
- I made a new personal marathon record at 3:55:22 in Finland 16.8.2008
- I made a new personal half marathon record at 1:45:58 in Munich 29.6.2008
- I ran a total of 1382 km (plus 10 %)
- I ran a total of 120 times (almost every third day)
- I ran over 100 km every single month
- I increased my average speed from 10,8 km/h to 11,2 km/h (plus 4 %)
- I spent over five days of 2008 on the run (123 h 4 min 8 s), which amounts to 0,95 % of the year
- I ran 82 times around Isarwehr in Munich, 13 times around Sellmo in Nagu, Finland and 21 times elsewhere

Month km Time km/h min/km Ct
1 January 108 km 108 km 9:43:23 11,2 km/h 5:22,8 10
2 February 107 km 215 km 9:32:04 11,2 km/h 5:21,6 9
3 March 107 km 322 km 9:27:59 11,3 km/h 5:19,8 12
4 April 118 km 440 km 10:30:18 11,2 km/h 5:20,0 12
5 May 115 km 555 km 10:20:15 11,1 km/h 5:24,1 10
6 June 139 km 694 km 12:12:30 11,4 km/h 5:16,0 11
7 July 129 km 823 km 11:15:16 11,5 km/h 5:13,1 11
8 August 113 km 936 km 10:17:29 10,9 km/h 5:29,1 7
9 September 117 km 1 053 km 10:40:17 11,0 km/h 5:28,3 10
10 October 116 km 1 169 km 10:11:38 11,4 km/h 5:16,3 10
11 November 107 km 1 276 km 9:13:23 11,6 km/h 5:11,1 9
12 December 107 km 1 382 km 9:39:36 11,0 km/h 5:25,8 9
2008 1 382 km 5,1 d 11,2 km/h 5:20,5 120

Blue = 2007, green = 2008: Consistently over 100 km/month!
In my blog entry about the 1259 km I ran in 2007 I set these goals for 2008:
For 2008, I look out to run more and faster than 2007, and to be able to support more mountaineering, more snowboarding, and perhaps a “trans Alp” on a mountain bike. Whether I’ll go for my fifth marathon somewhere remains to be seen.
I still haven't biked the trans Alp, but I made the other items beyond expectations! If things go on this way, I will soon consider myself a former coach potato. But perhaps I had better not pursue such a thought, since then I might risk stop running.











