Running to Think

Monday, 28 April 2014

Summary of week 17

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This summary will be short, for the reasons that will be clear in a minute.

21/04/2014
rest

22/04/2014

Went to Sart Tilman. Ran the usual loop around Bois de Saint Jean the first time with Francois, then I made it longer alone, which meant another loop. Total milage of 27 km and elevation gain of 550 meters. Felt a bit of pain in the left knee...

23/04/2014

I decided to run to the station, take the train and run to the office. Usually that is a running session of about 13 km, one way. This time I had to take the bus due to an awfully painful knee.

After 2 days I got a terrible diagnosis: patellar tendinitis.

Game over. At least for the next two weeks.

Wish me a fast recovery.

Sunday, 27 April 2014

Summary of week 16

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14/04/2014
rest

15/04/2014
I decided to spend some time into the forest. When I am in Leuven I miss Sart Tilman, and the other way around. Long story short, 13 km in the forest. But at a moderate pace of 4':30" per km.

16/04/2014
rest

17/04/2014
14 km again in Leuven. Decided to add some spicy hills of 300 mt at about 12% elevation. I couldn't do more than 6. Bad idea?

18/04/2014
Woke up with a sense of dissatisfaction. I was thinking of those hills of yesterday and to the reason for which I collapsed at the 6th. Went out for some more drills and went back home after climbing that 300 mt hill of yesterday 11 times, for a total daily milage of 18 km.

19/04/2014
Planned for an easy run of 15 km. Caroline decided to join. Caroline's father couldn't resist. Wanna know how this ended? 15 km with the guys and 13 with myself.
28 km was really not in the plan.

20/04/2014
7 km and stretching and rest. Damn week.

Total milage: 80 km

Summary of week 15

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Two weeks after the not-easy-at-all 80 km of Paris, the only purpose has been to get back to the road with an easy pace and relax as much as possible.

7/04/2014

9 km on the hills of Sart Tilman. I must admit that I've been running easy here. Hills were not scary but I never tried to attack one. I also found a new path, quite steep, that will probably be a new friend in the near future.

8/04/2014

Whenever I go back to Leuven and plan a running session there, I accept the fact that there will be no hills at all. A peaceful 12 km run is definitely a relaxing one.

9/04/2014

I recently decided to commute to feet, from bike. This means that I am planning to run to work every morning. The transition is taking a while, due to technical problems I will write about. A total run of 15 km from home to the station to the office and back.

10/04/2014

Easy easy easy: 6 km and a lot of stretching. I need it!

11/04/2014

When Caroline wants to go to the sea, that's clearly an order I cannot deny. The only thing I can do is packing my stuff, lock a pair of shoes on the back pack and drive to the belgian sea. The first thing I've been doing after parking the car was a 12 km by the sea. Pretty windy up there!

12/04/2014

Wake up, get a light breakfast and run. These are the rules when I am at the sea. A windy 10 km run, indeed.

13/04/2014

Last day of the weekend doesn't really mean that I should run at a faster pace than the previous days. For some reason I have been running a 21 km at the steady pace of 4' per km. Quite flat, quite windy. A lot of sun. Loved it!

Total milage 85km

Friday, 25 April 2014

Don't cook just eat. Really?

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It's famous! It really is. I'm talking about the takeaway delivery service that advice their customers to eat, no matter what, and do not cook.

As a marketing campaign it seems to be very potent.
Not to mention that a lazy customer would treasure those words as coming from the Bible.
I'm here to be the antichrist then.
If these words are taken with fervour (and that seems to be the case, due to the extreme success that such a company is getting across Europe) this is the time to say what I think - if that really matters.
This is not the right period to deal with lawsuits. Therefore, I'm not gonna write if/how/why that might be junk food. I just want to point out that if marketing is fundamental, people's health should be too.
Suggesting not to cook seems to be a marketing operation that is going to educate people about ignoring how food is truly processed, what ingredients are used, their origin etc. But more importantly, this is making some people aware that eating is merely a physiological necessity.

Which is clearly wrong!

Don't JUST eat. Cook!