My loathing of treadmills is well documented on this blog, and I hold to my theory that treadmill miles relate to outdoor miles in the same way that dog years relate to human years - they are at least seven times longer. Which makes the fact that Susie Chan ran for 12 hours on a treadmill on Saturday (68.5 miles) breaking the world record in the process particularly jaw-dropping for me.
It’s not so much the physical exertion that amazes me, though heaven knows that’s impressive enough. No, it’s the mental effort. It would be one thing to run 68.5 miles in a line, towards a destination, with a physical finish line to cross. But in a room, on a treadmill? That requires an effort of will I can’t even begin to imagine. Well done Susie. Possibly a rest day today though, eh?
My own weekend involved a curtailed track session, dropping out with a worryingly niggly calf, followed by a very tentative long run yesterday of 16 miles. Plenty of calf raises and stretches for me over the next few weeks, and fingers crossed that it doesn’t develop into anything more serious.
So, how was your weekend running? I saw lots of Winter Run medal-wearers getting off various tubes and buses on my meanderings around London yesterday and spotted quite a few PBs on Strava too. As always, share your own exploits below the line.
