Question:Why walk if you can run
While I perfeclty agree to the aforesaid axiom in the subject, I was thinking
why not we conduct real long walks alongwith the runs. I heard about 66 mile
walk in London a few months ago, from my sister out there.
Why not conduct a 33 kms walk, say?
Answer:
Looks like Bangalore Marathon is happening on the 17th of september (mail
trail for confirmation from Crossover). So preparation for the marathon for
all the members interested has to start ASAP.
In view of this we are clubbing the 10k run with a longer run. All the
facilities (first aid, water points,lap timings recording and reporting)
will be provided till 10:00 AM this sunday. This is being done so that the
longer distance runners can continue their preparation.
So at 6:30 AM we will start the 10k run and interested members can continue
thereafter for longer distances with RFL providing them all the aforesaid
facilties and support.
The subsequent runs will follow the same pattern so that runners with
different targets (Full/Half or lesser distances) can gun for their targets.
We will also start the peer pressure model soon so that the effort gets
documented and improvement is triggered.
This sunday's run was under almost perfect weather conditions. But still the
turn out was not that good (apparently weather conditions were perfect even
to stay in bed).
We had two runners crossing the 23k mark (Deepak and Bhasker). We had 5 new
runners joining us for the run. Tousif a 17yr old who trains in Kanteerva
for shorter sprints, finished 19.8 kms comfortably.
I have recently joined this group with the hope that i would get to participate in weekend long runs in bangalore.
I am long distance running enthusiast. Have finished 3 marathons and aspire to participate in upcoming bangalore international marathon/half marathon.
This sunday's run was under almost perfect weather conditions. But still the
turn out was not that good (apparently weather conditions were perfect even
to stay in bed).
We had two runners crossing the 23k mark (Deepak and Bhasker). We had 5 new
runners joining us for the run. Tousif a 17yr old who trains in Kanteerva
for shorter sprints, finished 19.8 kms comfortably.
Why walk if you can run
While I perfeclty agree to the aforesaid axiom in the subject, I was thinking why not we conduct real long walks alongwith the runs. I heard about 66 mile walk in London a few months ago, from my sister out there.
Why not conduct a 33 kms walk, say?
Many people, including me, have difficulty breaking the 25 kms barrier -- I call the mid-way crisis. For such people a long walks can be a good confidence booster.
Let me jot down the advantages and disadvantages of this event, from my pov
disadvantages
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1. takes long time
2. attendants need to wait for, sometimes, full day
3. boring
4. needs linear tracks instead of cicuits to avoid over-boredom (when one walks he tends to enjoy the surroundings and he sees the same place over and over; while running one seldom thinks of the surroundings)
5. casual (does not look like a sports event -- unless distance is above 50 kms, my say)
advantages
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1. more participants will join
2. confidence booster
3. more revenues (can charge higher because event is almost full day)*
4. can be conducted in the day/night.
5. lesser injuries and lesser risks to worry about
6. something different to add to the thrill
