I didnt know you had raced already Molly, its not for everyone. I'm a bit Steve McQueen esque where racing is concerned (but without the looks 🙁 )
I think it's people who don't run that ask if you've done London. As such, it doesn't bother me. If all that was available were small authentic grass-fed, free range, organic fell races, then a fraction of people would even get off their arses and try running in the first place.
Steve McQueen esque?
More creative different events would be good
Its Friday afternoon and I am ranting but....... Why do people need to be snorkelling through mud, carrying logs and crawling under barbed wire to gain a stificate etc?
How many different types of unique events is enough to get people involved? I love running 5 milers, accesible, cheap and readily available. I've ran hundreds of them over the last 30 years and I will be as excited running the next one as I did the last.
Thats just me 🙂
Steve McQueen esque?
"Racing is life, anything before or after is just waiting" 🙂
I'd like them to be creative in terms of location. There could be some lovely runs in the hills around here, but it seems fell running is only popular up north.
I'd like them to be creative in terms of location. There could be some lovely runs in the hills around here, but it seems fell running is only popular up north.
Search for "trail race" rather than fell, [url= http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/foundevents.asp?v=2&evntTitle=&evntDate=a%3afut&distance=&county=&area=Wales&distanceFromHome=&evntSurface=Trail&evntGround=&evntWheelChairAccessible= ]here are 9[/url] for example.
Hmm.. they do look much more fun than running around a park 🙂
There's a gazillion events all over the place every day of the week - more than enough for several lifetimes, and plenty of novelty events. Road, track, xc, fell, multi-terrain, trail, multisport, LDWA, parkrun, ultra, stupid log carrying, barb-wire fence corporate bollocks, blah, and still they keep coming. But if you don't like racing, you don't like racing. Me, I'm rubbish, but love a good tussle. One of my favourite t-shirts is Steve McQueen racing his dirt bike.
I want to do a real sprint triathlon where you swim 2 lengths, run 200m and ride 1km
Funny you say that, but I reckon 200m or 400m are my favourite distances at the moment. I love the feeling of almost effortless power for the first 150m or so, feeling every foot-fall and trying to make the next faster, then dumping anything left to get over the line. Short, sweet and visceral.
I'm absolutely useless at them though. 😀
Feel like this -
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Reality -
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I love sprinting..
Steve McQueen esque?
"Racing is life, anything before or after is just waiting"
Love this! I'm wishing my life away until my 2014 season starts.
Entertaining thread too 🙂
You want to have a look at the WFRA site Molgrips [url= http://www.wfra.me.uk/ ]here[/url]
Fan Fawr race is a quid, and Sugar Loaf race is £4. bargains, and running in nice places close to Cardiff.
Oh that looks good... ta.
You could just ignore the others and then it ceases to be a "race"
I am rubbish at fell racing [s]running[/s] but I like running on the Fells. I run them very rarely and I think you need a special mindset to be competitive! I remember running the Coniston fell race years ago when I was in good shape and felt good to the top and was in the top handful, not bad for a non fell runner.
I turned with the others then lost about 80 places on the descent 🙁
You could just ignore the others and then it ceases to be a "race"
Then I might as well race the clock at my convenience.
I thought I did ok on the descents in the Fan Dance, until some blokes came literally tumbling past me at almost freefall speed. I've absolutely no idea how they were behind me in the first place mind, maybe they got lost on the way to the start.. badly lost 🙂
Just a "final" (I hope) note on big races versus small local races...
When I see these events, whichever the size, I'm just happy that people are out doing stuff and not sat at home watching tv and eating shite. I think the "big" events are good for people who are starting out as the publicity, and maybe the opportunity to raise some money encourages them to have a go. It's unlikely that a beginner would enter something run by the local running club as he or she may well feel intimidated by "club-runners" even though there may be no reason to feel that way.
If people are out running, be it on fells, tarmac, trails or beaches, be it with thousands of others or a few hundred, then the world is a better place for it.
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Molgrips problem with racing may be that he gets stuck, waiting for the people in the [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/overtaking/page/15 ] overtaking queue[/url] to pass each other.
