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A place those of us who enjoy the long, long runs can chat about; ultras, food, gear, race reports, health, injury, techniques, training, training plans, etc., etc., etc.

You get the point.

This is just a start, so if you have suggestions about the overall vibe and setup, please let me know. I hope we can grow this into a place we can call home.

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Welcome runners, let me share my story. (lemmy.ml)

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I'm in the twilight of my ultrarunning for sure, but still love getting outside and finding that place where your body and mind just flow over the ground while your moving forwards.

I'm a slow runner, never felt speed was what did it for me. But I always enjoyed just running for hours.

I started with 5/10K's back in the 80's, I think the Perrier 10K in Central park was my first race. Again I knew I would never be in the top, but just enjoyed the challenge.

Trained for my 1st marathon, remember this was pre-web days so a lot was done so wrong. But finished it. Ran a few a year, then life, kids, but when I turned 31 I did a 50K and loved it. Of course when I turned 50 I had to do a 50 miler, 12 hours later I was done and loved it.

Attempted my 1st 100 miler when I turned 60, ok I know I'm aging myself, and come down with some freak structural issue and had to bail at 72 miles. But I worked it out and was able to complete my 100 miles 8 months later and have run a few more in the past few years.

Of course I left out all the good stuff; training, illness, how many times can you puke in a 2 hour period, what plan's seem to work best, etc. But thats where I hope you all fill in all that good stuff.

Anyway, nice to see you here and lets here about your whys, whats and hows.

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[–] snail_hunter 1 points 2 weeks ago

I got interested in running after hopping off the couch and doing a 5k earlier this year. I felt absolutely terrible for a few days afterwards to no one's surprise.

I don't really have a history with running but so far it's stuck. I like how I can just get out and and zone out while enjoying the scenery. From there I went down the rabbit hole of "how far does this sport go" and kept seeing longer and longer distances. I'm definitely the kind of person that likes taking things to their logical extreme so maybe my why is just "how far can I go?"