Five Things Running: Issue #33

I didn't run last week, again.

So I’m still coughing and sneezing way too much and I really want to go outside and run through the wonderful fall foliage. Instead, I got to read a really awesome book about running, which will be published in a few weeks, so I cannot say anything more right now. If you love reading about running a really long race with all its ups and downs, you’ll enjoy this one.

I hope you have a great time running and find some time to read these Five Things Running!

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Trail Running’s Continued Ascent – Is It Possible?

How can trailrunning continue to grow as a sport? There are some interesting thoughts in this piece and of course I’m a sucker for stories that are build around this great line from Field of Dreams: “if you build it, they will come.”

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3,100 Miles to Nowhere

Suzy Weiss

writes about about a rather extreme race called Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, which supposedly leads to self-transcendence, world peace and what not. 52 days of running laps will certainly put you in a different state of mind.

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What Does It Mean to Be a Super Shoe “Hyper Responder?”

It must be a total bummer if you buy a really expensive and fancy running shoe and then you run 42km, just to find out that you don’t really respond to the shoe. I’m looking forward to AI-assisted shoe selection tools that will figure this out for you.

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Debunking 7 Common Recovery Myths for Trail and Ultrarunners

I almost considered putting the ice barrel on my christmas gift list and then put it on the balcony and jump in every day. This article saved me from some seriously cold moments and also from spending lots of money on things that probably won’t cause any harm, but also wouldn’t help that much either.

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How Quickly Do You Lose Running Fitness?

Ashley Mateo

looks at the big question that we all ask ourselves from time to time. As I haven’t been running for two weeks now because of my cold, I cannot wait to finally go running again, but I also dread this feeling you get when you just know that you lost fitness and need to build it up again.

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That’s all for now!

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Now, go running!

— Nico

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