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News · 06.10.2019
Satisfying season opener at Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas after some rough weeks. The past weeks of training did not quite go as planned: issues with my IT-Band forced me to alter my plans which meant that I missed out on the first race of the season and my training looked quite different as planned. Luckily, we found a way to treat my tendon and since two weeks, my training has been surprisingly good. Following that, we decided to race the first big race of the season. I was...
News · 21.07.2019
As part of my season preparation, I tested my shape against strong competition at Ägeriseelauf. After two training weeks in the high altitude of St. Moritz, I traveled to Oberägeri to compete in this 14.1k race around the lake. Right from the first meter, Tadesse Abraham, national record holder in marathon, took the lead irresistible to win the race in course record time. Behind him, a chase group formed with Marcel Berni and Adrian Lehmann, I tried to hang on to this pack because within a...
News · 15.07.2019
Next Friday, July 19th, I will be competing the 9 Mile race around the Lake of Aegeri, starting in the town Oberägeri. My preparation for the new cross country season started excellent. I am already in my second week of my altitude camp in St. Moritz and manage the current workload really well. Following that I decided to race the 'Ägeriseslauf' as one of my key sessions for this week. This race not only fits perfect into my current training schedule but is also a great occasion to test my...
News · 22.06.2019
From July 28 -30, will I be racing in my home state as part of the 'Team Sport Nidwalden' in a relay called 'Gigathlon'. The training break after my track season is already over and the preparation for the cross country season have officially started. As part of that training, I have the opportunity to race in the multi-day relay, the Gigathon. This years edition takes place in my home area and following that I am excited to run on my home trails. On Saturday, I will be running the 16 mile...
News · 14.06.2019
In Portland, Oregon, I missed my goal in my last 5000m of the season. The waiting game continuous. The race went out unexpected slow. Our pacemaker planned to hit 66 second laps which is way faster than I ever ran. Following that my race plan was it to start conservative in the back of the pack and work my way up. But after the first 200m I found myself in the Top 10 and it seemed like no one want to follow the pacemaker. We ran our first 400m in 69 seconds and it followed quite a big change in...
News · 17.05.2019
Disappointing 8th and 9th place finishes at C-USA Championships in Charlotte, NC. As our season highlight, UNT Track & Field traveled to Charlotte, NC to compete in the C-USA Championships. Like last year, I competed in both the 10000m and 5000m. My goal was it to fight for medals and get as many points for the team by finishing in the top 8. My first race over 25 laps turned out to be a rough fight which I finished in 9th position. Two days later, I met my minimal goal by finishing 8th in...
News · 04.05.2019
Recap of my race in California and preview of the C-USA Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has been quite a while since my race in Los Angeles, the school work but also the disappointing result was the main reason why I gave myself some more time to write this recap. After months of fantastic training, I was extremely excited to race and see how fast I can ran with perfect competition. I was racing in the third fasted heat, pace set for 14:00, following that everything ready to run...
News · 31.03.2019
To kick-off my 2019 outdoor season I competed at the prestigious Texas Relays in Austin.
News · 21.02.2019
At C-USA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, I raced over 5000m and 3000m against strong competition. After a short block of training, I competed in the C-USA Indoor Championships. In last few weeks, training went really well, that's why I was really excited to compare myself with other runners. Since this meet was mainly focused on scoring points for the team, my coach put me into the 5000m and 3000m. This is always an interesting challenge, one night is obviously not enough to fully...
News · 27.01.2019
At the Texas Tech Classics in Lubbock, TX, I won to my first track meet in the USA. For the first time in this season, I competed over 3000m. As usual, the goal for my race was to run as fast as possible to secure a spot in the first heat of the C-USA Championships. This race was with 19 competitors quite big, but thanks to an aggressive start of my teammate, the group spread out right from the start. Our first Kilometer war on pace (2:49) and I felt really comfortable running it. Then another...