http://www.valimaki.com/blog one man can make a difference Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:36:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Warming up before the race with Tuomas Lunttila Looks like this was the third time in a row (see 2008 here and 2009 here). My old nemesis Tuomas Lunttila did a great challenge and made me to edge out the best run of the season -- well, the first competitive run ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=813 Did yesterday night 4 x 2K at home route, first time since May. Running felt good again. Also times were quite good taking into account the fact I've been running just 2-3 times per week and no speed training at all. Series went 6.41, 6.41, 6.44 and 6.39. The last ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=807 First try on track. Disaster. 5 x 1000m in 3.27, 3.22, 3.21, 3.24 and 3.12 (full speed, sort of). Breaks about 1 mins, except the last one 2+. I have a long way to go to get myself in decent running shape again. I just haven't had to run. I ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=802 Just came back from a quick trip to Paris where I was a member of a PhD jury for Jan Eilhard. A great exprience. In many ways the Finns could learn from the process. I arrived on Friday afternoon flight and took a RER to the hotel. The thesis was ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=799 Since Boston I've been just waiting my legs to recover. Three night ago I went for a jog the first time. Maybe 5k went ok, quite easily, but then it started to hurt on the right one. Came back. Two more days off, and today I though, hell, let's start ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=788 Overall the best marathon I've run so far and the personal best. The result is very much is in par with the poor training background and the last 10 days of driving a car from San Francisco to Boston. First half 1.21.13, second 1.24.03. The culmination point ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=774 The longest run of the spring so far. Perhaps 25k+ along the coast from Innopoli up until Suomenoja and back. The weather was perfect: new white snow fallen over the last night, and it was like minus 1 or 2 degrees. No wind, clear skies. It sort of became a ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=770 Bought flight tickets. We will start from San Francisco, April 7, and drive all the way to Boston in just 12 days with my father. Will be an interesting trip... I have now three more weeks and two days to train in Finland. This week went two times into Arena for ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=759 Ran today a 5K race in Surfside, north of Miami Beach. This was the first time I run an event rogue, without a number and a chip. I came like 10 minutes before the start and the lady who took registrations kept on saying. "The registration is closed. I am ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=737 A follow-up on the Dio post. Perhaps the best concert I've ever been -- in terms of feeling -- was a Dio concert in Irving Plaza, New York, April 29, 2000. Now I found a taped video of that particular show, featuring almost every song, on YouTube! If I remember ... http://www.valimaki.com/blog/?p=728