Five Things Running: Issue #59
Let's read about running.
Oh, wow, it’s Monday again! Welcome back to Five Things Running!
I finally went running again, while on a business trip to Augsburg. It felt so good. I just hate it when I’m injured and I always feel so bad when I cannot run and then I dread the feeling when I try to go running and my body is just not able to do it. It sucks so badly and I compensate this feeling by eating too much junk food, which is not really helping at all. Anyhow, I went running and it felt great, even though it was just a quick 30 mins run along the river banks in Augsburg.
Back in Hamburg I got to see some really fast people running the Hamburg Marathon, which was a lot of fun. Bernard Koech from Kenia won in 2:04:23, which is a lot faster than my fastest time, but he was a bit slower than last year. The race makes a nice right turn at around 22 km, which is about 500m from my house, so I went down there to watch the runners. It’s amazing how slow the runners look like who run just 10 mins slower than the fastest group. And they are still soo fast!
I listened to one of my favorite podcasts again this week and the guest on For the Long Run was Ezra Feig, the founder of Nice Jewish Runners, which is a wonderful way to fight anti-semitism and create a community around running. I totally love this idea. I am appalled by the surge in anti-semitism around the world. We should do everything we can to support our jewish friends and neighbors during this time! ✡
Also, quick reminder, make sure to sign up for alleslaufbar.de!
And now, lets dig into Five Things Running!
The New Quarter-Life Crisis
There could be worse things to do in a “crisis” than running marathons. I wish I had continued to run marathons after running my first one 20 or so years ago, which would have been much better than eating too much junk, drinking too much beer and adding too much weight. So I applaud all those people who run marathons now!
The Power of Resilience
“One of the most powerful lessons running teaches is the importance of perseverance. Every runner knows the struggle of hitting a wall, feeling the urge to quit when the finish line seems impossibly far away. Yet, it's in these moments of struggle that resilience is forged. By pushing through the pain, self- doubt, and fatigue, we discover our own inner strength and realise that we are capable of far more than we ever imagined.” - oh yes.
The Hidden Costs of Ultramarathons
It really adds up. Still, I feel the need to run an ultra, soonish. And where I live there aren’t that many races, but I kind of think it makes sense to do a local race before I hit the road to travel to some race in the mountains…
The Recovery Pyramid: Your guide to optimising performance and reducing injury risk
This is basically just a quick reminder for myself (and others, obviously) to focus on recovery. I didn’t run at all this month and it sucked.
The Speed Project: Feral Angel Edition
This is such an amazing race. Thanks to
for putting this into writing!That’s all for now!
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Now, go running!
— Nico
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Hannah's article was a ton of fun to read!