Do running-related threads like this end up off topic because running is so moronically simple that there's actually very little to discuss? It's like the Guardian running blog - 'How was your weekend's running?' - does anyone care?!
One of the great joys of running is to be found in its terms of access - free to those with a willing body. No need to discuss or buy into technology if you don't want to.
Regarding the original video, I'm sure it suits the physio to claim his refutation of orthodoxy as original. But, really, as we've heard regarding stretching, it's actually far more subjective than the brave doctor suggests.
Running may be simple on the face of it, but a lot of people have problems with it. It's possibly not helped by being sedentary for most of the working day.
it's actually far more subjective than the brave doctor suggests
Is it? You mean it works for some and not others? I suspect the way people do it may differ but it either works or it doesnt.
running is so moronically simple that there's actually very little to discuss?
Maybe you could hop over to the famous "letsrun.com" they seem to find a lot to talk about.
Just a "final" (I hope) note on big races versus small local races...When I see these events, whichever the size, I'm just happy that people are out doing stuff and not sat at home watching tv and eating shite. I think the "big" events are good for people who are starting out as the publicity, and maybe the opportunity to raise some money encourages them to have a go. It's unlikely that a beginner would enter something run by the local running club as he or she may well feel intimidated by "club-runners" even though there may be no reason to feel that way.
Of course, you can also be an experienced runner and enjoy these big events - while I generally prefer smaller races, there's no denying the atmosphere at one of the big Madrid races is something special - the Marathon, or even better, the San Silvestre New Year's Eve race. Perhaps they're not the best races to set a PB (that goes for pretty much any race in Madrid, though!) but once in a while...
Is it? You mean it works for some and not others? I suspect the way people do it may differ but it either works or it doesnt.
Barefoot running either works or it doesn't, or has some benefit, to give one example. That's what I mean by subjective. Running as a practice is subjective to the practitioner, as are its effects, and, in injury, as are the diagnoses and remedies.
The barefoot thing especially is a hilarious canard to the chattering forumites.
Alaslas you may want to re-read what you wrote.
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Running is very simple. Running well is not always simple. You will improve with training of course, but for some people big improvements can be made by looking at technique.
It is simply not true that everyone automatically knows how to run distance well.
Mmmm, I think running's over-complicated by these kinds of discussion. And the video doesn't really help either. It's not nearly as revolutionary as the man's trying to make out and it's probably unwise to take his opinion as gospel because he's offering so little as a substitute for the 'myths' he purports to dispel.
Having had running injuries in the past I'm actually quite glad I didn't take the advice to see a physio because the problems generally resolved themselves along with a bit of self-care. I'm increasingly coming to the conclusion that physios have got quite the racket going on.
Happy running!
How many people on here have tried running but hated it so given up? Quite a few I think.
The first 10 years are the worst.
I found that, after the first few months, as an active teenager, running was great.
It's just a pity that I've had so many injuries and niggles over the years.
20 years on, I still really enjoy it.
Happy to report that my normal cushioned running shoes midfoot/heel striked me around the Cardiff half marathon today 😉
I saw a bit of that as I drove overhead. How was it for you?
Ha ha, good on you Mr Wax! Likewise with myself and the Great North.
It was pretty good actually ta. Good atmosphere, I enjoyed it.
I didn't run a great time (personal worst actually), but it was my first race as a diabetic insulin user, so pretty happy I didnt end up in a diabetic coma!
It's not nearly as revolutionary as the man's trying to make out and it's probably unwise to take his opinion as gospel because he's offering so little as a substitute for the 'myths' he purports to dispel.
I would not agree that he's trying to be revolutionary or trying to sell anything. I'd say that he's merely trying to point out that a load of stuff that people are selling is utter nonsense. He's a consultant in sports medicine, so pretty highly qualified.
Having had running injuries in the past I'm actually quite glad I didn't take the advice to see a physio because the problems generally resolved themselves along with a bit of self-care.
Body in healing itself shocker...
I'm increasingly coming to the conclusion that physios have got quite the racket going on.
I'm guessing that you've never been seriously injured...
