It's been a little over two weeks since I ran the longest race of my life, the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Here Are The Quick Stats on Comrades: The oldest ultra marathon in the world Point-to-point ultra marathon Down route - Pietermaritzburg to Durban, South Africa (switches each year) 89 kilometers / 56 miles 11+ hours 18,000 runners All said and done, I ended up running approximately 25 miles farther than I've ever run in one ...
26 Point Tuesday
I never really knew much about running when I started. In fact I used to (and still do at some points) hate it. I didn't enjoy it for most of my life and actually threw javelin on my college track and field team so I could hang out with my track buddies without having to run. I hated it that much. I just started to do it as a byproduct of triathlons and like I said, I really didn't know much. I had run exactly 1 5k about 6 months before before I started ...