Five Things Running: Issue #47
This newsletter is about Running. You should read it.
Hello and welcome back to Five Things Running!
I had a great week of running, thanks for asking! On Sunday I ran the first of three races for the 4th Trailrunning Cup Harburger Berge, which was a lot of fun. Although the name Harburger Berge is kind of a misnomer, because these are not mountains (Berge), but rather hills, the route had an elevation gain of 480 meters, which is quite a lot for me. Harburg is just south of Hamburg, but since there’s a river between Hamburg and Harburg, it feels like uncharted territory and I almost never go there. Anyhow, the Harburger Berge are quite fun to run and after running 20km yesterday, I’m looking forward to running the 10k next week. When I look at the results, I get the feeling that I have to run a bit faster in the next two races…
One thing I have to learn: understanding how navigation works on my Coros Pace 2. I run roughly 1 km, then turned around and used the komoot app instead, and still missed lots of turns, ending up running one additional kilometer.
Anyhow, it was great fun and I’m thankful for the organizers to come up with this great idea for a free (donation requested) event. Every Monday they post the .gpx file and then we have a week to run 20km, 10km and 30km, respectively.
How was your week? Did you get all the runs in that you wanted? Don’t forget to stretch!
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Could I run without logging it to Strava? Sure. But honestly, I like collecting data and even though I don’t need to do it, it sparks joy. And I like connecting APIs and looking at dashboards. At the same time, I find the idea of just running without really focusing on the details quite intriguing.
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That’s all for now!
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Now, go running!
— Nico
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