Marathon win #12

I managed to edge of the other guys and take home my third straight victory at the #HaydenMarathon!

Best finishes are the once with Kyra on my arm.

--- Kjell

Winning CDA Marathon 2015

Wow what a battle. I felt OK going into this Marathon, but I did not know how much punch I had. I started strong and felt this was going ok.
But than, at mile 13 I got passed and I thought that was it. Well 2nd is great too.
So I tried to stay in my zone. At mile 24 I could not believe my eyes, the guy was walking;) And there it was, my next gear. I put it all in and flew by him and left no doubt that I wanted to win. I did not fight back and within one mile, I took 3 more minutes out of him.
Great win and fantastic feeling to finish with my little girl.

CDA PRESS article

--- Kjell

Marathon win #8

What a beautiful and hard course at the Hayden Lake Marathon!

I am very happy with my 2:51,16h run! If you are looking for a scenic end of the season Marathon, this is it!

--- Kjell

"You can teach a person how to run, but you can not teach a person courage"

"Looking for fatigue in all the wrong places Noakes starts with a review of the history of the study of fatigue, which mostly focused on efforts to find the ultimate limitations of human exercise capacity in the body, such as the muscles or the heart. The problem with this approach is that it does not explain why athletes almost invariably simply choose to stop exercising before such bodily limits are reached (some of which would result in catastrophic injury or death.) For Noakes “the presence of the noxious symptoms of fatigue must indicate that exercise cannot be regulated solely by an inevitable and unavoidable failure of skeletal and or cardiac muscle functions.” Here are some common observations that are not explained by the theory that exercise is limited by some single factor in the body: athletes begin exercise at an intensity which is appropriate for the expected duration; athletes run harder in competition than in training; athletes speed up at the end of exercise (the end spurt). skeletal muscle is never fully recruited during any form of exercise – 35-50% in prolonged exercise and 60% during maximal efforts. To explain these and other observations, Noakes and his colleagues helped develop the Central Governor Model for fatigue. ..." source: www.bettermovement.org by Todd Hargrove Thanks to the inspiration from Dr. Susann Kraeftner and her interviews with Noakes on "shift focus". --- Kjell

Paper

I was in the paper again. The St.Maries Gazette wrote about the Marathon from last sunday.

Thank you. --- Kjell

2011

What a season so far. 8 races and 6 wins, including 2 Marathon! And there is more to come. Recovery now! Thank you --- Kjell

Windermere Marathon

Good fast course: "The Full Marathon starts at 7:00 a.m. on Riverbend Road in Post Falls, Idaho (by the factory outlet mall). The start will be on a five lane wide flat road, then loop through a modern corporate/industrial park before entering the Centennial Trail 2.1 miles into the race.

The Centennial Trail is an asphalt path, 12 feet wide in most places, that follows the Spokane River. The course is gently rolling with a net elevation drop of approximately 239 feet. In mid-May, the river flows full with white water which is audible as well as visible! The Trail crosses the river twice before entering Riverfront Park and twice within the Park. The course runs through the campus of Gonzaga University just before entering Spokane's beautiful Riverfront Park." [source: WindermereMarathon] In a good week, I can take off --- Kjell

22

Big long run today and it felt great. Ran a 22 miler in 2:30h. Here my loop: --- Kjell

Lance

"Running legend Alberto Salazar has cleared up the question of whether or not seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will be returning to the sport of triathlon." [source: http://triathlon.competitor.com] --- Kjell

"Writing on the Run"

"... Collins had come to the United States on a college track scholarship, but running had been a means to an end for him, a way to get out of Ireland in the 1980s. Although his athletic career showed promise, he gave up the sport after graduating from Notre Dame in 1986.
Collins didn't return to running for nearly a decade when, six weeks after the stabbing, he signed up for the Chicago Marathon. The race was a mere week away. Powered by his commuter mileage, he ran a 2:30, good for 39th place. That performance reignited a passion for the sport that pushed him toward ultra distances. "I like the spirit of old explorers," he says. "Go and see if you can survive." ... " [author: Araina Bond // source: active] I got my best ideas running/biking/swimming --- Kjell

I might ???

Are you addicted to running marathons?

Do your thoughts switch to the next scheduled race immediately after finishing a marathon?
Are you signed up for more than one race right now?
Do you know specifics about many of the marathons? Dates, courses, years run, etc.?
Do you know the story of how the marathon got started? Also why the course is 26.2 miles?
Do you read books on marathons like Marathon and Beyond?
Is www.marathonguide.com book marked on your computer? Do you look at the race schedule more than once a week?
[source: marathonmaniac]
... I have done over 50 Marathons so far;) --- Kjell

German wins

"German man, 32, wins Tri-Cities Marathon by 27 seconds"
KENNEWICK -- Kjell Schioberg, 32, a native of Hamburg, Germany, edged out Cory Soulliard of Hamilton, Mont., by 27 seconds, finishing in two hours, 56 minutes, 22 seconds to win the 30th running of the Tri-Cities Marathon.
Schioberg, who lives in Moscow, Idaho, won his first-ever marathon five months ago in Coeur d'Alene. [source: tri-city Herald]

--- Kjell

Marathon WIN II

I did it again. I won my second Marathon and both in 2010. I´m happy, not about the time, but about a solid start to finish victory. Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed. Happy late Halloween --- Kjell

Racing tomorrow

This fits perfectly. I just found this quote, love it. It is true and I´m gonna see my color tomorrow. "To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind." [Jerome Drayton] --- Kjell

legs

Does someone got a spare pair of legs ... I´m very tired! --- Kjell