http://www.marathonscene.com Running better marathons. The website from Erik Hass Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:42:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Carsten Schlangen is the first German Miler who ran faster than the 3:37,00 that are required to be nominated for the European Championships this year. On June 29th he clocked a 3:36,37 to win a meeting in Metz/FRA. Schlangen stated: "After 1.000m I was alone already. The first pacemaker did a ... http://www.marathonscene.com/germany/news/carsten-schlangen-runs-euro-qualifier-in-the-1-500m-06-2010/ Thanks to Monika und Johann I got some pics from St. Moritz: tempo runs in perfect conditions with the guys together with Monika Müller (successful senior athlete) - the day after the snow came the snowman was still alive http://www.marathonscene.com/erik/blog/st-moritz-pics-june-2010/ Strange but true: Yesterday I woke up and it was white outside. Heavy snow falls in the morning hours covered the environment in white. The morning run felt like spring in Finland, i.e. snow and mud on the trails, wet shoes almost all the way...not the nicest running conditions, but ... http://www.marathonscene.com/erik/blog/st-moritz-snow-june-2010/ Actually halftime was already two days ago but accumulating tiredness is responsible for the delay ;) Today I only had a longish run (26K) in the morning and the evening was free. I used this time to have a walk through St. Moritz. The time here has been really great and I ... http://www.marathonscene.com/erik/blog/st-moritz-halftime-06-2010/ Yesterday I arrived in St. Moritz after a 7h car drive from my home town Zwickau. The first guys I met, when I was driving into St.Moritz were German marathoners Falk (Cierpinski) and Tobias (Sauter). Immediately after arrival I had a shake-out run (2 laps around St.Moritz lake) and when ... http://www.marathonscene.com/erik/blog/st-moritz-arrival-06-2010/ The German Mountain Running Championships took place last weekend in Müllheim on a 10,5km long course with 905m altitude difference. Lead results were as follows: men 1. Timo Zeiler (LG Eintracht Frankfurt) 46:12 2. Manuel Stöckert (TSV Ostheim) 46:41 3. René Stöckert (TSV Ostheim) 47:04 4. Matthias Hecktor (TuS Heltersberg) 47:41 5. Ulrich Benz ... http://www.marathonscene.com/germany/results_ger/german-mountain-running-championships-2010-results/ Just for a change I did a bike ride today. The first bike ride of the summer (yes, summer seems to be here now). Of course a "normal" round of 50K was not enough and I did a 98K ride in hilly terrain, partly on trails. I survived the 4-hours ... http://www.marathonscene.com/erik/blog/on-the-bike-6-2010/ One day after the 1/2h-run I did a second test run in my home town Zwickau. This time it was the 2nd corporate run, where I started for "Heymann Mineralöle", my uncles company. I could defend last years title but unfortunately our team (including 4 members) was second this time. The ... http://www.marathonscene.com/erik/eriks_results/2-zwickauer-firmenlauf-corporate-run-zwickau-200/ My first test after some time of detraining and it was not too bad. Anything over 8.500 would have been ok, so I was satisfied with the 8.600m. I was running all on my own after 400m and conditions were great (just over 10°C and drizzle rain). With some speed training ... http://www.marathonscene.com/erik/eriks_results/12-hour-run-zwickau-3rd-run-of-the-series-2010-8600m-1st-place/ Steeplechaser Steffen Uliczka surprisingly ran a 8:26,44 in his first 3.000m steeple-race of the season to qualify for the European Championships in Barcelona 2010. In the "German Meeting" event in Cottbus he took second behind Kenyan Stephen Kiprotich. the 26-year old Uliczka stated that "the race was tailored for me"."I'm at ... http://www.marathonscene.com/germany/news/steffen-uliczka-runs-european-championships-qualification-time-in-the-steeple-cottbus-2010/