• Ilandar@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    Confession: In my decade of distance running, I’ve never done a long run on any route but an out-and-back.

    Imagine getting paid to write opinion pieces about why X is better than Y, when you’ve never even tried Y.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneOP
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      1 year ago

      It sounds like they’ve done loops over shorter distances, at least. Just not their long run.

      I dunno how they define long run, but for me that means roughly >14 km, because outside of my current 5 km every day challenge, my standard run tends to be 10–12 km, sometimes peaking a little closer to 14. And it’s very easy even with my current short runs to find loops I can run.

      (Now…I’ve been putting off today’s 5k for the last 90 minutes…time to head out and do my run. 😅 I think I’ll do a loop today.)