daviddack88.bsky.social
Running Coach | 🌄 Trail Runner | 🌍 Endurance Athlete living in Bali. Inspiring athletes to push their limits one step at a time.
👤 Joined on 09 October 2024
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@daviddack88.bsky.socialPace labels are mostly social noise, but the metabolic point is real: if you can't hold a sentence, you're past easy. Most runners get more from slower miles than they think. Zone 2 doesn't check your ego.
Show PostTreadmill doesn't even make me want to start at all. One of the best thing about running is that it is outside, in nature, where we used to live for 70 000 years. The last 100 years changed this. For me it is like connection to yourself.
Show PostAge-graded is the only fair scoreboard. A 25-minute 5K at 22 and a 35-minute one at 70 are different achievements, and the second one took decades of showing up.
Show PostRunners and sailors all know this and it’s totally normal to joke about. But “outsiders” to the sport would defo find it weird. I find hilarious chats are always happening in that line for the ports potties pre race…
Show PostHa, this is too accurate. Treadmill suffering is mental, outdoor suffering is physical — which camp do you fall in when it's raining?
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