 | Kazbegi Mountain Trail | ||||
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5 August 2025 - Pruszcz Gdański - 7 km
3 August 2025 - Świbno - Oliwa - 32 km hike
2 August 2025 - Ostaszewo - Świbno - 18 km hike
1 August 2025 - Nowy Dwór Gdański - Ostaszewo - 13 km hike
31 July 2025 - Bielnik Drugi - Nowy Dwór Gdański - 19 km hike
30 July 2025 - Dąbrowa - Bielnik Drugi - 18 km hike
29 July 2025 - Kadyny - Dąbrowa - 26 km hike
28 July 2025 - Frombork - Kadyny - 21 km hike
27 July 2025 - Gronowo - Frombork - 23 km hike
26 July 2025 - Sopot - 1200 m swim
Today I finally convinced Iwona to do a competitive athletic event with me - swimming 1200 m through the Baltic Sea around the Molo at Sopot. Now she's hooked! It was also my first swim competion and I managed to finish in 52:50. My legs started cramping about halfway through, so I was limited to swimming like frog with my toes pointed toward my knees. Probably I need to practice more, but I've also run more this week than in a long time. 36 days to Kazbegi.
22 July 2025 - Oerlikon - 9 km
21 July 2025 - Erlenbach - 6 km
19 July 2025 - Chämptnertobel - 6 km
18 July 2025 - Sonnay - Le Péage-de-Roussillon - 12 km hike
17 July 2025 - Faramans - Sonnay - 30 km hike
16 July 2025 - Le Pin - Faramans - 35 km hike
15 July 2025 - Les Arbets - Le Pin - 18 km hike
14 July 2025 - Les Arbets - 0 km
Rest days are important on long backpacking trips. Plus they campground I was at had a pool with a jacuzzi.13 July 2025 - Saint-Genix-les-Villages - Les Arbets - 14 km hike
12 July 2025 - Yenne - Saint-Genix-les-Villages - 24 km hike
50 days to Kazbegi11 July 2025 - Mathy Dessous - Yenne - 29 km hike
10 July 2025 - Champagne - Mathy Dessous - 20 km hike
9 July 2025 - Pomier - Champagne - 26 km hike
8 July 2025 - Bardonnex - Pomier - 13 km hike
6 July 2025 - Kusnacht & Zürich - 10 km
4 July 2025 - Zürichsee Rundweg Etappe 10++ - 21 km hike
2 July 2025 - Chämptnertobel - 6 km
30 June 2025 - Küsnacht - 3 km
29 June 2025 - Katzensee - 22 km
Well, I did not get into Medoc.
24 June 2025 - Batöni - 13 km hike
23 June 2025 - Chämptnerbach Tobel - 6 km
19 June 2025 - Bäretswil - 15 km hike
19 June 2025 - Erlenbach - 2 km
18 June 2025 - Erlenbach - 4 km
10 June 2025 - Zollikerberg - 5 km
6 June 2025 - Erlenbach - 3 km
5 June 2025 - Erlenbach - 3 km
1 June 2025 - Rimini to San Marino - 19 km
29 May 2025 - Erlenbach - 6 km
I really hate that Strava doesn't let you save square maps anymore. We've done this route a couple times in the past couple weeks hiking, but today we ran and actually recorded. Running in Italy should help me deal with all the negative emotions from work this past week.
21 May 2025 - Erlenbach - 3 km
17 May 2025 - SOLA Stafette - 13 km
11 May 2025 - Chämptner Tobel - 6 km hike
10 May 2025 - Ziegelbrücke to Ussbühl - 13 km hike
9 May 2025 - Chämptner Tobel - 4 km
4 May 2025 - Zug to Luzern - 33 km hike
Still a bit of a cold, but now up for some serious hiking. Today I took the dogs on a hike from Zug to Luzern. The morning was sunny and warm, but the afternoon saw on and off rain. And we're camping on the shore of the Vierwaldstädtersee.
1 May 2025 - Amden to Ziegelbrücke - 11 km hike
27 April 2025 - Bludenz - 7 km
26 April 2025 - Bludenz - 13 km hike
I think it's the first time I've downgraded from a longer race to a shorter one, but tomorrow I'm running the 7K instead of the half marathon. The current cold I've been nursing has really sapped my energy.
20 April 2025 - Immensee - 4 km hike
I am still sick, but today we managed a hike on the shore of the Zugersee.
This week I've been forced to rest as a cold has laid me low over the past three days. Hopefully it's three days coming and three days going as my mother used to say. I have another half marathon to run in Austria next weekend. Then in May I'm on a team running Zürich's big relay race, the SOLA Staffete, which I've learned is something like the Japanese 駅伝 (ekiden). Of course I spend too much time on the internet though, so in reading about the death of Gene Hackman and his wife I discovered that my symptoms are also consistent with a deadly hantavirus that one can pick from dealing with rodent droppings like I did a few weeks ago in Bergen 😬
16 April 2025 - Adetswil - 2 km
14 April 2025 - Budapest - 5 km
So today I missed the second signup window for the Marathon des châteaux du Médoc. They open two windows at random times in March and it sold out in both in under an hour. Ugh. I am now on the waiting list and won't find until June (I think) if I got a spot. I need to want to do less popular races I suppose. Nevertheless, I like to plan my training ahead of time. So, get it or not, I will be training for it. So as a consolation I went ahead and signed up for a 3rd half marathon in April in Bludenz, Österteich which will also be my 3rd new country of the year raced in.
