10th Neukirchner Staffellauf (team relay)

August 4, 2010

It was already last Friday (July 30th) when I had my first competition after the summer break. It was a team relay (5x4km), where I actually ran two legs – the first and the last one – because our 5th man had to cancel the race.

Our club team “SV Vorwärts Zwickau” (Stephan Schlenzig, Daniel Trommler, Joachim Knorr + me x 2) smashed the old course record and set a new best of 1:06:51h. Also I set a new course record for the fastest round ever completed. The distance actually is shorter than 4km, but still I’m satisfied with my 11:50min for the 1st leg and the 11:52min for the 2nd.

The legs were very fresh after an easy week with only 150km and the feeling was like flying. I’m coming back to shape!! More about the general fitness will follow in the next days.