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So the last thread seemed quite popular, let's do it again.

Just a general thread about running for the week. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury Etc....

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is technically more than a week ago, but I finally managed to break the 2-hour barrier on the half marathon with a 1:56:00. I'm not sure whether it was entirely healthy though, with an average HR of 180 bpm. I don't think I've ever felt as broken as those last 6km. It was a very hilly course (total ascent of 133m), which I'm not at all used to since the Netherlands is usually flat. But I did it, which feels great :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Great job breaking the 2h barrier, I'm hoping to do that this spring.

133m total ascent over a HM stretch wouldn't be considered hilly though, would it? I have a 6k route that i can only describe as pretty flat (not Netherlands flat, but still), and it has 40m of total ascent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That depends on you surroundings probably. This is what my watch recorded as the height on the HM and this is a normal ~10K for me