Rieder City 10km

or better known as the Cannonball run by the plebs (Wampi and Kampi)!

Yes, I decided that I would run the race on the weekend, and with my current status of training, I thought this was very brave :) We all met at the school on a nice Saturday afternoon for the drive to Ried, about 70 km away. Everybody was full of confidence and wanted to ensure that this would be a fast run.

There were 2 races actually, firstly the Juniors and Ladies ran the 5km, where Christian "leading bunch" Wartbichler finished an excellent 2nd in a time of 16:44, a new PB. Good running I thought! Veronika "looking cool in shades" Weyrich also had a smashing run, finishing in just over 20 minutes, and winning the ladies W50 cat. Well done to both of these runners who achieved the best results for us on the day.

The second race, a saucy 10 km chopped into 4 laps of 2,5 km was thankfully decidedly cooler as we started a bit later. Wolfi "go from the gun" Kampel, and Arthur "Training for the marathon" Schuchter blasted off from the start, leaving Richi "60 minutes" Gathercole to bring up the rear. Wolfi "The stitch man" had to slow down a bit, leaving Arthur "Can I get a PB" alone at the front. Richi "cannonball" was slowly but surely eating the field from behind. Wolfi "Stitch better" and Warti "lets help Richi" were great support during the last 2 rounds for Richi "getting faster".

In the end, Arthur "sub 40" ran 39:20, Wolfi "how does Richi move so fast when he's so fat" slightly over 43 min and Richi "wow" ended up running a 43:30 min 10km. Slow I know, but for 4 months zero training, not bad I hope. The prize giving was excellent with Warti "missed the snowboard by 10m" and Veronika "the OL lady" getting some great trophies. I think a good time was had by all!

See you all at the next race,
Richard.

P.S: Results at www.rieder-stadtlauf.at

Fuschlseelauf

Sunday saw the running of the Fuschlseelauf. This is a beautiful scenic 11,8 km run, round the Fuschl lake, on forest tracks. A selective course with some hill work over the last 3 km's or so. Traditionally orienteers do well here, as the footing is treaterous and often quite slippery. Although I have a best time of around 44 mins and a best placing in the top 20, our best time in the club was run by young Manual Wiesberger last year in 43:11 where he got the fith place.

This year Christian W, Markus K, Frank DB, Wolfi K, Veronika W, Birgit E and Emma K took part for our club. Wart had a great run, finishing under 45 mins, a PB for him and a win in his class. The rest had good runs, most meeting their goals, except maybe Wolfi, who was looking for a better time (there is always next year).

I hope to be fit enough to run this race next year!
R.

Finally....

Well I finally got started. Ran on Saturday a small round of 5 km in 32 minutes - felt absolutely rubbish, and then ran the same loop yesterday in 32 min but felt much better. Today I'll try an extended loop :)

Christine and I have been thinking about what we want to do for the rest of the summer. First is the Ried 10 km on Saturday (www.rieder-stadtlauf.at) which I think I will jog, and then we have a few orienteering races in September and October. I feel that we may leave most of them out and just concentrate on getting fitter again :)

So until tomorrow,
Happy training,
Richard.

Got to get back to it....

So...

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