Dear Hashers

All the training with you guys proved useful. It was a good start to kick off and enter some races back here in Austria. See below:

Type of run	Distance	Time	Min/Km	Km/H	Placement
Cross country	10.500	38.44	3.41	16.26	5
Provincial Championships	5.000	17.16	3.27	17.39	3
Fun run in a town	6.500	22.37	3.29	17.22	3
National Championships	21.097	1.19.18	3.45	16.00	6
Local run	7.000	24.32	3.30	17.14	1
Fun run in hilly area	10.000	36.00	3.36	16.66	1
Benefit run in hilly area	7.000	25.07	3.35	16.74	2
Fun run in hilly area	7.900	28.24	3.36	16.66	1

Slowly I have increased my weekly total running distance from the 45 in Nepal to presently 120 and will go up to 150 km. a week, before tapering off and stay around 100 km. This will add up to 6000 km in the year 2005. Apart from the running itself, I started supporting exercises, which is a must to avoid injuries. Per day I am occupied with the sports some 4 - 5 hours. I tell you I need an enormous amount of beer to re-hydrate and am thinking of finding a sponsor. In March I will have to take the decision whether or not I will accept the challenge to run the 10.000 km in 2006, which leaves another nine months time for preparation. It will depend on how I physically am doing having run some 1250 km in 10 weeks. But too it depends on how Maria and I feel about it and whether I will have the supporting cyclist on my side (Maria will not be the one). At the moment I'll give it an 80% chance, but I'll keep in touch.

Keep it up, Best regards to Jumble Balls, On On, Fast Forward. 27/1/05