Level 3 Run Challenge - Bank Holiday Challenge

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Legend

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Great effort :ronnyroar:

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Thanks pal. Stairs are not my friend today

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Wanted to do a half this weekend but not a hope. Desperately out of shape. Will tip away this week and see if I’m up for it next weekend.

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I’ll join you pal, was swimming up to Level 5, walk the dog 30/40 miles weekly and a bit of bike but I HATE running, did a few park. runs '15/'16 and was approaching 30 mins. Let’s Do It

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Must be great to have bank holiday weekends off for this shite.

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Try and find a trail to run on, it is far easier as you’re so busy watching where to place your feet that the miles pass, it’s easier on the joints, and you’re out of the diesel fumes. It’s a far far more pleasurable experience.

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It is. The Mrs should be working but they’re closed now because of L5 so I could get out for a right aul ramble.

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+1 on this. I pretty much started out on trails. Did a few 5kms doing laps and my first group run was 10km on trails

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It’s no @caulifloweredneanderthal effort but it’ll do. Aim was 300m climbing and it was guesswork from me but nearly got there. Managed to run up every hill rather than needing to stop and walk which was another 1st. Bumped into a few folks at the summit as well and stopped and chatted for a while. Much better than pounding the roads.

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Nice pace mate :ok_hand:

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Took a few breathers after some of the bigger climbs where watch would have stopped so pace may look better than it was

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Great to see you converted from the roads :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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+1000 to this

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Great pace nonetheless, savage run.

I love finding trails when I’m away on holidays, Limerick is actually a very good city for running, there’s lots of nice riverside paths etc but nothing in the way of trails like you’ve got there, or in the Mournes like @caulifloweredneanderthal

But in all honesty I love the freedom to open up my front door and just start running

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/running-too-much-health-study_n_5079707

Matsumura and his colleagues evaluated data from more than 3,800 men and women runners, average age 46. They were involved in the Masters Running Study, a web-based study of training and health information on runners aged 35 and above. Nearly 70 percent reported running more than 20 miles a week.

The runners supplied information on their use of common painkillers called NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen and naproxen/Aleve), which have been linked with heart problems, as well as aspirin, known to be heart-protective. The runners also reported on known heart risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, family history of heart disease and smoking history.

None of these factors explained the shorter lives of high-mileage runners, the researchers said. Use of NSAIDs was actually more common in runners who ran less than 20 miles weekly, Matsumura’s team noted. “The study negates the theory that excessive use of NSAIDs may be causing this loss of longevity among high-mileage runners,” Matsumura said.

So what’s the advice to fitness-oriented Americans?

"I certainly don’t tell patients ‘Don’t run,’ " Matsumura said. But, he does tell high-mileage runners to stay informed about new research into the mileage-lifespan link as more becomes known.

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Bullet points like a good lad please

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Running long distances shortens your life.

You’d be better to run for shorter periods of time but faster.

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Sure tell us something we don’t know

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Men who run regularly are more likely to have daughters.