by Karl Zeiner | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
On March 21 I tested positive for covid after feeling a bit off for the previous 2 days. The following night I felt very much the same as I did after my first covid vaccination, feeling hot/cold and generally feverish. Unfortunately, after the vaccination I recovered...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 4, 2017 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Race Reports, Triathlon, Uncategorized
This year was all about the Standard distance. But having developed in the early Spring an acute on chronic Achilles tendinopathy which was failing to resolve, I had done no run training and virtually no running apart from my qualifying races’ 10km. So about a month...
by Karl Zeiner | May 24, 2016 | Training, Training Sessions, Uncategorized
On Sunday May 15 British Triathlon were running an Open Water Coaching CPD at Knockburn Loch which I attended. There were 12 coaches there from all around Scotland and as it was the first such Coaching CPD in the UK there was discussion around the format of the day at...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 10, 2015 | Holiday Report, Uncategorized
The day started as the previous 2 days with wall to wall sunshine. My dad kindly drove us to Maria Waldrast where Iain and Graham had spent the night. This would be the spot from where we would all set off together. For Iain and Graham the walk had started a bit less...
by Karl Zeiner | Nov 21, 2013 | Running, Speed training, Training, Uncategorized
I wrote a blog post on this last year and thought I would use this as a reminder to highlight how useful the Cross Country (XC) racing season can be to work on running speed over the winter. Over the last two winters I took part in the Borders XC Series held by a...
by Karl Zeiner | Dec 6, 2012 | Race Reports, Uncategorized
A sprint finish Beacons Ultra was going to be my second ultra marathon which I had already done previously and therefore knew the course and had a bit of a feel for what awaited me. I had done Beacons in 2011 and finished in 7:49 hrs and 19th position. I didn’t have a...
