Five Things Running: Issue #54

Last week, something magic happened in Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee! Jasmin Paris is the first female finisher of the Barkley Marathons. What a great achievement!

Mar 25, 2024

Hello and welcome to Five Things Running!

Last Sunday I stopped my running streak after 76 consecutive days. Running every day was really good for me, but now my body needed a break. Also, I needed less pressure.

I only ran once last week, which is kind of weird after running daily before that. And now I have to find a new rhythm that doesn’t involve daily running, but a better dosage. We’ll see how that works out.

I’m still doing two streaks: no alcohol since the beginning of the year. And I’m on a 111 day streak learning Hebrew on Duolingo. It’s interesting how fast new patterns get formed.

How’s your running?

Jasmin Paris Becomes First Woman to Complete Extreme Barkley Race

This is really awesome. 17 men were able to finish the Barkley Marathons and now Jasmin Paris made it happen and is the first female finisher. For the world of running, rhis is a breakthrough.

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Move over, marathons: the ultra-endurance sports that are redefining fitness

Is ultra getting mainstream? Wow. There seems to be a trend and it is not just people who read newsletters about running.

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Want to Get Better at Running? Be Ruthless About the Fundamentals

Coach Mario Fraioli is well-known for his Morning Shakeout newsletter and podcast, where he shares some training insights. Here you can read his seven pillars of training and then you can use them to get better at running.

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Inside Camille Herron’s Boundary-Breaking Process for Running 6 Straight Days

“With a master’s in exercise and sports science, Herron has always embraced trying new tactics in training—backed by research—that help her run longer. “I’m a scientist I experiment,” she says. That could be precisely why she has become known as one of the greatest ultrarunners of all time. She never stops testing her limits.” - pretty impressive.

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