#half-marathon — Public Fediverse posts
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Distance running and finishing books
I’ve spent the last year fixated on how similar writing books is to distance running. If you treat the task as a singular thing, it can be overwhelming, whereas if you chunk it up into manageable units it becomes entirely doable. If you go by chapter-by-chapter there comes a point at which you suddenly realise you’re almost done. If you break up a race into particular phases (which increasingly for me are defined by when I take the energy gels) something huge starts to feel entirely manageable. The sense of what you can do expands through this dynamic as you get more practiced at doing it. If you just keep showing up consistently, it’s almost magical how something happens which you once wouldn’t have been able to imagine.
Now that I’m finishing my latest book while also getting close to marathon distance, I realise there’s a difference as well. There’s often a feeling of elation I get towards the end of a long run, particularly for a race. A sense of being entirely in flow, lost in a rhythm that entirely decenters the continual stream of stuff that litters my internal conversation. There’s a joy to getting lost in the process, surrendering to it. I’m reliably forcing myself to stop because I need my dodgy ankle to get used to the distance, rather than because I want to stop. I’ve only once come close to the point where I had to stop and that was a competitive half marathon in torrential rain, when I’d fucked up by going too quickly in the first few miles on a course that was far too hilly for my tastes. Otherwise I don’t want to stop.
Whereas with the end of a book I want so much to stop. I want it to be over. The pleasure of the process has long since passed. I’m being forced to do it. I know that if I don’t do it the thing I’ve spent so long on will never be read by the people I want to read it. But it’s a slog. Not in the life affirming sense of the half marathon in the rain (I’ve rarely felt more physically uncomfortable nor more viscerally alive than I did when the picture below was taken) but in the “CAN I NOT JUST STOP NOW PLEASE?” sense. This post is a desperate plea to myself to keep going because I’m actually about 4 hours of work away from finishing this ✊
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52 Weeks, 52 Half Marathons
Stage 18, again 24k - it was hard today. I had four consecutive days of only 4 hours of sleep and it showed. I also started later than usual to try to avoid the rain.
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Another beautiful day for a run.
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The final 20 km run before the half-marathon. So a total of 200 km over the last four weeks. My legs feel really heavy, and I have never looked forward to tapering this much before. I know that many people do significantly more than this, but I’m too old for that. 😅 By the way, it really was just 20 km; the +470 m is just the usual GPS error from my Fenix 3.
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Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?
A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.
Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c
#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
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I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.
Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.
What has living taught you that studying couldn't?
#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
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My brother is running the #Hackney #HalfMarathon for the British Heart Foundation. If you can help with a donation to fight
#HeartDisease and raise awareness we’d be grateful https://www.justgiving.com/page/isaac-barraclough-hackneyhalf #charity #London -
Another Half Marathon (Milton Keynes), another PB smashed, by 10 minutes this time! Met British Olympian and CEO of https://therunningchannel.com the day was complete 🥰. Now the question is can I break two hours this year or will it spill over to next year or will I never break it?? #running #miltonkeynes #halfmarathon
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52 Weeks, 52 Half Marathons
Stage 17 completed (24 km today)
I managed to stay aerobic 99.9% of the time as the coach prescribed. Caught some unexpexted rain for more than 10km - I was soaked. My Hill score keeps climbing consistently over each run , I am extremely happy with that. I’ll let you know when I reach my goal :)The mountain today was absolutely gorgeous.
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Hot, tired but very happy Poseidon Athens Half ticked off. A very hot one too so made sure I kept hr from going to high so plenty jeffing involved #running #halfmarathon #poseidonahm #coros #runnersofmastodon
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53 Weeks, 52 Half Marathons
Stage 16 - Completed - Sintra Peaks
Today I was pushing through the climb and I could not get my HR to move above 139 during 3km. My legs were weaker than the lungs - weird feeling.
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A Chinese android just ran a half-marathon faster than any human ever
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/china/china-robot-half-marathon-intl-hnk?shem=dsdf%2Csharefoc%2Cagadiscoversdl%2C%2Csh%2Fx%2Fdiscover%2Fm1%2F4&utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Econopass%2Fmagazine%2FFLIPBOARD+EXCHANGE+FEED+%F0%9F%97%9E%EF%B8%8F
Beijing — They were trailing behind their human rivals a year ago. But on Sunday, an android outpaced the entire field to run a half-marathon faster than even the quickest human. Lightning, a running robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, finished the 21-kilometer run in Beijing in a …
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Humanoid #robot in #China beats the human #halfmarathon #worldrecord
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Chinese #humanoidrobots showcased their improved #athleticism and #autonomousnavigation skills at a #halfmarathon in #Beijing. The winning robot, developed by #Honour, finished the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record. While the #robots’ performance impressed spectators, experts caution that translating these skills to widespread commercialisation in industrial settings remains a challenge. https://www.reuters.com/sports/humanoid-robots-race-past-humans-beijing-half-marathon-showing-rapid-advances-2026-04-19/?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews
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“the number of #robots #running increased from 20 to more than 100, but several vying for the podium were noticeably faster than the professional athletes racing in the human race”
“The winning #robot, developed by Honor, a well-known Chinese smartphone maker, finished the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, several minutes faster than the world record set by Jacob Kiplimo last month”Humanoid #robots race past humans in #Beijing #halfmarathon, showing rapid advances https://www.reuters.com/sports/humanoid-robots-race-past-humans-beijing-half-marathon-showing-rapid-advances-2026-04-19/
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52 Weeks, 52 Half Marathons
Today was a hard one, the climbs are brutally steep and my legs were beat up from yesterday. Beautiful weather and route.
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81-year-old Garden Spot Village resident keeps healthy through preparation for annual race | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1706383/81-year-old-garden-spot-village-resident-keeps-healthy-through-preparation-for-annual-race-local-news/ #''10k #garden #GardenSpotVillage #gardener #gardening #HalfMarathon #race
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52 Weeks, 52 Half Marathons
Stage 14 completed. During the first and last mile I was attacked by the dune sands blown by the wind. It felt like a billion needles. I climbed at least 9km with the wind blowing against. I was cursing the whole time.
50 km/h from the north with gusts up to 70 km/h.
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Ready to run 13.1!
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It has been six weeks from my last #run toot. But I’ve been #running though. A bit behind my target for this year but it’s OK.
Did run through the winter so I’m happy about that. There was a ten day break when I was afraid getting a flu but practically didn’t. Did walks just in case so not totally sedentary. Promised myself to do strength training, which I’ve done almost regularly and also indoors rowing.
Did even my first #halfmarathon (not in a competition). Blaming the wife since she had this plan all along but lured me into a 15k and then started to add “one more?” until we reached 21+ km. Not angry though, it was a nice surprise we could make it ❤️. After 20 mins of warming up we ran 1.5 km and then walked for a minute. Repeat and rinse until the end.
Almost all the #snow is gone. Forecast promises some snow next weekend but let’s see. Daytime temps have been 1…7°C and nights -2-2°C. Sunrise 6.42, sunset at 20.04.
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17k in planned Halfmarathon pace (not going for any PB just sub2) and Garmin says only 12h recovery time. Man, that escalated quickly. 😅😉🏃
#running #runnersOfMastodon #halfmarathon