by Karl Zeiner | Apr 12, 2013 | Running, Training, Ultra Marathon
Over the last couple of weekends I have done 3 day and a 2 day back-to-back runs totalling 152 miles. I have 2 target races for this year. One is a second attempt at the West Highland Way Race (95 miles) after my aborted attempt in 2012. The other is the Ring of Fire...
by Karl Zeiner | Dec 17, 2012 | Running, Speed training, Training
As the ultra running season has drawn to a close and the next races are a few months away it is time to refocus and give the body a bit of time to rest. Rest can be a relative term as it doesn’t have to mean a complete break. In the case of long distance running or...
by Karl Zeiner | Nov 8, 2012 | Race Reports, Running, Ultra Marathon, Uncategorized
I had 5 days to recover from the Three Peaks Ultra marathon in Jedburgh before lining up for my next ultra marathon – the Glen Ogle 33 (GO33). It didn’t take long for my legs to feel normal after Jedburgh and this is likely to be partly thanks to the forgiving surface...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 25, 2012 | Race Reports, Running
As my next race (Jedburgh Ultra) is this Sunday, I thought I’d better get my race report up for the Pentland Skyline Hill Race. I had done this race once before in 2010. My sentiment at the time was that the Skyline was the hardest race I had ever done. This wasn’t...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 21, 2012 | Running
I am now just over 4 months into my run every day for a year challenge. This started when I got to know Tony Curtis (a personal trainer and ultra runner from Glasgow) and he suggested I join him and a few others in the challenge. Further details of the challenge...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 13, 2012 | Cycling, Running, Triathlon
We spent 5 days (August 1-5) at the London 2012 Olympics and I thought that instead of putting into words what those days were like I would let my photos of those 5 days paint that picture. Men’s cycling time trial: Tower Bridge lit up for the first British Gold...
