Successful Test with new insoles

November 26, 2009

Today I had the first serious run after 2 1/2 weeks of alternative training. During those 17days I ran something like 15km!!

Before going to the race in Basel/SUI tomorrow I wanted to run a test and see how the heel is going to feel. Additionally I got some new insoles and wanted to try them. I can say that the test was successful and the heel was not causing any problems. However, after so many days without running all the muscles and tendons felt stiff and I felt pretty horrible. The pace was ok: after 3,5km at approx.4min/km pace I ran some 3,5km faster pace (3:25…3:20min/km) with another 3,5km cool-down. At the end I even could pull away a couple of seconds from my Australian training mate Dan.

Tomorrow we (Dan&me) are traveling to Basel. The race is on Saturday night and Sunday we will travel to a far relative of mine.