Running in the Winter Wonderland

February was great when it comes to running but one reason was the super cold weather so I could not do much else. 125 km in 16 hours in four countries. Germany of course but also Amsterdam  at night with my colleagues Martine and Hiroki:

Actually it was too cold for Amsterdam which means train delays, cancelled trains, tram doors which don’t close , power outage, only cold water, …

But what still works is the bicycle infrastructure:

Back to running: Next was Sofia and one cannot imagine how much snow they had (it is around the same latitude than Rome). I started directly from the hotel and up a mountain. 500 Altimeters first day and 760 second day not much running uphill though, rather hiking or partly even crawling to avoid to sink in too deep. Downhill running and sliding:

Signs don’t help much here:

But Garmin helps. With this feature you can always be sure to find back to wherever you started. I try not to use it but it feels good to have it:

And last was Melk, Wachau, Danube Austria. One evening and one morning run not as spectacular as Sofia but also not as exhausting. Lot’s of castles and this huge Monastery around:

By the way, I could not improve my weight but at least the speed a little bit. On a long 21 km run beginning of February it was obvious that it is a loooooong way to go to finish the 42…

That’s my February in Garmin Connect:

Explore the World running

I love to run (and cycle) in unknown regions. Last week it was the North Sea, Bensersiel. As expected it was windy and wet 

While Running I passed this nice but lazy guy: 

and during low tide I ran pretty wide into the sea where I seen this clam cemetery:

That’s the map for the clam run. First on the dyke then through the watt:

In Garmin connect it is possible to set targets. My target is 10 hours running and 10 hours biking per month. While I managed to run 10 hours I reached only 61%. Due to increased party activities I had two rather inactive weeks. Here is a screenshot of the calendar (including Weight from BC-1000):

And all the readings from BC-1000 including my jump around weight: