Comrades Marathon: my first ultra
On June 9th, at 5:30am, I was in Durban at a start line of Comrades Marathon. In the next 12 hours, I needed to cover 53.4 miles with 5700ft of elevation gain. While Chariots of Fire was playing and the…
Category Running training
Running fifty miles a week for a year straight
Over the past year (52 weeks), I averaged >= 50 miles (~80.5 km) of running per week, taking into account all the travel, sickness and injuries. What does it mean in the grand scheme of things? For some people (aka,…
2023 in running and plans for 2024
Overall, 2023 mostly sucked (both “globally” for the world and “locally” for me and people around me), so training was more than a welcome distraction. In total, it was 2537 miles of running (409 hours) plus 14 hours of cycling…
Running: reflection after two years
Two years ago, I laced up my running shoes and embarked on a path to train systematically for long-distance running. Since that pivotal day, I’ve clocked 3,546 miles, spent 592 hours pounding the pavement, and crossed the finish line in…