Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza is a crime thriller in the Erika Foster series. This is the fifth book in the series. I’m suffering from completion syndrome reading this series, as I don’t enjoy the books as much as I do from other crime series, yet I still want to read them all.
52 Weeks – Week 32
I’m collecting 52 songs in 52 weeks. Every Friday afternoon, I will add a song to my playlist. The aim is to capture my energy and feelings for that particular Friday with the chosen song.
Week 32/52: ZAZ – On Ira
After 52 weeks, I will have recorded all the seasons, holidays, and high and low weeks of the year (from October 2024 to September 2025) in one self-curated playlist on Apple Music. Don’t use Apple Music? Subscribe to weekly updates via RSS.
March/April running progression
This is a follow-up post to my earlier post on measuring my progression in my running activities. I’ve added the months of March and April to my stats for 2025 below.
If you are interested in my individual runs, you should look at my 2025 Run Log.
Where March was a very good running month for me, April has been somewhat disappointing. I had to give in on my average pace and on my total duration spent running. The drop in pace and duration is primarily due to some fatigue I’m dealing with due to a hectic month at work.
| Jan ’24 | Jan ’25 | Feb ’24 | Feb ’25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | 12 | 18 | 4 | 13 |
| Avg. Pace | 6:08 | 5:52 | 6:25 | 6:11 |
| Time | 8:09:25 | 9:43:58 | 3:55:45 | 8:26:16 |
| Mar ’24 | Mar ’25 | Apr ’24 | Apr ’25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | 15 | 21 | 11 | 17 |
| Avg. Pace | 6:58 | 6:05 | 6:14 | 6:28 |
| Time | 10:55:26 | 14:15:38 | 9:04:46 | 8:18:15 |
I’m going to try to pick things up again in May and June, as I’d like to be fit enough to run in the Italian hills this summer.
Run Log 20250430
This was my much-needed 6k run after three days of walking through Berlin. I took it easy tonight as my legs are still tired from the 25000 and more steps I did for the past three days while walking through Berlin.
Overall, April 2025 hasn’t been my best running month of the year; with a little over 77 kilometers run, this is the month with the fewest kilometers in the year to date. I should accept this given the travel I had planned for this month (nine flights, six different cities, two continents), but I experience I have a hard time dealing with the results.
On to the next month it is, no complaining, only more training. Next week I’m back to the half marathon schedule I was working with, I will go back two weeks in the schedule to pick up things from there.
Run Log 20250426
This Kingsday run is the first and only run I can complete this week. I’ve been traveling Europe since last Monday evening, and I’m only home today as I will be going to Berlin tomorrow with my son for a father-son trip.
52 Weeks – Week 31
I’m collecting 52 songs in 52 weeks. Every Friday afternoon, I will add a song to my playlist. The aim is to capture my energy and feelings for that particular Friday with the chosen song.
Week 31/52: Mick Jagger – Strange Game
After 52 weeks, I will have recorded all the seasons, holidays, and high and low weeks of the year (from October 2024 to September 2025) in one self-curated playlist on Apple Music. Don’t use Apple Music? Subscribe to weekly updates via RSS.
Week 6 of my half marathon training plan
Week 6 was a good week for running. I slowed down on my longer and recovery runs and intensified my training during my two interval/speed runs. I covered a total distance of almost 28 kilometers this week, more than double that of last week.
| Date | Duration | Average Heartbeat |
Distance | Pace | V02Max | HRV | RHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 6 | 2:54:53 | 145 bpm | 27,9 km | 6:15 | 42,6 | 64 ms | 57 bpm |
| 20250420 | 27:12 | 160 bpm | 4,01 km | 6:47 | 42,3 | 73 ms | 58 bpm |
| 20250420 | 18:59 | 145 bpm | 3,61 km | 5:16 | 42,3 | 73 ms | 58 bpm |
| 20250418 | 29:35 | 151 bpm | 5,26 km | 5:38 | 42,6 | 60 ms | 56 bpm |
| 20250416 | 22:07 | 138 bpm | 3,00 km | 7:22 | 42,7 | 61 ms | 58 bpm |
| 20250416 | 15:00 | 129 bpm | 2,03 km | 7:24 | 42,8 | 61 ms | 58 bpm |
| 20250414 | 1:01:56 | 151 bpm | 10,08 km | 6:08 | 42,9 | 60 ms | 58 bpm |
My weekly totals:
| Date | Duration | Average Heartbeat |
Distance | Pace | V02Max | HRV | RHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 6 | 2:54:53 | 145 bpm | 27,9 km | 6:15 | 42,6 | 64 ms | 57 bpm |
| Week 5 | 1:28:14 | 143 bpm | 12,7 km | 6:55 | 43,1 | 65 ms | 56 bpm |
| Week 4 | 2:43:14 | 148 bpm | 25,21 km | 6:29 | 43,1 | 61 ms | 58 bpm |
| Week 3 | 3:44:11 | 155 bpm | 37,52 km | 5:58 | 43,3 | 64 ms | 58 bpm |
| Week 2 | 3:23:30 | 148 bpm | 33,4 km | 6:05 | 43,3 | 62 ms | 56 bpm |
| Week 1 | 3:19:48 | 151 bpm | 32,63 km | 6:08 | 43,4 | 54 ms | 54 bpm |
My run log has more 2025 running stats. My personal best in the half marathon is 1:43:07, which I’m trying to beat with this training schedule.
Run Log 20250420
I started Easter the right way with two different training sessions on the track before going out for our family Easter brunch.
Training one was about shifting gears between different paces, training two was at recovery pace.
52 Weeks – Week 30
I’m collecting 52 songs in 52 weeks. Every Friday afternoon, I will add a song to my playlist. The aim is to capture my energy and feelings for that particular Friday with the chosen song.
Week 30/52: Young Gun Silver Fox – Stevie & Sly
After 52 weeks, I will have recorded all the seasons, holidays, and high and low weeks of the year (from October 2024 to September 2025) in one self-curated playlist on Apple Music. Don’t use Apple Music? Subscribe to weekly updates via RSS.
Run Log 20250418
I did my fourth run of the week this morning. It was a so-called ‘Power Pyramid’ on the track near my house: 1-min, 5-min, 10-min, 5-min, 1-min, with different durations of active recovery intervals in between.
🔥 5:00 Warm-Up
👟 1:00 at 3:50 per km
👟 0:30 active recovery at 7:00 per km
👟 5:00 at 5:30 per km
👟 2:00 active recovery at 7:00 per km
👟 10:00 at 5:45 per km
👟 3:00 active recovery at 7:00 per km
👟 5:00 at 5:00 per km
👟 2:00 active recovery at 7:30 per km
👟 1:00 at 4:00 per km
👟 0:30 active recovery at 7:00 per km
❄️ 400 meters Cool-Down