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MannImSchatten




I'm doing 27 things
  

MannImSchatten's Life List

  1. 1. Run a 5k in 20 minutes
    11 entries . 13 cheers     		66 people
  2. 2. run "Dances with Dirt 50K" in Hell, MI
    3 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  3. 3. help others with running
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1 person
  4. 4. get my black belt in karate
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		79 people
  5. 5. do more geocaching
    9 entries . 5 cheers     		59 people
  6. 6. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
    21 team members . 5 entries . 7 cheers     		63 people
  7. 7. go backpacking
    9 cheers     		396 people
  8. 8. Learn to rock climb
    4 cheers     		364 people
  9. 9. climb Mt. Rainier
    8 cheers     		81 people
  10. 10. visit my host family in Alarka, NC
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  11. 11. perform at an open mic night
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		36 people
  12. 12. commit acts of random kindness
    4 cheers     		149 people
  13. 13. learn to swim freestyle
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		28 people
  14. 14. Be a better blogger
    2 entries     		1,427 people
  15. 15. Have 43people help Flirt's 43things Teddy Bear travel around the world!!!
    42 team members . 1 cheer     		39 people
  16. 16. leave notes in library books
    10 cheers     		426 people
  17. 17. Read 50 books in 2007
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		544 people
  18. 18. learn Root
    2 entries     		1 person
  19. 19. learn C++
    7 entries . 2 cheers     		574 people
  20. 20. contribute to wikipedia
    4 cheers     		50 people
  21. 21. Reduce my ecological footprint
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		372 people
  22. 22. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		456 people
  23. 23. go zorbing
    2 cheers     		211 people
  24. 24. Invite people to get Lost with me.
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		6 people
  25. 25. finally send my PhD thesis to Mr.Payne, and my other former high school physics teachers
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		1 person
  26. 26. bug big companies with my little concerns
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person
  27. 27. share the many things people get back from making loans at kiva.org
    6 team members . 1 cheer     		1 person
Recent entries
Run a 5k in 20 minutes (read all 11 entries…)
21:21 - a bit slower this time 1 year ago

I could feel it already during the warm-up. I was rather slow, weak and kind of unfocused. My throat was not yet completely OK, and I had a feeling that I had a slight fever during the day. And it was extremely hot for me, although the start was at 7:30pm. Anyway, I was sure it won’t be that great this night, but still was looking forward to the race. I started quite in the front, not so much hidden in the pack of slower runners as is my usual strategy. I guess I felt like I dont want to waste any energy dealing with traffic. I thought I went out not that fast but still came to the first mile mark at 6:32. I felt like my legs are from jelly, my arms have some invisible weights attached to them and my throat was dry as sand. I slowed down to try to find a more sustainable pace, but it seems there is not any. Menthaly i kept pushing harder and harder, but objectively I was slowing down. I could see my wife and friends cheering me up in the first of the two laps, but it was like running in a tunnel during the second lap, and had no idea where they were standing, although they all claim they were screaming loud like never before. The second mile was exactly 7min, and the third must have been even about the same. I came to the finish on the 49th spot (out of 482 finishers) quite wasted. I was completely exhausted, but not in a sense that you collapse, rest a bit and then can move on, but more like completely drained out of all my strength, so just lifting my hand with a bottle of water was already quite a feat even hours after the race. I felt like this next two days, which is very unusual for me. Next morning I got out for a recovery run and I could barely keep 10min/mile pace, coming home more tired than relaxed. but I am sure i’ll be better again.

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Run a 5k in 20 minutes (read all 11 entries…)
another 5K race in the evening 1 year ago

I do not feel tired after the marathon anymore, but I have been sick for a couple of days. I ran only once this week, so it is hard to predict the result. Maybe it will help that I will not start that fast as usual and I may profit from it in the end. I am decided to push it the best I can, but if i do not improve this time I want be dissapointed. I am just looking forward to a great run, to meet all those people again and get cheered when passing thru the finish. And yes, I am looking forward to get the T-shirt too ;-))

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run "Dances with Dirt 50K" in Hell, MI (read all 3 entries…)
I just signed-up ... 1 year ago

... for 50K ultra solo … so it’s oficial now. I think I will die there, but it will be a beautiful death.

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