Training Log Archive: Dr. Smith

came in 5th in an 11-team tournament in Inzersdorf... weather was quite a hassle, it was cold, windy and on top of that it started to rain around noon... and I really can't stand playing in the rain, I'm just really bad at it... anyway, it was good practice and we even had our chances in the playoff round... were one step away from upsetting the later champs kremsmuenster in a nailbiter (lost first set 11-10 after blowing a 10-9 lead) and could also have beaten Inzi... will take our revenge on them next week

climbed the Gaisberg on what turned out to be the hottest day of the year... sweated like a lunatic, but was rewarded with some great, scenic views... will rest tomorrow so as to have rested legs for fistball on Saturday

morning run to Karolinenbruecke and back... wanted to work on my speed, and the first half was really good... on the way back, however, I felt yesterday's trainings in my legs and had to slow down... was a little disappointed that I couldn't keep the speed up, but I guess I've just been too lazy for too long

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Morning run to Aigen - Jaegershoehe - Camping - Glasenbach - Salzach... today's supposed to be the hottest day of the year so I figured, it'd be best to run in the morning... but I slept in and got started a tad late (9.15ish) and the sun was already burning at 25 degrees... consequently, the run was not glorious at all and I had to struggle quite a bit

well, as predicted, today has turned into the hottest day of the year... after watching the temperatures in the apartment hit 32 degrees, I couldn't stand it anymore and walked over to Volksgartenbad to catch a break... when I was there, I thought I could just as well add some little training and so I swam 30 lanes
PS: given my slow speed I feel I would make a pretty good triathlete ("immer das gleiche mit diesen triathleten...")

we finished third in a 7-team-competition in Hoenhart... the first games were pretty bad, but thats kinda understandable as they were our first matches since May... but we improved along the way and could have made the finals even, barring for a little misunderstanding regarding the mode of the competition :)

full run to Aigen - Jaegershoehe - Camping - Glasenbach - Salzach... the inclines are still taking their toll on me, but I get the feeling that I start to recover faster each time I go for a run... today I could really push hard towards the end of the run, going at a great speed on the part by the river... I might have to add some additional loop to this course pretty soon as I feel that I could do more

still had tired legs from yesterday's fistball practice, but did a short uphill battle on my usual course to jaegershoehe... had a fun time running at the beginning, when another runner was struggling to overtake me but never quite made it... had a great laugh at his expense, even though it really wore me down and I paid the prize for the high speed on the uphill part

had the chance to attend fistball practice in between watching fistball world championship matches... I have the feeling that we did quite well, even though the humidity in the early morning hours (practice was at 10 a.m.) and the beer of yesterday's late evening hours kinda slowed us down a little bit :)

did another run today despite my sore legs... opted for another type of run than the day before yesterday and got on my usual course by Gaisberg with a little additional loop in Aigen... still don't feel too good, but it was definitely better than two days ago... felt pretty awful on the inclines though... speed is kinda slow since it was pretty wet in the woods and I couldn't go at top speed for I didn't wanna take the risk of slipping

I'm back to training after my holiday trip to Greece... tried a new course to Hellbrunner Allee, which looked kinda promising... nevertheless, today's run felt awful... slow speed and still I tired pretty fast... wouldn't be surprised if I had sore legs tomorrow... things can only get better from here