In 2016, 2019 and now 2021, Natalie and I competed in the Scottish Half, one of Scotland's most famous and popular half marathons, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The Scottish Half also includes the Scottish 10K, which invites you to chase fast 10-kilometre times on a flat turnaround course.
Having already competed in the 2019 Scottish 10K ...
Running
30.09.2021
Two years after Jonas ran 32:23 at the Scottish 10km Championships in Stirling, improving on the best time he set in Berlin just a few weeks earlier by a further 55 seconds, Scotland's fastest runners were now looking forward to the comeback of the championship race. When we heard about it, we planned to be there too.
Due to rail strikes, ...
Running
14.09.2021
Some days, knots burst. Not often, but occasionally. Such was the case in Northern Ireland, where Natalie and I competed in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon in Larne and became part of a world record race. Larne? World record? Yes, indeed Yalemzerf Yehualaw from Ethiopia managed to better the women's world record on the Northern Ireland coast. Impres...
Running
31.08.2021
I had never run as many kilometres as I did in preparation for the Cheshire Elite Marathon, which took place on the border between England and Wales. Even though I had improved my best marathon time to 2:32:15 just six months ago, I hoped to get as close as possible to that time on the rural course south of Chester. After a fast first half, various...
Running
02.05.2021
One run after the other and therefore one marathon after the other was cancelled this year. The goal of improving my marathon best time of 2:39:16 hours, which I had set for the Loch Ness Marathon in autumn 2019, had been repeatedly shaken by several marathon cancellations. In the end, I managed to do it in the ninth attempt, so that I was able to ...
Running
09.11.2020
