Category: Newsletter
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A trick for sticking to running 🏃🏾
Hi there 👋 Do you ever feel like throwing in the towel? Like the only thing that makes sense is to quit? I know you do. We all do from time to time. A trick to reset your perspective in times like these, is to adopt a polarised mindset. Instead of thinking about the next…
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VO2 Max, Stress and Doubts 😟
Hey 🙏 In a complete 180 from last week, I won’t bore you with a needlessly long introduction this week. Instead, let’s just get straight to the good stuff for once. 💓 What Really Determines Your VO2 Max? “Your VO2 max, a measure of aerobic fitness that refers to the maximum rate at which you can…
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A big announcement 🔥
Good morning! This edition marks one year of me sending out the Run161 Newsletter. Fifty-two weeks in a row without missing a single one. When I restarted the newsletter one year ago, after a bit of a hiatus, I told myself I would stick with it for at least a full year. I can’t believe…
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Geeking out on stats 🤓
Hi there 🙋♂️ How about that London Marathon? Phew! If you didn’t catch it, make sure you read about how Sifan Hassan won it by breaking all the rules for how you’re supposed to run a marathon. And how Kelvin Kiptum emerged as the heir apparent to Kipchoge’s marathon throne. But today I’m going to write about something different…
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Running far and staying balanced ⚖️
Good morning 🙋♂️ What a weekend of marathoning we got last week. Eliud Kipchoge, the GOAT, was dethroned–for now. But my oh my, Boston delivered. And Rotterdam was a spectacle too. If you were on the start line, I hope you had a great day out there on the roads. And now we’ve got London calling on Sunday.…
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It’s spring AKA marathon season 🌿
Hello 🙏 Spring marathon season is here! The big races are coming thick and fast in the next few weeks. The 2023 “Marathon Major” season officially kicks off with Boston on Monday. Meanwhile, Europeans are lacing up their racing shoes en masse to run the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday. I know several newsletter readers will…
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Fuel for running thoughts 🍫
Hey 👋 Let me start by apologising for that pun in the title here. It’s just what I do. Next, don’t be alarmed that the newsletter looks a little bit different this week. As the number of subscribers continues to grow, I’m taking steps to ensure that as many of you as possible actually receive…