First Run in Newton Neutral Performance Trainer a.k.a. Gravity

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fBh2qH4QbM&w=640&h=390] First time out with the Newton Gravity. Pretty interesting run, as the running style changes a bit. Ran the distance in what’s generally referred to as a front-foot running shoe. For the first three kilometers I went on in a relatively relaxed sub-5-minute pace. Point here is that sub-5-minutes usually isn’t relaxed for me, so the first impression …

Half Ironman Distance Swim Training

Back from Mexico after about a week and have just one more training that I need to report on. As you may have read previously I have signed up for Challenge Aarhus later this year – a half ironman distance triathlon in Aarhus, Denmark. The race includes a 1,9 km open water swim in a bay – something I’ve never …

The Beach

As previously mentioned 2010 started off with a run on a beach in Cancun, Mexico. Well, it just so happened that my second run of 2011 went down the exact same beach. I always like comparing results from year to year looking for what the improvement has been – or not. It’s just a good way to see how your …

2010 in Review

Ah yes… No end of the year without a proper review of the past year. 2010 started with a run on one of the beaches in Canun, Mexico. As I recall, it was a rough 6km run, which took me 40-something minutes. Rough, in the sense that I hadn’t really done the kind of training I do now. My fitness …