03-02-2013, 07:19 AM,
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Sweder
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
I for one cannot wait. For the next. Instalment.
About to strap on my WH3s. Ascends lie gently weeping in the shadows.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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12-02-2013, 10:42 PM,
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Bierzo Baggie
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I want to be a streak runner.
My first attmpt lasted 3 days.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Not so much a streak, more a sneaky midnight jog around the back garden in yer undies.
Not that we’ve got a back garden.
My problem is that there are 2 run-windows on mid-week days. One is at 7am and I’m hopeless at this time. It’s dark and cold outside, running before dawn doesn’t feel “natural” and I might be perceived as a lunatic by my neighbours. No, I would most definitely be perceived as a lunatic by my neighbours.
Then the maelstrom of daily routines make it impossible until the next realistic window when I finish work at 9:30 or 10pm. At this time it is also dark and cold but the neighbours wouldn’t assume that I was in the midst of a manic episode. They’d think I was training for the entrance tests to be an official fireman of the Spanish state. Or that I’d been drinking all afternoon. Or that I’d won the lottery. Abnormal behaviour late at night would be considered more normal in any case.
No, 10pm is fine, but hunger pangs and lack of self discipline normally deflect any lingering intentions.
Anyway, I want to be a streak runner.
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12-02-2013, 11:11 PM,
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marathondan
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
It sounds crazy, given your hectic schedule, but I'm hardly in a position to suggest you give up on your dreams for practical reasons. Would you include a few days of very short efforts, like the Ron Hill daily mile? If so, you might be able to fit those into the early morning after all. As I think MLCM will testify, if your kit is laid out, you can trick yourself into getting out the door before your brain has fully woken up. Sod the neighbours. And it won't be long before the sun is up at that time, and then there's the delight of running at dawn...
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12-02-2013, 11:39 PM,
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
Yes, but then I am mad.
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13-02-2013, 09:05 AM,
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
I managed to run every day in December, mostly because I has a couple of weeks off work. I'd probably agree re: pre-dawn running but, Two Oceans start aside, I have no experience of it.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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21-02-2013, 02:42 PM,
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
(21-02-2013, 11:17 AM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: 3 attempts at steak running so far.
Steak running? I could certainly give that a go! Slurp!
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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02-03-2013, 02:14 PM,
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Bierzo Baggie
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
(21-02-2013, 02:42 PM)Sweder Wrote: (21-02-2013, 11:17 AM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: 3 attempts at steak running so far.
Steak running? I could certainly give that a go! Slurp!
Ha Ha Ha that was an unintentional typo...
Anyway,
February has consisted of several short streaks, none of them lasting longer than 4 days and without having to run before dawn. Found time where I could, which involved much improvisation.
And you know what? For the first time in several years I reckon I’ve topped 100k for the month (running only, I don’t include walking distances). I say “reckon” because my routes are time-based and distances are approximate. But I suspect that I under-estimate distance rather than over-estimate, so a productive month it has been indeed.
Streak running suits me. I am the man without a plan and the act of genuinely trying to run every day simplifies things. There’s no way I will ever run every day of course but by simply trying to I’ll probably trick myself into 3 or 4 runs a week.
The benefits have been obvious. I work better after a run and I smile more at my family.
More is less that’s what I say.
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06-03-2013, 10:42 PM,
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glaconman
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
(03-03-2013, 07:36 PM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: (03-03-2013, 02:26 PM)glaconman Wrote: The Prolific Bierzo Baggie. Unfortunately I often fall asleep at my desk.
Lucky sod, I'd love a nice desk to sleep on....
I've often thought about putting curtains around my desk so I can get under for a proper V40 nap.
When I worked at BT we used to have a room at the top of the building with long wooden beds were you could grab a few zzzzzzzzs. Those were the days.
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07-03-2013, 12:28 AM,
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
(06-03-2013, 10:42 PM)glaconman Wrote: When I worked at BT we used to have a room at the top of the building with long wooden beds were you could grab a few zzzzzzzzs. Those were the days.
We have a large indoor terrace at work with about a dozen three-seater couches where you supposedly can sit and have lunch, hold informal meetings etc. At lunch times however you generally find all of them occupied by a dozen prone people all asleep.
Such is the down-trodden morale of the place at the moment that no-one takes offence and they are left in peace. I sometimes swap their shoes.
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11-03-2013, 08:51 PM,
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
Wow, looks fabulous BB. Make sure you are there!
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12-03-2013, 06:16 PM,
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Antonio247
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
It looks really tough. I''ve read it is 31 km long. Good luck with the weather and best of luck at the race, BB!
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12-03-2013, 10:55 PM,
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Bierzo Baggie
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V Alto Sil race
This is the race I almost miss every year but seem destined to run regardless of all possible obstacles. It’s too long and too early in the season to be honest. I'd prefer some shorter races to break myself in gently.
This year’s edition I’d not counted on either. The organizer, Lolo, a master of marketing, has billed the Alto Sil as a mini-Zegama. Trail runners and mountain freaks come from far and wide as if descending on a Spanish Woodstock. The elite use it as preparation for more lucrative events across Europe.
But this race, although not particularly “technical” can surprise. Last year England’s Tom Owens, a winner of the 3 peaks race and 2nd at Zegama was the hot favourite. I’d say he’d probably come here with a bit of warm weather training in mind and in the end he didn’t even make the podium. Maybe the 2012 Alto Sil snowfest took him by surprise. Maybe he was injured.
This year the 350 or so places were destined to fly in the blink of a wobbly monitor screen. Entry would depend on the speed of your internet connection. I had already decided not to enter the undignified ruck to sign up for a race that would probably leave me lame.
Then a week early an e-mail informed me that as I had completed the previous 4 editions I was one of the privileged few who could jump the virtual-queue.
Sod it.
So I’m in once again.
Recorded the previous races here here here and here (why can't I use the hyperlinks anymore?)
2009 http://www.runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=86&pid=16260#pid16260
2010 http://www.runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1817&pid=19417#pid19417
2011 No race report for some reason..
2012 http://www.runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=2125&pid=22659#pid22659
And in 2012 I took my favourite ever race photo as we trudged upwards through the eery stillness.
They’re predicting snow again for this Sunday.
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12-03-2013, 11:26 PM,
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Sweder
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
Ah yes, the crazy river race with lovely grub at the end.
I hope your quads are up for those rapid descents this year.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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13-03-2013, 06:52 AM,
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RE: De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr...
Wow. No, WOW!
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