Running

I’ve been running for general fitness ever since my high school years, but that was mostly just a few days per week over the summer, and I never recorded times or distances. While I was in the UK I started running a bit more regularly, maybe three days per week, and partly over the winter as well. But it was all just easy general running, routes of 10k or less. It all changed when I got my first Garmin, a GPS-enabled sports watch, which made it possible to record times and distances accurately. (I’ve reviewed my first Garmin, the 405CX, as well as the one I used for a few years after that, 310XT; I now use a Garmin Forerunner 910XT.) This was in early 2010. A few months later I signed up for my first ever race and others soon followed, I quickly got addicted to “serious” running and the adrenaline rush brought on by racing. Since then I’ve ran over 10,000km (~6200 miles), and counting…

Even before I got into running more seriously, I was a keen hill walker. Since then I’ve combined my two interests and have done a number of fell runs, i.e. running up and around mountains. One of these trips involved running the Mamores in Scotland — a series of ten amazing peaks.

Amsterdam Marathon 2011

Currently I have the following running shoes in use:

Racing

• Adidas Adizero Tempo (2010 model)

Road

• Mizuno Wave Inspire 8
• Mizuno Wave Elixir 7
• Mizuno Wave Elixir 5

Trail/XC

• Mizuno Wave Ascend 5
• La Sportiva Wild Cat GTX
• La Sportiva Crossover GTX

Below I’ve listed my current PBs, season’s targets and some races that I’ve booked or am planning to run. At the bottom of the page you can find a list of my race reports. You can follow my training from my Garmin Connect page, which I also use as my training diary. If you want to keep updated about my training, feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed of my Garmin Connect page.

Scheduled Races

• Heinolan kaupunkipuistojuoksu (Half Marathon), 27.7.2013 [PLANNED]

In addition to the races listed here I occasionally do some shorter races (5k, 2 miles etc.).

Race Reports