Unfortunately I have just skipped 2 scheduled races, the first (London Parkrun 5 km) because too weak after a long treatment with antibiotics and the second (Farnese 10 km) for a pain in my right knee.
However I am not so wise to listen to my body and I do regular workouts without pushing and with no long distance runs.
Now I feel better but I think that I will also skip the next scheduled race (Vivicittà 10 km) because I find ridiculous a route with 4 laps in a city where we have many possible one lap routes (or 2 x 5 km laps). I enjoy to race but 4 laps with a lot of runners is only chaos.
What do you think about the races with many laps?
Here are 2 pictures of the same race that I ran in 1996. At that time I was member of the official Navy Running team:
I haven't been running that race since 2015.
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of looping. It's probably why I don't like trail running more than I do -- 3 loops for a half was 2 loops too many!
ReplyDeleteI like those old black and white photos! We have a 2 lap parkrun course which is not too bad and some 2 lap XC courses that are good. More than that many laps, only a 3k or 5k on the track.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you: A race with many laps is stupid, especially if there are better options. Hope you are feeling better!
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