Sprinting in Philly
Me too.
The Parkrun along Exmouth’s beach last Saturday (BH w/e) had about 600 running. The entry fee was unbelievable, though. Daughter ran a PB.
I thought Parkruns are supposed to be free? That’s part of their draw, isn’t it?
Thought you’d find it “unbelievable”.
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I suck for not acknowledging the PB; my apologies on the oversight
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In the US a 5k is like time trials in cycling. It’s a different kind of pain. Also in typical human fashion we see anything with a bigger number as better (glorifying longer distances).
I think we need to get back to right fit distance for people’s skill levels and they would likely enjoy running, triathlon, biking more.
Not. Necessarily.
#MakeRunnersWeirdAgain
#MakeRunningWeirdAgain
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Could it be that people use training to run a 5K as a starting point, but - having achieved that milestone - jump right up to the marathon, without ever doing another 5K; except maybe on Thanksgiving, or perhaps New Year’s Day?
Clark started the website Kick and featured C25K on the site. In 2001, Kick merged with Cool Running, a New England–based running site.[7] Clark later sold his stake in Cool Running and the Couch to 5K program.[4] Cool Running was absorbed into Active.com, operated by Active Network, LLC.[8]
Kick/KickRunners/CoolRunning was the first online forum I ever joined, preceding membership on Slowtwitch by a year or two